Brian M. Kinney, MD is a world renowned, board-certified plastic surgeon, a member of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and a Past President of the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation of the United States.
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We are delighted you are considering us as providers for the plastic surgery procedure you have in mind. As you already know, finding the right plastic surgeon is perhaps the most important choice you can make to achieve the excellent results you want for your appearance. Tremendous amounts of work, time and study are necessary for a plastic surgeon to develop the skills in the care you receive. It may take more than 12 years of highly specialized training after college to meet the many requirements for board certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Moreover, above and beyond the qualifications and advanced degrees, you must find someone with whom you can easily communicate so that trust, comfort and the utmost confidence are maintained.Plastic Surgery
Plastic surgery is the art and science of restoring to the patient ideal form and function, to enhance them cosmetically or aesthetically, make them beautiful for life or whole again after trauma, anomalies of birth, burns or cancer. When that function is restored, it may lead to improved activities of daily living. When that appearance is surgically rejuvenated, it may lead to an improved self-image and more confidence. I have often said, "if plastic surgeons only perform reconstructive surgery, they have no art, if they only perform aesthetic surgery, they have no soul." It takes an emphasis on form and function to complete the picture.
Undergoing a surgical procedure can be somewhat stressful beforehand and during the healing phase but is also uplifting, exciting and rewarding when healed. By the way, the word "plastic" comes to us from the Greek "plastikos" which means to mold, shape or give form and should not be confused with the synthetic material plastic, developed thousands of years later in the 20th century.
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Dr. Kinney just published a textbook of plastic surgery!
Along with other distinguished Professors/co-editors from medical schools at Cleveland Clinic, Harvard, Yale, the University of Michigan, Pittsburgh and Wisconsin, he co-edited a new 2,000 page, standard textbook in plastic surgery with over 120 chapters and 250 authors. His area of expertise was the videos and the cosmetic surgery section.
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Brian Kinney, MD just returned from Mikonos, Greece lecturing at the 1st International Meeting on Aesthetic and Reconstructive Facial Surgery. His lecture topics were 1) the advantages of closed rhinoplasty, 2) primary or first time rhinoplasty, 3) how to evaluate new technologies, lasers, liposuction, peels, and 4) combination facelift and injections in the younger patient for a natural look.
Dr. Brian Kinney jointly co-hosted with Dr. Daniel Marchac of Paris, and Dr. Constance Neuhan-Lorenz of Munich, the first ever American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) - European - International Committe for Quality Assurance of Medical Materials (IQUAM) Conference, Transatlantic Innovations and lectured on the latest developments in hyaluronic acid injectables, such as Restylane, Juvederm, Prevelle and Perlane. In addition he chaired a special session on new technologies in plastic surgery. Other topics at the conference included stem cells and fat transfer, face transplantation, cosmetic surgery tourism, FDA and European regulations (presented by government regulators from the FDA and Europe) new technologies and the differences in training and education of plastic surgeons worldwide.
