Dr. 90210 is an American reality television series focusing on plastic surgery in the wealthy suburb of Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, Southern California. The series began its run in 2004. Dr. 90210 gets its name from the zip code of the core of Beverly Hills, familiar to most viewers because of the former popular television series Beverly Hills, 90210.

The show is produced by E!, but is broadcast on several other basic cable network channels, such as the Style Network. Each episode is approximately one hour long. The show stands out from other programs of this sort in that it also examines the lives of the doctors featured in its lineup.

Overview[link]

Dr. 90210 features interviews with the patients, semi-graphic footage of the surgeries, and before and after footage of the patients. For example, for patients wanting breast augmentation, the show displays the doctor examining the patient's breasts before and after surgery. For American broadcasts, only content such as the patient's areolas are blocked.

Dr. 90210 was inspired by the popular TV program Nip/Tuck.^[1] The show began by focusing on the practice of Dr. Robert Rey, a renowned Brazilian plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, and his personal life, with wife Hayley Rey and his two children.^[2] Other surgeons featured in the first season included Dr. Richard Ellenbogen and Dr. Kotler. The show's lineup has expanded to include other practices such as that of Dr. Gary Alter, Dr. Jason Diamond, Dr. Kevin Sands, Dr. Linda Li, Dr. David Matlock, Dr. William Aiello, Dr. Dean Manus, Dr. Gary Motykie, Drs. Susan and Brian Evans, Dr. Bal Rajagopalan, and Big Brother 2 winner and leading authority on laser tattoo removal, Dr. Will Kirby. The show has also featured Dr. Paul Nassif on several episodes^[3][4].

The show package was designed and created by E! On Air Design Art Director, Phil Han with Executive Producer Dione Li and SVP, Creative Director, Ann Epstein-Cohen. Show Package Live Action, Director of Photography, Joel Lipton.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Dr. 90210 at the Internet Movie Database
• Dr. 90210 at TV.com

Dr.Robert Rey
Born	(1961-10-01) October 1, 1961 (age 50) São Paulo - SP
Nationality	Brazilian
Occupation	Plastic Surgeon
Spouse	Hayley Rey
Children	Sydney, Robby

Roberto Miguel Rey Júnior, M.D (born October 1, 1961), best known as Robert Rey, is a Brazilian plastic surgeon featured on the E! reality series Dr. 90210. He is in private practice in Beverly Hills and specializes in cosmetic surgery.

Early life[link]

Roberto Miguel Rey Júnior was born in São Paulo, Brazil to Avelina Reisdörfer and engineer Roberto Miguel Rey, an American-born naturalized Brazilian.^[1] The family lived in São Paulo until 1974, when Mormon missionaries^[2] brought Rey, then 12 years old, and his brother and two sisters to the United States. Rey and his siblings moved to Utah,^[3] where they were adopted by a religious community. They later moved to Arizona. At sixteen he met with his mother again and they went to live in Prescott, Arizona where he attended Prescott High School.^[1] She worked as a janitor to help with Robert’s schooling bills.^[2]

Explaining his and his mother's estrangement from his father, Dr. Rey has explained that his father was an abusive alcoholic and womanizer, saying, "Meu pai era um monstro, e minha mãe não tinha voz. Estava contentíssimo de sair daquilo." (My father was a monster, and my mother did not have a voice. I was very happy to leave that.) Rey referred to his father as a "total asshole, a womanizer and a drunk.".^[1][2][4]

He became a member of the Screen Actors Guild in 1980^[3] and has appeared in national television advertisements, most recently in a Carl's Jr. commercial in which he advises a chicken to undergo breast augmentation surgery.^[5] Rey was the medical consultant on the American film Se7en, and also made a cameo appearance in the Bollywood movie, Americanizing Shelley. He is also an avid martial artist with black belt in Taekwondo and Blue Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

Career[link]

He received a Bachelor's degree from Arizona State University in Biochemistry. He has a Master's degree in Health Policy from Harvard, and an M.D. from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1990.^[3][6] Rey did a three year general surgery residency at Harbor UCLA, and completed his plastic surgery residency in 1997 at the University of Tennessee-Memphis Health Science Center. He subsequently undertook an aesthetic and breast reconstruction fellowship at the Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.^[3] He is licensed to practice medicine in California and Massachusetts. He currently serves as a medical correspondent for The Insider and NBC4 news.

