Specialties
Meet Dr. Kivett
William F. Kivett, M.D. is board-certified in Plastic Surgery, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mohs Skin Cancer Surgery, and Dermatology.
His core competencies:
Skin cancer and Mohs cancer surgery.
General Dermatology conditions.
Reconstruction of acute and chronic wounds of the face, limbs, and body (accidents, injuries, bites and burns)
Hand, wrist, and arm surgery
Correction of birth defects of the face, mouth, and hand.
He graduated with Honors from Stanford University and has had varied training, practice, and teaching experience over 49+ years in the U.S. and abroad. Other training sites were U AZ, NIH, UCLA, UCI, U KY, Dartmouth, U KS, UMDNJ, and Dr. Mohs (published with him, also). Beyond standard training residencies, he has had formal fellowships in hand/wrist surgery (orthopedic/plastic), cutaneous oncology (Mohs surgery), and tropical dermatology.
He was the founder and chief of a hospital dermatology service, as a civilian contractor in the Saudi Arabian Air Force at an airbase hospital near the Iraq-Iran active war theater from 1981 – 1984. He established the first unit for Mohs surgery in Saudi Arabia. He is bilingual in Spanish (written and spoken) and speaks portions of other languages.
He is a member of two hospital staffs in Sonoma County, CA. Dr. Kivett also has an active medical license in Arizona. His professional memberships are in the American groups: Society of Plastic Surgeons and Academy of Dermatology.
History
Established in 1996.
Dr. Kivett's interests include those in patient education, patient satisfaction, medical nutrition and reconstruction of birth defects at international locations (Mexico, Venezuela, Philippines). He has had 19 publications, has given over 100 lectures, and received 6 prestigious awards.
Most recently, he was named as a Top Doc by vote of local medical peers (regional physicians) in Pasadena, CA. At this point in time, he plans for ten more years of practice.
Dr. Kivett’s practice mission is that of excellent and satisfying patient experiences, compassionate bedside manner, and gratifying colleague and staff relationships.
Meet the Business Owner: William K.
Our office motto is, "We teach. We treat. We care."
Today’s world of less personal medical care has made doctors into rushed typists and patients into unhappy consumers. They may feel ignored and remain unclear about their conditions.
Their deeper fears may not be addressed during a busy office visit. Especially at this time in the history of medicine, never has our longstanding motto been more appropriate than it is now.
We take the time to teach by various methods so that the patient understands the basics of their condition and thus will be more likely to achieve an acceptable result. We try to understand what it is that motivates that patient to put their faith in us by seeking out our services.
Our office prides itself on providing timely, compassionate care. We make every effort to schedule patients with urgent conditions within two weeks of their initial referral or first contact with our practice. We are currently accepting new patients.
