Background & Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Plastic Surgery November 10, 1989

Professional Background

1990-Present   Private Practice
Plastic Surgery, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Plastic Surgeon Consultant for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Clinical Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery,
University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

2010 and 1992 Plastic Surgeon for the  “Women’s U.S. Open” Oakmont, PA

1994  Plastic Surgeon for the "Men's U.S. Open" Oakmond, PA

1987-1992
University of Miami, School of Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
Chief of the Staff Services, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami

1985 -1987
Plastic Surgery Residency
University of Miami, School of Medicine Miami, FL
Chief: D. Ralph Millard, Jr., M.D.
http://calder.med.miami.edu/Ralph_Millard/index.html

1981-1985
General Surgery Residency
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Chief: Leon Morgenstern, M.D.

1977-1981
Medical Doctorate
Temple University Medical School
Philadelphia, PA

1971-1975
B.S., Biology High Distinction
Penn State University
State College, PA

Teaching Appointments

Clinical Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine

Publications and Presentations

2009 Research publication in Aesthetic Surgery Journal - Multisite Analysis of 177 Consecutive Primary Breast Augmentations: Predictors for Reoperation.

2008 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Publication - A Letter to the Editor, The Fat Compartments of the Face: Anatomy and Clinical Implications for Cosmetic Surgery

Presenter at the following Specialty Meetings:

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Session Chair
Washington D.C.
April 2010

 

Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery,
Moderator for Panel: The Disharmonious Lid/Cheek Junction-Challenges and Solutions
Washington D.C.
April 2010

Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery,
Presentation, 209 Consecutive Primary Breast Augmentations: Pearls to Reducing the Risks for Reoperation, discussing the techniques for reducing reoperation rates in primary breast augmentation.
Orlando, FL
April 2006

Anti-Aging Symposium
"ASAPS Update"
Sponsored by the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation and American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
2002

Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons
"Minimal Expansion for Correction of Male Pattern Baldness"
1994

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Session Secretary
1990

Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
"Hair Replacement Surgery", Instructional Course
1998 -1994

Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
"Hair Replacement Surgery", Instructional Course
1988 -1992