Professional experience

• In private practice in Oak Park, Illinois since 2001
• Affiliated with Rush Oak Park Hospital

Publishing credentials

• Author of A Woman's Guide to Cosmetic Breast Surgery and Body Contouring (Addicus Books, 2006)
• Author of the chapter on plastic, reconstructive and hand surgery in Boards Review Series: Surgery

Board certification

• Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery

Clinical research and presentations

• Research on skin cancer and wound healing
• Presentations to the Illinois Chapter of the American College of Surgeons and the Midwest Association of Plastic Surgeons
• Presentations on breast surgery in the U.S. and abroad

Consumer presentations

• Educational presentation on cosmetic breast surgery and liposuction, Aug. 28, 2006, Rush Oak Park Hospital Community Education Center
• Educational presentation on cosmetic breast surgery and liposuction and body contouring after massive weight loss, Oak Park Public Library, Feb. 20, 2007

Medical training

• Cosmetic surgery
• Aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery
• Craniofacial surgery including repair of cleft lip and palate
• Head and neck reconstruction
• Oncologic (cancer) surgery
• Elective and traumatic hand surgery
• Burn surgery
• Microvascular surgery
• Laser surgery
• Reconstruction of the trunk and lower extremities

Medical education

• Plastic surgery residency: Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (chief resident in third year)
• Three-year residency in general surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
• Medical degree, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
• Master's degree in physiology, Chicago Medical School
• Bachelor of arts degree, Washington University,
  St. Louis, Missouri

Professional memberships

• Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• Fellow, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
• Member, American Academy of Facial, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Member, Chicago Society of Plastic Surgeons

Philanthropy

• 2001: Sole plastic surgeon on a medical mission to Dumaguette City in the Philippines. Operated on patients of all ages who suffered from cleft lip, burn contractures and skin cancer. Worked with his father, a general surgeon, and his mother, an anesthesiologist.

Personal

• Avid runner and triathlete
• Competed in Boston and Chicago Marathons
• Competed in Ironman Wisconsin