About Us

Dr. Sara Wasserbauer is  located in the Bay Area, outside of San Francisco, in Walnut Creek, California.

She completed her undergraduate studies with a B.A. in Classical Archeology and minors in Chemistry, Biology and Psychology at the prestigious Dartmouth College. She then went on to earn her medical degree from the renowned Medical College of Ohio where she was designated Class Leader. After finishing her training in Internal Medicine, Dr. Wasserbauer discovered she had a natural aptitude and eye for aesthetic surgery.

Dr. Wasserbauer believes in a holistic approach to treating her patient’s. “I want to understand their cosmetic goals and create very customized treatment plans that will accomplish their objectives and fit their lifestyle.  There is no reason to treat patients with a cookie cutter, one size fits all approach.”

Dr. Wasserbauer is a member of:

  • American Medical Association
  • American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery
  • California Medical Society
  • Solano County Medical Society

Sara Wasserbauer, MD

Physician

Our Staff

Dr. Suzanne Gokel

Physician

Dr. Gokel is a board certified family physician with advanced training in esthetic medicine. Here at the Laser Center of Walnut Creek, she provides treatments for Botox, Dermal Fillers, Laser Hair Removal, IPL, Fraxel, and Ulthera. Dr. Gokel also offers free skin care consultations for ongoing skin management and optimizing treatments to help you look great. This includes evaluating each patient and customizing skin care programs with the use of products and medical treatments.

Dr. Gokel’s philosophy is to partner with her patients to take an active role towards a healthy, happy lifestyle. She encourages patients to “Take care of yourself and feel good and then your energy can be focused on your home, family and work!”

Outside of Laser Center of Walnut Creek, Dr. Gokel also practices primary care at Stanford University Health Care Center where she is on faculty. In her spare time, she enjoys staying active and spending time with her family and three kids.

Geraldine Gatewood, RN

Nurse

Geraldine Gatewood RN is one of those medical professionals who has technical expertise AND an artistic flair. She has gained her over 10 years experience from both cosmetic surgery operating rooms and injecting chairs, but when she started her nursing career she leaned heavily toward the more technical side of medicine. As a Bay Area local, she worked as a nursing assistant at Valleycare/Stanford while going to nursing school. She received her nursing degree from Chabot College in 2003 and was offered a job in the same facility as an RN in the medical-surgical/telemetry unit. In Aug 2019 she graduated from Samuel Merritt University with her BSN.

Geraldine started to develop her cosmetic aptitudes working under Dr. Friedman as both an OR nurse and nurse injector. She maintains her more technical nursing skills as a staff nurse (level IV) with Kaiser in Fremont’s ambulatory Surgery Center.