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Dr. Schlesinger's Curriculum Vitae

STEPHEN LAWRENCE SCHLESINGER, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.S.A.M.
33 Lono Avenue
Kahului Building, Suite 300
Kahului, HI 96732

EDUCATION

Post Doctoral Medical Education:

Residency:	Plastic Surgery Residency (1^st & 2^nd years) Oklahoma Health Science Center Chief Resident, Plastic Surgery	1978-1980
	Stanford University Medical Center Department of General Surgery (2^nd and 3^rd years of General Surgery)	1975-1977
Internship:	General Surgical (1^st year General Surgery Residency), Tripler General Hospital Honolulu, Hawaii	1971-1972
Medical MD:	Medical College of Virginia Research – Medical Student participation in medical Education 1970-1971 Voting Member of Admissions Committee, Medical College of Virginia 1969-1971 Position at graduation: Highest Honor Graduate	1967-1971
Premedical: B.A. (Psychology)	University of Michigan	1959-1963
	Research Assistant, Metabolic Research Laboratory (J. Conn, M.D.) University of Michigan Medical Center: (Biochemical extraction of Aldosterone)	1962-1963
	Research Assistant at Mental Health Research Institute: (Study of psychomotor drugs)	1961-1962

HONORS

Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honors Fraternity 1970-1971
President, Brown-Sequard Chapter Sigma Zeta Scientific Honorary Society 1971
Alpha Sigma Chi Medical Leadership 1971
Honorary A.D. Williams Scholarship 1970
International Studies (Six Months at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, England) 1970-1971
H.H. Ware Award (Highest Honor Graduate, Medical College of Virginia) 1971

MEDICAL LICENSURE

State of Hawaii, #2660
State of Texas, #E1737

BOARD CERTIFICATION

American Board of Plastic Surgery, November 15, 1985

CERTIFICATION

Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine, December 1996
American Society of Addiction Medicine, December 17, 1988
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Renewed 1998

MEDICAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS

Past – President, Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S.)
American Medical Association
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
American Association of Ambulatory Plastic Surgical Facilities
American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Inc.
American Society of Outpatient Surgeons
American Burn Association
American Society of Addiction Medicine
Hawaii Medical Association
Hawaii Plastic Surgery Society
Lipoplasty Society of North America
Maui County Medical Society
Pan-Pacific Surgical Association

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

Visiting Professor in Surgery, University of Oklahoma

PUBLICATIONS

Using the Contour Profile for Breast Augmentation, Issues & Answers, Mentor, Fall 1996, pp: 4-5

Report of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons’ Committee on Physicians’ Health, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, February 1993, pp: 373-374

Liposuction of the Lumbar Roll Area, Aesthetic Surgery, Comparing Notes, Fall 1994, pp: 22

Use of Reston Foam in Liposuction, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 1993, 17:49-51

Liposuction of the Upper Back, Lipoplasty Society Newsletter, Lipoplasty Society of North America, Summer 1992, 9:18-19

Suction-Assisted Lipectomy of the Upper Arm: A Four Cannula Technique.
In: Miller SH, et al, Yearbook of Plastic, Reconstructive, and Aesthetic Surgery, Mosby Year Book, Inc. Chicago, 1992, pp:171-3

Two Arcane Areas in Liposuction: the Banana and the Sensuous Triangle.
In: Swanson NA, et al, The Yearbook of Dermatologic Surgery, Mosby Year Book, Inc. Chicago, pp:185-6

Two Arcane Areas in Liposuction: The Banana and the Sensuous Triangle, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 15:175-180, 1991

Suction Assisted Lipectomy of the Upper Arm: A Four Cannula Technique, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 14:271-274, 1990

Remember the Twist, Lipoplasty Soceity Newsletter, Lipoplasty Soceity of North America, Fall 1990, p.17

A Modest Proposal, Journal of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, England, October 1970

AWARDS AND TITLES

Hawaii Medical Association Physician of the Year 2000, 2000-2001
Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons, President 1998-1999
Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons, Vice-President 1995-1996
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 1994
Walter Scott Brown Award – Best Video Tape "Benelli Mastopexy"
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Presidential Citation Award 1992-1993
American Medical Association, Physician’s Recognition Award 1981-2001

