Full Biography
Sean Arredondo, MD
Dual board-certified plastic surgeon. Trained at the highest levels. Coming soon to Bend, Oregon at Uncommon Aesthetics.
From Central Texas to Central Oregon
I grew up in San Antonio, and the local culture shaped me — soccer games in the summer heat, grilling with the family during football games. I was raised there, educated there, and after years of training that took me to Boston, Houston, Dallas, and Columbus, I returned home to set the foundation of my practice.
I studied at the University of the Incarnate Word, where I spent hours on the soccer fields long before I ever set foot in a classroom there. I was fortunate to earn early acceptance into a combined medical program in partnership with Boston University. After college, I was accepted to Baylor College of Medicine — a top-ten medical school — and chose to continue my education there among world leaders in medicine at the Texas Medical Center in Houston.
What followed was the better part of a decade at some of the most respected surgical programs in the country: a five-year general surgery residency at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, and a three-year plastic surgery fellowship at The Ohio State University.
I spent the early years of my practice refining and perfecting my craft in central Texas. Our family was presented with an incredible opportunity to live, work, and play in Bend, Oregon, and after careful consideration, we knew the timing couldn’t be better. By joining Uncommon Aesthetics, I’m able to bring my experience to a well-established practice built on the same principles I value most: thoughtful care, honest recommendations, and a team that treats each patient as an individual. It’s a new chapter, in a place we’re proud to now call home.
Why I Chose Plastic Surgery
Plastic surgery was never on my radar. I had a natural love of the OR and knew that’s where I belonged, but I originally matched into neurosurgery. Something didn’t quite fit. I made the decision to shift into general surgery to give myself the space to redefine what I wanted my career to be.
It was there, assisting on cancer reconstructions and trauma cases, that my appreciation for plastic surgery took hold. I saw procedures designed to repair more than the human form or function. They restored something deeper: confidence, identity, humanity.
That’s when I understood what plastic surgery could be, and what I connected with. The aesthetic work I do now lives in that same continuum. Many people feel like their lives are on hold. Whether someone is recovering from a mastectomy or pursuing a procedure they’ve thought about for years, the stakes for that person are real. I never lose sight of that.
What Dual Board Certification Means in Practice
Most plastic surgeons complete a residency in plastic surgery alone. My path ran through five years of residency and a year in practice as a general surgeon, which means I spent years operating on the abdomen, chest, vascular system, and complex trauma before I ever focused on aesthetics. General surgery demands split-second decisions in critical situations, and it connected me with other specialties across the hospital. We coordinate complex care across multiple teams. We regularly manage some of the most seriously ill patients in the hospital. Completing my plastic surgery fellowship then took that depth of anatomical and clinical understanding to the next level.
“That background changes what I can see. When I perform a tummy tuck, a body lift, or a complex breast reconstruction, I’m working with an understanding of the body that goes beyond the technical details.”
It affects how I plan, how I execute, and how I manage recovery. Dual board certification in plastic and general surgery isn’t just a fancy diploma. It has informed every aspect of my practice.
Training at these institutions also fundamentally shaped how I approach patients. These mentors demonstrated, day in and day out, how to lead a team and direct care while also partnering with patients, so that they weren’t just receiving the best care, but were active participants in it. I became a lifelong student of the field, and I learned how to integrate new and cutting-edge practices safely and successfully.
My Approach to Natural Results
My favorite results are the ones that don’t announce themselves. The work I’m most proud of looks like the patient, just more so. Rejuvenated. Refined. Proportionate. Congruent with who they are.
But at the end of the day, surgery is personal. For a surgery to be great, it has to be the right procedure, for the right person, at the right time. That means I’ll sometimes tell a patient that what they’re asking for isn’t the right move, and suggest something different. It also means I won’t operate when I don’t think surgery is the answer. And it means the plan we build together is always specific to your anatomy, your goals, and your life. It’s never a template applied to whoever walks through the door.
How I Work With Patients
I give each consultation time. I’m not moving to the next room in ten minutes. I want to understand what brought you in, what you’ve tried, what you’re hoping for, and what you’re uncertain about. I want to understand what shapes your life, because it matters for the surgery, for recovery, for everything that follows.
Patients often come in with a specific procedure in mind. Sometimes that’s exactly right. But sometimes there are better options, or a combination of approaches, or a non-surgical path that gets them further than they expected. I’d rather spend forty-five minutes arriving at the right answer than thirty seconds confirming what someone already decided before they arrived. I’m invested in every patient, even when surgery isn’t the answer.
Outside the OR
I love to cook, and I do the vast majority of cooking for our family. But cooking outdoors is where I’m really in my element: family barbecues, long weekend smokes, the kind of cooking that takes time and patience and rewards attention to detail. It’s not entirely unlike surgery in that way.
Central Oregon carries that same energy year-round. We’re out in the Cascades and the high desert as much as we can be, giving the kids room to grow up near the mountains, and letting the landscape shape our weekends. Bend is a place that rewards being present. That fits how I like to work and how I like to live.
Choosing Bend was a decision we made carefully. It’s a community that values craftsmanship, integrity, and doing things well: the same principles I bring to the operating room. Being rooted in a place we love keeps me grounded in what I’m actually doing, taking care of people in the community I’m now part of.
A Decade of Surgical Formation
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