April Fenster, PA-C, is a California state licensed and NCCPA board certified Physician Associate (PA). Since January 2023, she has worked with Dr. Som in the outpatient, inpatient, and operating room settings of Beverly Hills.
While earning her undergraduate degree at University of California Santa Barbara, April simultaneously gained experience in emergency medicine through work as an EMT with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department and emergency department of Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. Post undergrad, April went on to complete her Master of Physician Assistant at Pace University – Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan.
She began her professional career as an urgent care PA in her hometown. The position required a broad application of medical knowledge to address a variety of patient needs, and provided her an opportunity to become proficient in performing procedures such as toenail removal, incision and drainage, laceration repair, and foreign body removal.
She has since found her passion in the surgical setting and now specializes in wound care, plastic surgery, and aesthetics. She takes pride in providing a professional medical experience and helping her patients make decisions about their aesthetic health. April’s main procedures include debridement of chronic wounds, botox injections, dermal fillers, microneedling with PRP and stem cells, ThermiSmooth skin tightening, laser hair removal, scar and rejuvenating treatments.
Additionally, she assists in complex plastic surgery cases including breast cancer and reconstruction, resection of lipoma and skin cancers, abdominoplasty, and more.
In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her loved ones, traveling, backpacking, skiing, playing pickleball, creating pottery, cooking new recipes, and playing with her cat, Luna