HOSPITAL AND COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

ASAPS Aesthetic Fellowship, Co-Program Director, Sponsored by The University of Southern California and Maui Memorial Medical Center 2000-Present

American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Member, Ad Hoc Committee, Code of Ethics 1992-1993

Maui Memorial Hospital, Maui, Hawaii, Chairperson, Ethics Committee 1992-1999

Hawaii Medical Society, Vice Chairman, Committee on Physicians’ Health 1991-Present

Maui Memorial Hospital, Chairman, Committee on Physicians’ Health 1991-Present

American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Chairperson, Committee on Physicians’ Health 1991-1994

Maui Memorial Hospital, Maui, Hawaii, Member, Department of Surgery 1980-Present

Maui Memorial Hospital, Maui, Hawaii 1985-1987

Chief, Section of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery 1992-Present

Maui Memorial Hospital, Maui, Hawaii, Chief, Department of Surgery 1983-1984

Maui Memorial Hospital, Maui, Hawaii, Chairman, Physicians Activity Review Committee 1998-2000
COMMUNITY SERVICE

Helped establish Maui Drug Court 1998-2001

Medical Director, Clinic for the Homeless, Maui, Hawaii, Instrumental in the formulation of this clinic in association with the Salvation Army 1992-1993

SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS

American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting New York City, New York SAMBA Breast Augmentation	May 2001
Medical College of Virginia Richmond, Virginia "Non-Caucasian Rhinoplasty"	April 2001
Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons Meeting Kauai, Hawaii "Non-Caucasian Rhinoplasty"	February 2001
The Plastic Surgery Company Meeting Orlando, Florida "Use of Human Growth Hormone in the Plastic Surgery Practice"	May 2000
Rocky Mountain Plastic Surgery Society Kauai, Hawaii "The Plastic Surgery Company" "Benelli Mastopexy"	February 2000
American Society of Plastic Surgeons New Orleans, Louisiana "Simultaneous Areolar Mastopexy / Breast Augmentation" "Circumareolar Mastopexy"	October 1999
Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons, Wailea, Hawaii "Live Surgery Telecast: External Ultrasonic Liposuction"	January 1999
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Boston, Massachusetts "Benelli Mastopexy"	October 1998
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons San Francisco, California "Circumareolar Mastopexy"	September 1997
Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons Whistler, Canada "Transaxillary Partially Sub-pectoral Endoscopic Assisted Breast Augmentation, Utilizing the Contour Profile Implant"	January 1997
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Dallas, Texas "Circumareolar Mastopexy"	November 1996
Canadian Society For Aesthetic (Cosmetic) Plastic Surgery Quebec City, Canada "Endoscopic Breast Augmentation" "Modified Benelli Mastopexy – How to do it and How to AvoidComplications"	September 1996
Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons 34^th Annual Meeting Whistler, Canada "Transaxillary Partially Sub-Pectoral Endoscopic Assisted Breast Augmentation"	January 1996
International Doctors In Alcoholics Anonymous New Jersey "Impaired Physician vs. Organized Medicine"	August 1995
University of Hawaii Medical School (3^rd & 4^th year students) Honolulu, Hawaii "Impairment and Recovery in the Medical Community"	May 1995
Maui Medical Society Maui, Hawaii "Impairment and Recovery in the Medical Community"	May 1995
Hawaii Academy of Family Physicians Honolulu, Hawaii "Impairment and Recovery in the Family Practice Community"	February 1995
Wilcox Memorial Hospital Kauai, Hawaii "Chemical Dependency and Physicians"	November 1994
ASPRS Annual Scientific Meeting San Diego, California "The Impaired Plastic Surgeon"	September 1994
Association of Plastic Surgeons Assistants San Diego, California "Addiction and Recovery In the Plastic Surgery Community"	September 1994
University of Pittsburgh Department of Surgery Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania "American College of Surgeons Committed on Physicians’ Health"	April 1993
Pacific Institute of Chemical Dependency Honolulu, Hawaii "The Impaired Physician"	January 1993
Kuring-Gai District Medical Association Kapalua, Hawaii "Breast Surgery American Style" "Diagnosis and Treatment of the Impaired Physician"	June 1992
