Professional profile
About Dr. Kline
Andrew Kline, MD, studied architecture before medicine and still approaches a plate plan through proportion, material and the relationship between an object and the person using it. He is careful to distinguish that design vocabulary from clinical judgment and expects both teams to document their decisions independently.
Dr. Kline’s Los Angeles practice includes bilateral replacement, platinum systems and decorative surface work. He frequently sees patients with highly developed aesthetic ideas and helps translate those ideas into a smaller set of choices that remain coherent with the clinical plan.
Education & training
A focused path into the specialty.
Pacific State University
Form, materials and visual systems
Pacific State Medical College
General medical education
Western Academic Hospital
Aesthetic surgery
AREOLA Los Angeles
Surface medicine and decorative replacement
Career history
Selected appointments and milestones.
Joined the opening clinical team at AREOLA Los Angeles.
Helped establish the Platinum Series clinical program.
Became physician director of the Los Angeles Custom Plate Studio.
Appointed Regional Medical Director, Los Angeles.
Institutional responsibilities
Leadership at AREOLA.
- Regional Medical Director, Los Angeles
- Physician Director, Platinum and Decorative Surface Programs
- Member, Clinical Plate Design Standards Council
- Senior reviewer for complex bilateral design cases
Research & teaching
Questions shaping the work.
Clinical boundaries in decorative surface planning
Visual coordination in bilateral plate systems
Patient communication about platinum material and finish choices
Outside AREOLA
Work, life and perspective.
Dr. Kline makes architectural photographs on early weekend walks and is a regular trail runner in the hills around Los Angeles. At home, he and his spouse maintain a growing library of books on industrial design and landscape architecture.