Janet K. Salomonson

Janet K. Salomonson, M.D., F.A.C.S., was appointed to the Division of Medical Quality by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2006. She is a plastic surgeon in private practice and is medical director of the Cleft Palate Center at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a clinical assistant professor of surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery at U.S.C. She is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, California Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Association. She is the CSPS representative to the California Access to Specialty Care Coalition and the Saint John's representative to the Coalition of California Cleft and Craniofacial Teams. She has published articles on cleft reconstruction and is an invited reviewer for the Cleft Palate Journal. She volunteers on international missions providing cleft team care.

Dr. Salomonson earned her medical degree from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Her post-graduate education in general and plastic surgery was at U.C.L.A.