Dr. Solomon Poyourow

Dr. Poyourow is a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. He grew up in Santa Barbara and attended the University of California, Santa Barbara on a Regents Scholarship, graduating with honors with a Bachelors of Arts in Philosophy. Dr. Poyourow began his health care education at Columbia University in the City of New York, where he earned a Masters in Public Health. He returned home to southern California where he completed both dental and medical degrees at UCLA. Upon graduation from dental school with high honors, he was inducted into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon honor society, which is granted to the top 10 students in the class. Dr. Poyourow was selected into residency at UCLA. During his 6 year residency he completed an internship in General Surgery at UCLA, where he trained with world renowned surgeons in plastic and reconstructive surgery, otolaryngology/head and neck surgery, and transplant surgery, among others. The foundation of his surgical training was the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, which is a tertiary referral center for patients from around the country and world. Dr. Poyourow rotated at Southern California Kaiser Permanente, which performs hundreds of orthognathic surgeries per year. Additionally, he was Chief Resident of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA, which is a high volume level 1 trauma center, treating the most complex facial injuries. Dr. Poyourow was fortunate to participate in many cleft lip/cleft palate mission trips to Ensenada, Mexico with the Thousand Smiles Foundation.