International Service through Rotoplasty
Rotoplasty Founder - Dr. Angelo Capozzi introduced by Rick Grantham
Besides the distinction of supervising Past President Rick Grantham in Vietnam, Dr. Capozzi has been doing international service since 1976. In 1992 he co-founded Rotaplast International Inc. His wife, Louise, helped developed and has been a member of the medical records committee since Rotaplast’s first mission to Chile in 1993. He now devotes himself to Rotaplast and consulting. He has been on 70 international missions 56 with Rotaplast. He was a member of the San Francisco Rotary Club since 1971 and recently transferred to the Tiburon/Belvedere Rotary Club to be closer to home.
Dr. Capozzi is a past President of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons, 1998-1999. He left private practice in 1998 to become Chief of Plastic Surgery at the Shriners Hospital for Children in Sacramento, California, retiring in April 2008. He received his B.S. from the University of Notre Dame 1956, received his M D. from Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, Chicago 1960, General Surgery training in Chicago and Plastic Surgery training at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1960-1966 He was an Air Force Captain and Chief of Plastic Surgery at David Grant Air Force Hospital Fairfield, California, 1966-1968. He was in private practice for 30 years 1968-1998 in San Francisco, California, at St Francis Memorial Hospital. He was chief of the Bothin Burn Center from1974-1978 and Chairman of Plastic Surgery