http://www.drdowney.com
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Dr. Susan Downey joined Pacific Surgicenter in Santa Monica CA in January 2006.
She has been in practice in the Los Angeles area for over 16 years. Dr Downey’s
practice covers the full range of plastic surgery from cosmetic surgery such as
facelifts, breast augmentations, and abdominoplasties, and other body contouring
procedures to reconstructive procedures such as breast reconstruction after
cancer treatments and breast reductions. She has a particular interest in post
massive weight loss patients especially after bariatric procedures and has over
ten years experience in the field. She has been asked to teach at many national
plastic surgery meetings on the care and treatment of patients after weight loss
and has published her experiences. Most recently she contributed a chapter on
the treatment of the abdomen in the massive weight loss patient to a new text on
the subject edited by Drs. Rubin and Matarrasso which will be published in 2006.
Dr. Downey is board- certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is
an active member of numerous professional societies including the American
Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS) and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic
Surgery (ASAPS). She is currently a member of the Bariatric Surgery Task Force
(ASPS) and is co-chairman of the ASAPS Women’s Health Committee. Dr. Downey is a
Clinical Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Southern
California’s Keck School of Medicine. Dr Downey also serves as Co-Chief Editor
of E-medicine Plastic Surgery online textbook.
Dr. Downey received her undergraduate degree from Smith College in
Northampton, MA and earned her medical degree from the Columbia University
College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, NY. She completed her residency
in General Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia,
and a residency in Plastic Surgery at the Columbia University-Presbyterian
Hospital in New York. Continuing her education, Dr. Downey completed a
Fellowship in Pediatric Plastic Surgery at the Children’s Hospital in Los
Angeles, CA.
For over 15 years Dr. Downey has traveled with Operation Smile and Interplast
to over 13 different countries to help the children born with facial defects
such as cleft lip. In addition to many national and international lectures and
numerous publications in medical journals, Dr. Downey is credited with films for
The Learning Channel, Lifetime, The Discovery Channel and The History Channel.
Dr. Downey has received many awards, including being listed in "The Best Doctors
in America" for a number of years
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