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Personal Injury Surgical Referrals · Southern California

Advanced Solutions
for Complex Personal Injury Cases

West Empire Surgery partners with personal injury attorneys and referral teams to provide trauma-focused surgical care, functional restoration, scar management, and clear clinical documentation for complex injury cases.

PI Liens Accepted Trauma Reconstruction Hand & Wrist Injuries Facial Trauma Scar Revision Studio City, CA
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2×Board Certified
PILiens Accepted
4Surgical Access Points
24hrReferral Review Goal
LACounty Coverage
OROperative Capability
Trusted Surgical Partner

Why personal injury attorneys refer to
West Empire Surgery.

Personal injury cases require more than a clinical appointment. Attorneys need timely access, surgical judgment, objective documentation, and a team that understands how traumatic injuries evolve from intake through recovery.

PI Liens Accepted

Structured to support personal injury referrals with lien-based treatment pathways for qualified cases.

Trauma-Focused Operative Care

Reconstructive capability for high-complexity injuries including hand trauma, facial trauma, soft tissue loss, and wound reconstruction.

Timely Clinical Documentation

Consult notes, operative reports, progress documentation, and treatment plans prepared with case timelines in mind.

Dedicated Referral Coordination

Clear communication between the practice, attorney staff, referral coordinators, and the patient from intake to follow-up.

Hospital & ASC Access

Access to acute-care hospital and outpatient surgical environments for cases that require operative intervention.

Functional Restoration

Care plans prioritize pain reduction, motion, strength, wound healing, scar quality, and long-term function.

Scar Management Expertise

Post-traumatic scar care including CO₂ laser, V-Beam, microneedling, PRP, scar revision, and staged resurfacing.

Built for Complex Case Flow

A referral pathway built around attorney needs: intake, consultation, treatment planning, documentation, and follow-through.

PI Case Types

Surgical care for
serious injury claims.

From motor vehicle collisions to animal attacks and complex lacerations, West Empire Surgery supports cases where visible injury, functional impairment, scarring, or operative care may significantly affect the patient’s recovery and claim value.

01

Motor Vehicle Trauma

Upper extremity injuries, facial injuries, lacerations, soft tissue trauma, and delayed reconstruction after collision-related injury.

02

Hand & Wrist Injuries

Fractures, tendon injuries, nerve injuries, crush injuries, carpal tunnel symptoms after trauma, and functional loss.

03

Facial Trauma & Lacerations

Facial soft tissue repair, nasal trauma, eyelid and periorbital injuries, scar revision, and post-traumatic deformity.

04

Dog Bite Reconstruction

Complex bite wounds, tissue loss, staged closure, scar revision, laser scar modulation, and function-preserving repair.

05

Burns & Scar Contracture

Burn reconstruction, hypertrophic scar care, contracture release consideration, resurfacing, and staged scar improvement.

06

Crush & Degloving Injuries

Soft tissue coverage, wound management, staged reconstruction, grafting, flap planning, and limb-salvage support.

07

Post-Traumatic Scarring

CO₂ resurfacing, V-Beam, microneedling, PRP, surgical scar revision, and outcome documentation.

08

Complex Wounds & Soft Tissue Loss

Debridement, closure planning, wound optimization, grafting, reconstructive sequencing, and continuity through recovery.

Operative Capabilities

A reconstructive practice built for
injury recovery.

Personal injury referrals often involve layered clinical needs: wound care, surgical repair, scar management, and documentation of functional limitations. Our care model keeps those needs connected under one surgical team.

Tendon & Nerve Repair

Evaluation and surgical management of lacerations, traumatic deficits, and function-limiting soft tissue injuries.

Soft Tissue Reconstruction

Closure planning, staged reconstruction, flap coverage, grafting, and complex wound management.

Scar Revision & Laser Therapy

Surgical and non-surgical scar improvement for redness, thickness, texture, contracture, and contour irregularity.

Facial & Craniofacial Repair

Repair and reconstruction of traumatic facial injuries with attention to function, contour, and visible outcome.

Dr. Mort Rizvi — West Empire Surgery
Double Board-Certified Mort Rizvi, MD, F.A.C.S.
Lead Surgeon · Founder

Dr. Mort
Rizvi

F.A.C.S.  ·  Double Board-Certified Plastic & Hand Surgeon

Dr. Rizvi is a double board-certified plastic and hand surgeon with fellowship training in hand and microsurgery and craniofacial surgery. His practice is built around complex reconstruction, traumatic injury repair, and functional restoration for patients throughout Southern California.

For personal injury referrals, his role extends beyond the operating room: evaluating the injury, identifying functional deficits, building a treatment pathway, and documenting the patient’s recovery with the clinical precision attorneys need.

Specialized Expertise

Hand & Wrist Trauma
Facial Trauma Reconstruction
Microsurgery
Crush Injuries & Soft Tissue Repair
Scar Revision
Wound Care
Dog Bite Reconstruction
Post-Traumatic Reconstruction

Training & Education

University of Maryland School of Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital — Plastic Surgery Residency
LA County + USC — Hand & Microsurgery Fellowship
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles — Craniofacial Fellowship
Reconstructive Outcomes

Documented recovery for
traumatic injury.

Traumatic injuries often leave patients with more than physical wounds. Through advanced reconstructive techniques, we address tissue loss, traumatic scarring, facial injuries, hand trauma, and other complex conditions resulting from accidents and workplace injuries. These outcomes demonstrate the progression from injury to recovery under specialized surgical care.

Scar Treament

Facial Trauma

Laceration Repair & Scar Revision

Post-traumatic soft tissue repair with staged scar management to improve contour, redness, and integration with surrounding skin.

Scar Treament

Upper Extremity

Tendon Repair & Functional Restoration

Surgical management of traumatic hand injury with a recovery pathway focused on mobility, strength, and long-term use.

Dog Bite Reconstruction

Soft Tissue

Dog Bite Reconstruction

Complex wound reconstruction and scar modulation following animal attack-related trauma.

Attorney & Referral Team Services

Built for
personal injury
case coordination.

Our referral workflow is designed to reduce friction for attorneys and case managers. From intake to consultation, treatment planning, operative care, and documentation, our team keeps communication clear and organized.

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Hospital & Surgical Access

Acute Care Hospital

Adventist Health Glendale

Glendale, CA

Medical Center

Huntington Hospital

Pasadena, CA

Regional Medical Center

Providence St. Joseph

Burbank, CA

Surgical Center

Huntington Specialty Surgery

Pasadena, CA — Southern California

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personal injury
case.

Send your patient information to our referral team for review. We coordinate directly with attorney offices, referral coordinators, and patients to determine the appropriate next step.

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Referral Contact

Phone(424) 293-8861
Referral Emailinfo@wesurgery.org
Address13213 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91602
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Websitewesurgery.org
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