Dr. Sean Saadat: Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Building an AI Medical Record System

In this episode of the Trustcast Show, host Zane Myers sits down with Dr. Sean Saadat, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon who knew he wanted to pursue plastic surgery at age 8. After skipping a year of high school, earning his MD at 25, and completing his residency at UCLA, Dr. Saadat opened his practice in one of the most competitive markets in the world—Beverly Hills. But his ambitions don't stop at surgery: he's building Atlas, an AI-native electronic medical record system designed to revolutionize how doctors manage their practices. What You'll Learn: How an 8-year-old's fascination with Discovery Health Channel led to a surgical career Why Dr. Saadat never took the MCAT (and what he did instead) The intersection of art and medicine: clay sculpture meets rhinoplasty What "eternal beauty" means in plastic surgery philosophy How Dr. Saadat illustrated a diagram for a US Congressional hearing on Medicare The clindamycin breakthrough for ruptured breast implant surgery Why current EMR systems (like Epic) are fundamentally broken How AI can solve healthcare's administrative burden crisis Building a competitive Beverly Hills practice from scratch at 27 Balancing surgery, AI development, social media, and teaching The 50/50 split between medicine and marketing in modern practice Why healthcare needs to be redesigned from the ground up for AI integration Dr. Saadat combines deep medical expertise with artistic sensibility, business acumen, and technology innovation. He's not just performing surgeries—he's reimagining the entire infrastructure of medical practice through Atlas, while maintaining a thriving cosmetic and reconstructive surgery practice and teaching the next generation of surgeons at UCLA. Connect with Dr. Sean Saadat: Website: https://www.drseanplasticsurgery.com Instagram: @drseanplasticsurgery TikTok: @drseanplasticsurgery LinkedIn: Dr. Sean Saadat YouTube: Dr. Sean Plastic Surgery Substack (Atlas updates): Dr. Sean Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction 00:49 - Doctor, Artist, or Psychologist? 02:00 - The 8-Year-Old Who Knew His Career Path 03:32 - Skipping High School to Fast-Track Med School 05:36 - Never Taking the MCAT: The Trade-Off 07:42 - Getting an MD at 25 08:49 - Art, Performance, and Music Production 09:30 - Operation Smile and Cleft Palate Surgery 12:34 - Opening in Beverly Hills: Competing with the Big Players 15:10 - The Eternal Beauty Philosophy 17:29 - 18 Publications: The Clindamycin Breakthrough 18:52 - Drawing for Congress: Medicare and Eyelid Surgery 22:01 - Rapid Fire: Clay vs. Graphite 22:08 - Best Nose Job Ever 23:05 - Worst Trends in Plastic Surgery 24:11 - One Tool You Can't Operate Without 25:20 - Operating Room Playlist 25:56 - Persian Food Essentials 26:20 - What is Atlas and Why Build It? 32:13 - Getting Practices to Pilot Atlas 33:51 - Operating on a 27-Hour Day 36:01 - Medicine vs. Marketing: The 50/50 Reality 37:58 - Teaching at UCLA 38:41 - How to Find Dr. Saadat and Follow Atlas #PlasticSurgery #AIHealthcare #MedicalInnovation #BeverlyHills #AtlasEMR #TrustcastShow