Rey has been featured on many television shows such as The View, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Dr. Phil as well as print articles such as The New York Times,The Wall Street Journal and the cover of Forbes Brazil and has a weekly casebook article in Life and Style Magazine. He is a member of The Los Angeles Medical Association and American Medical Association and is on staff at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. In 2004, Rey became the star of the reality television series Dr. 90210.^[4] It showcases both his and other surgeon's practices, the surgeries and patients, as well as his family life. He is also noted for his work on celebrity patients, including an episode of Dr. 90210 featuring John Travolta's niece's breast augmentation.

Family[link]

Rey and his wife, Quebec-born Hayley Rey (born August 24, 1974), married in 2000. They have 2 children, daughter, Sydney born in 2000,and son Robby, born in 2004.^{[citation needed]} They live in Beverly Hills, California. Hayley Rey is a full-time homemaker in addition to appearing in the show. The Reys own three Chihuahuas and a German Shepherd^[7]

Filmography[link]

Rey was a medical consultant to the 1995 film Se7en. He has made over 60 guest appearances on television shows.^[8] He has also appeared in:

• Reality Check (2000), self
• Plastic Surgery (2000), self
• Dr. 90210 (2004–2008), self
• Rey's Anatomy (2006), self
• Americanizing Shelley (2007), Elastic Surgeon
• The Cosmetic Surgery Show (2009–present), self
• Live In LA LA Land (2011) Self, Examming 6 Israeli Singers.

Publications[link]

• Rey, R.M. Paiement, G.D., McGann W.M., Jasty, M., Harrigan, T.P., Burke, D.W., and Harris, W.H.: A Study of Intrusion Characteristics of Low Viscosity Cement Simplex-P and Palacos Cements in a Bovine Cancellous Bone Model. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 215:272-278, 1987.
• Greer, J.A., O'Connor, D.O., Rey, R.M., and Harris, W.H.: Improved Fatigue Porosity and Thermal Properties of a New PMMA Bone Cement. Trans. 3 1 st Ann. Meeting Orthopaedic Research Society, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1985, p. 240.
• "Rey R.M. Book Review: The Quest of Efficiency in the Delivery of Health Care Service. Governance: Harvard Journal of Public Policy. Summer-Fall, 1987 p. 71-72.
• Robert M. Rey for the Office of the U.S. Surgeon General, Plain Talk on AIDS for Hispanic Americans, Vista Hispanic Magazine, September 5, 1987, p. 13.
• Sutherlin, C.E., McAfee, P.C., Warden, K.E., Rey, R.M., and Farey, I.D.: A Biomechanical Evaluation of Cervical Spinal Stabilization Methods in a Bovine Model: Static and Cyclical Loading. Spine 13(7): 795-802, -_p 1988.
• Schuind, F., An, K.N., Bergiand L., Rey, R.M., Linscbeid, R.I., and Chao, E.Y.S.: A Biomechanical Study of the Distal Radioulnar Ligaments. The 7th Meeting of the European Society Biomechanics, Aarhus, Denmark, 1990.
• Schuind, F., An, K.N., Bergiand, L., Rey, R.M., Cooney, 111, W.P., Linscheid, R.L., and Cha Io, E.Y.S.: The Distal Radio-Ulnar Ligaments - A Biomechanical Study. The Journal of Hand Surgery (Am.) 16A(6): 1106- 1114, 1991.
• Rey, R.M., Smoot, E.C., Nguyen, D., and Lesavoy, M.A.: A Study of the Effects of Epinephrine Infiltration on Delayed Bleeding in a Rat Flap Model. Annals of Plastic Surgery, 37(4): 406-410, 1996.
• Smoot, E.C., Jernigan, J.R., Kinsley, E., and Rey, R.M.: A Survey of Operative Airway Management Practices for Midface Fractures. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 8(3):201-207.
• Rey, R.M., and Smoot, E.C. Correspondence: Modified Catch Basin for Extremity Irrigation. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 101(2): 553-554, 1998.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Robert Rey at the Internet Movie Database
• Official Website
• Eonline! Dr. 90210
• Medical Board of California, Dr. Robert Rey
• Dr. Robert Rey Videos