About Jason D. Toranto, MD
Dr. Jason Toranto is a plastic, reconstructive and craniofacial surgeon and the Chief of Plastic Surgery at SENTA Clinic. Dr. Toranto is board-certified by both the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery, and is fellowship trained in Craniofacial surgery. Dr. Toranto is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). His diverse clinical interests include Aesthetic Surgery, skin cancer reconstruction, complex Craniofacial surgeries (including mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO)), injectables (such as Botox and Juvederm), skin health, and Facial Trauma. Dr. Toranto practices at Scripps Memorial Hospital, Scripps Encinitas Hospital, Scripps Mercy Hospital, Rady Children's Hospital, Sharp Memorial Hospital, Sharp Grossmont Hospital, Children's Hospital Orange County, and the University Ambulatory Surgery Center. Dr. Toranto was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He went on to earn his undergraduate degree from Stanford University with honors. Dr. Toranto then attended the University of Michigan Medical School, where he earned his medical degree. Dr. Toranto is fluent in Spanish, and while at the 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. Dr. Toranto 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, Dr. Toranto continued to train and completed a craniofacial fellowship at the University of Southern California/Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Before joining Senta, Dr. Toranto 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. Dr. Toranto invites you to become a patient and looks forward to taking care of you.