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery International Symposium on Endoscopic Plastic Surgery Newport Beach, California "Transaxillary Partially Sub-Pectoral Endoscopic Assisted Breast Augmentation Utilizing the Contour Profile Implant"	July 1995
Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons 33^rd Annual Meeting Lanai, Hawaii "Modified Benelli Mastopexy"	January 1995
ASPRS Annual Scientific Meeting San Diego, California "Circumareolar Mastopexy"	September 1994
Lipoplasty Society of North America 12^th Annual Meeting San Diego, California Panelist "Non-General Anesthesia considerations for Lipoplasty and Body Contouring"	September 1994
ASPRS Annual Scientific Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana "Circumareolar Mastopexy"	September 1993
The Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons 32^nd Annual Meeting Coeur d’Alene, Idaho "Chipmunk Cheek Syndrome"	August 1993
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 26^th Annual Meeting Boston, Massachusetts "Use of Reston Foam in Liposuction" "Liposuction of the Sensuous Triangle" "Liposuction of the Upper Back" "Liposuction of the Upper Arm, A Four Cannula Technique" "Benelli Mastopexy"	April 1993
County Engineers Society Hilo, Hawaii "Cosmetic Surgery in the 1990’s"	January 1992
Pan Pacific Conference Honolulu, Hawaii "Benelli Mastopexy"	January 1992
The Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons Victoria, British Columbia "Dorsal Lipoplasty"	September 1991
Lipoplasty Society of North America Seattle, Washington "Dorsal Lipoplasty"	September 1991
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeons Meeting Beverly Hills, California "Use of Reston Foam in Lipoplasty" "Benelli Mastopexy"	July 1991
Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons Kauai, Hawaii "The Double Bubble Effect After Breast Augmentation" "The Benelli Mastopexy" "The Sensuous Triangle In Liposuction" "Treatment of Baldness by the Brandy Hairlift Technique"	September 1990
Rocky Mountain Association of Plastic Surgeons Wailea, Hawaii "Correction of Glabellar Frown Lines"	March 1990
Maui Community College Nursing Students Maui Memorial Hospital, Wailuku, Hawaii "Treatment of Acute Flame and Scald Burns"	November 1989
Lipoplasty Society of North America 7^th Annual Meeting San Francisco, California "Liposuction of the Upper Arm, the Banana, and the Sensuous Triangle"	October 1989
The Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons 28^th Annual Meeting Seattle, Washington "Treatment of Glabellar Frown Lines with muscle Graft and Corrugator Obliteration"	September 1989
Wilcox Hospital Kauai, Hawaii "Liposuction of the Upper Arm, A Four Cannula Technique" "Treatment of Acute Burns"	April 1989
ASPRSN Western District Annual Meeting Keynote Address Lahaina, Hawaii "The Plastic Surgery Nurse of the Nineties"	March 1989
University of San Francisco Medical Center Attending Residents San Francisco, California "Transaxillary Breast Augmentation with Meme Implants"	February 1989
Lipoplasty Society of North America Symposium Toronto, Canada "Interlipo Lipoplasty"	October 1988
The Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons 27^th Annual Meeting Coeur d’Alene, Idaho "Breast Augmentation Maui Style, A Transaxillary Approach to Meme Implants" "Interlipo Lipoplasty"	September 1989
The Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons 26^th Annual Meeting Bleneden Beach, Oregon "Marketing the Plastic Surgical Practice" "Surgery with Knitting Needles" "Suction-Assisted Lipectomy Review of 400 Patients"	September 1987
The Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons 25^th Annual Meeting Alberta, Canada "Treatment of Lamb’s Nipple Deformity" "Body Sculpturing and Cosmetic Surgery"	September 1986
Hawaii Association of County Officials 17^th Annual Meeting Kahului, Hawaii "Body Sculpturing and Cosmetic Surgery"	June 1986
Maui County Fire Department and Paramedics Wailuku, Hawaii "Treatment of Acute Flame and Scald Burns"	May 1986
West Hawaii Medical Society Kailua-Kona, Hawaii "Treatment of Acute Burns"	May 1986
West Hawaii Medical Society Kailua-Kona, Hawaii "Liposuction"	March 1986
The Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons 24^th Annual Meeting Kailua-Kona, Hawaii "Axillary Breast Augmentation Using Meme-Type Implants"	September 1985
Wilcox Hospital Kauai, Hawaii "Liposuction"	July 1985

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