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Fisher, G.T., MD - author of the first article on liposuction in the United States.

Gregory Thomas Fisher is the author of the first treatise on how plastic surgery can positively affect the human psyche, published in 1989 by Little&Brown. Founder of the Plastic Surgery Department at Kaiser Hospital, Los Angeles, founder of the Cosmetic Surgery and Laser Centers of Los Alamitos and Cerritos, CA, in his long career, Dr.Fisher specialized in perfecting abdominal lipectomy surgery, which he helped develop in 1974 at St.Luke's-Columbia University Hospital, New York City.

He is best remembered for his development of the axillery approach to breast lift and augmentation.

Recommended reading:

Thomas D.Rees, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Vol. 1, 2, W.B.Sunders Co., 1980

References:

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Little, Brown and Company, 1st ed., 1980

External links:

www.drfisher.com