About Dr. Dean Sorensen

Dr. Dean E. Sorensen is an established and highly recommended board certified plastic surgeon who practices plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery in the Boise, Idaho area.

Dr. Sorensen received his undergraduate degree from the University of Idaho and his degree in medicine from Loyola University Medical School in Chicago, Illinois. While at Loyola University, he had the honor of receiving the prestigious Stritch Award as the outstanding graduating senior. After a year of internship, Dr. Sorensen went on to complete four years of general surgery at Highland General Hospital in Oakland, California and the U.S. Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. He was then conscripted to Vietnam and served as a naval officer with the Third Marine Division. After his discharge from the Navy, he returned to Idaho and practiced surgery for sixteen years. He is a flight Surgeon and Colonel (ret) in the Idaho Air National Guard and served as the Idaho State Air Surgeon.

Dr. Sorensen then returned to academic medicine and spent two years as a Fellow in Plastic Surgery at the University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City. A cosmetic fellowship in Miami, Florida followed with Dr. Larry Robbins. Dr Sorensen then returned to Boise, and now continues to practice plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery.

Dr. Sorensen is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and the Aesthetic Society, as well as being a member of the prestigious Western Surgical Association and the American Medical Association. Dr. Sorensen was selected by the Idaho Medical Association for the A.H. Robbins Award as the Physician of the Year for outstanding community service.

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Practice Information

American Board of Surgery, 1970
American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1992

Education:
Undergraduate: University of Idaho
Medical: Loyola University, Chicago

Internship:
Highland Hospital (Oakland CA)

Residencies:
General Surgery: U.S. Naval Hospital (Portsmouth, VA)
Plastic Surgery: University of Utah

Fellowship:
Cosmetic Surgery: Dr. Larry Robbins (Miami FL)

Society Memberships:
Fellow of the American College Of Surgeons
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Diplomat American Board of Surgery
Diplomat American Board of Plastic Surgery
Rocky Mountain Society of Plastic Surgeons
Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons
Western Surgical Association
American Medical Association

Surgical Facility:
St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center (Boise, ID)