Education
- Lincoln High School: Stockton, California (1967-1971)
- University of the Pacific: Stockton, California (1972-1975; entered medical school after three years of college)
- University of California at San Francisco Medical School (1976-1980)
- General surgery residency at Valley Medical Center: Fresno, California (1980-1982)
- ENT residency at the University of Arizona: Tucson, Arizona (1982-1985)
- Plastic surgery residency at the University of Louisville: Louisville, Kentucky (1985-1987)
- Amelia Brown Frazier Fellowship in Reconstructive Microsurgery at the University of Louisville: Louisville, Kentucky (1987-1988)
- Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Fellowship at Merritt Hospital: Oakland, California (1989)
Special Awards
- Recipient of the William E. Brohm Award for Outstanding Graduating Surgery Resident at the University of Louisville. Presented by Dr. Hiram Polk, chairman of the Department of General Surgery and by Dr. Leonard Weiner, chairman of the Plastic Surgery Division, to Dr. Payne upon completion of his residency in plastic surgery.
Board Certification
- Otolaryngology (Ear, Nose & Throat) Board Certified: 1985
- Plastic Surgery Board Certified: 1992
Professional Society Memberships
- American Society of Plastic Surgery
- American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- Fellow American College of Surgeons
- California Medical Association
- California Society of Plastic Surgeons
Additional Plastic Surgery Experience & Service
- Medical mission trips to Mexico, Guatemala, and the Philippines to help impoverished people. Surgeries performed include cleft lip and palate work, reconstructive surgery post-burns, hand and upper extremity surgery, treatment of a variety of tumors, and other reconstructive plastic surgery.
- Stanislaus County Young Physician Representative to the California Medical Association (1992-1994).
- Doctors Medical Center Board of Governors (1998-2002).
- Chief of Surgery Department at Doctors Medical Center (2000-2002).
- Chief of Surgery at Stanislaus Surgical Hospital (2005-2007).
- Emergency Room On-Call Director/Coordinator for Facial Trauma Panel at Modesto Area Hospitals (1999-present).
- Participation in various physician committees at Modesto area hospitals.
