JASON TORANTO, MD

Jason D. Toranto, MD is a plastic, reconstructive and craniofacial surgeon and the Chief of Plastic Surgery at SENTA Clinic. Board-certified by both the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery, Dr. Toranto is fellowship trained in craniofacial surgery.

As an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), he currently practices at the following hospitals:

• Scripps La Jolla
• Scripps Encinitas
• Scripps Mercy
• Sharp Memorial
• Sharp Grossmont
• Children’s Hospital Orange County (CHOC)
• Alvarado Hospital Medical Center

Born and raised in Dallas, Texas and fluent in Spanish, Dr. Toranto earned his undergraduate degree from Stanford University with honors. He then attended the University of Michigan Medical School, where he earned his medical degree. During his time at University of Michigan Medical School, he received two awards: the International Institute Award for Latin American Studies as well as the Global REACH International Studies Award – to study alongside Latin American doctors and serve Latin American patients in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

After medical school, Dr. Toranto matriculated to the University of Alabama at Birmingham where he completed his general surgery residency. He then completed a plastic surgery residency at Duke University. During his plastic surgery residency, Dr. Toranto was selected as a Regan Fellow and worked with Operation Smile in Jamshedpur, India performing cleft lip and cleft palate repairs for indigent patients with no other access to such care.

Upon the completion of his second residency, he continued to train and completed a craniofacial fellowship at the University of Southern California/Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Before joining SENTA Clinic, Dr. Toranto practiced at Children’s Hospital of Orange County and was an Assistant Clinical Professor, Director of Craniofacial Surgery, and Co-Director of Research in the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of California, Irvine.