Welcome to the Rai Clinic and the practice of internationally recognized plastic surgeon
Dr. Kimit Rai, FRCS(C).
Dr. Rai is a graduate of the University of British Columbia and has been B.C. Board Certified in Plastic Surgery since 1975. He has also been American Board Certified in Plastic Surgery since 1977. Dr. Rai is a member of the following organizations:
- Canadian Society for Aesthetic (Cosmetic) Plastic Surgery
- Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- American Association of Plastic Surgeons
- International Society of Plastic Surgeons
From 1989 to 1999, Dr. Rai was Chief of Surgery for the Simon Fraser Health Region, as well as the Chief of the Department of Plastic Surgery from 1983 to 1999. He is also the past president of the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons and the Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons.
Dr. Rai is frequently asked to speak at educational symposiums and his work has been published extensively. He is proud to be actively involved in Operation Rainbow Canada, which Dr. Rai founded in 1998 as a non-profit medical organization of physicians who donate their services to undeveloped third world countries. The organization has helped nearly 1,800 children in Cambodia, India, Lebanon, Mexico and the Philippines, providing them with reconstructive cleft-lip and cleft-palate surgery. Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dr. Rai is married with two grown children and is an avid runner.
Dr. Rai's News Updates
American Association of Plastic Surgery
Dr. Rai attended the American Association of Plastic Surgery meeting in Boston, MA from April 2-6, 2008. An excellent learning program was offered at this meeting, including courses on facial rejuvenation, liposuction, abdominoplasty, breast augmentation and breast lift procedures. Newer techniques and updates were discussed and new ideas were noted, such as liposculpting procedures being considered for the face and body, as well as for the breast.
Where the face is concerned, all eyelid procedures and facelift procedures were reviewed with the newer techniques presented and discussed. Body contouring surgeries, such as liposuction, were also discussed, as well as newer techniques for breast surgery.
Overall, the meeting offered an excellent program with great learning opportunities.
Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons
In June 2009, Dr. Rai will be presenting a paper entitled the “Awake Facelift” at the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons’ annual meeting in Kelowna, B.C.
In September 2009, Dr. Rai will be presenting a paper on breast augmentation surgery at the Canadian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons’ meeting in Vancouver.
Operation Rainbow Canada
In March 2007, Dr. Rai travelled with a team to Ludhiana, India to operate on children with cleft lip and palate deformities. The Operation Rainbow team successfully operated on 120 patients.
In December 2008, Dr. Rai travelled with a team to Cambodia to operate on 176 patients over a two week period.
The next mission will be to Medan in Indonesia on November 17, 2009, where we hope to treat 100 children with cleft lip and palate deformities.