Dr. Stoker’s extensive educational background illustrates his lifelong dedication to excellence. He earned his undergraduate degree with honors from Stanford University, double majoring in political science and biology. During his time at Stanford, he contributed valuable research to the medical community thanks to the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Major Grant for Undergraduate Research.

He then went on to earn his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco. As a medical student, he was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, graduating at the top of his class.

Following his medical education, Dr. Stoker then went on to complete his training in general surgery and plastic surgery at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at the NYU School of Medicine, considered to be one of the best plastic surgery training programs in the world.

There he was mentored by Dr. Joseph McCarthy, Dr. Sherrell Aston, Dr. Gerald Pitman, Dr. Daniel Baker, and other distinguished faculty over the course of six intense years.