Residency Faculty

Rebecca Small, MD, FAAFP (she/her)

Director of Medical Aesthetics Training

Dr. Small is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco (https://profiles.ucsf.edu/rebecca.small). She has been teaching family medicine residents and medical students for over 15 years and is a recipient of the Award of Recognition for Contribution and Dedication to the UCSF Family and Community Medicine Clerkship. She attended Cambridge University in England, Harvard Medical School, and Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency. 

Dr. Small has published and contributed to 7 books including The Essential Guide to Primary Care Procedures and Small’s Practical Guide to Botulinum Toxin Procedures. She lectures nationally at the AAFP Scientific Assembly and Women’s Health Conferences on topics such as dermatologic and aesthetic skin conditions. She has been the Director of Medical Aesthetics Training at Natividad Medical Center for the Family Medicine Residency since 2008 and enjoys leading hands-on workshops and skills labs for UCSF plastic surgery residents, family medicine, and nurse practitioners. 

Dr. Small serves as a mentor for high school students through UCSC Careers in Medicine and has volunteered for over 15 years at Dominican Hospital’s Tattoo Removal clinic associated with the California Youth Delinquency Prevention Program. Additionally, she founded a non-profit, Skin Care Outreach, (https://www.skincareoutreach.org) that donates care to women and adolescents for treatment of scars associated with domestic violence, human trafficking tattoos, and dermatology for the underserved. Skin Care Outreach has partnered with Morehouse School of Medicine Dominican Hospital Family Medicine Residency to provide these services for our community. Dr. Small lives in Aptos, enjoys playing tennis with her teenage son, and has a private practice RSMD Medical Aesthetics (https://www.rsmdmedspa.com) in Santa Cruz, CA.