Dr. Brian Kinney is delighted you are considering Brian Kinney MD as a
provider 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 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.
Brian Kinney MD is a Board Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
(ASPS)
Brian Kinney MD is a Former Board Member, American Society for Aesthetic
Plastic Surgery (ASAPS)
Brian Kinney MD is a Past President, Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation
(PSEF) of the US
Brian Kinney MD is a Parliamentarian, Board of Directors Member,
International Confederation of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic
Surgery (IPRAS
Brian Kinney MD is on the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic
Surgeons (ISAPS)
Brian Kinney MD is a Chairman of the Board, National Endowment for Plastic
Surgery (NEPS)
Brian Kinney MD is a Former Chief of Plastic Surgery, Century City Hospital,
Los Angeles
Brian Kinney MD is a Former Clinical Chief of Hand Surgery, Cedars-Sinai
Hospital, Los Angeles
Brian Kinney MD is a Former Chairman of the Educational Technology Committee
of the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation (PSEF
Brian Kinney MD is a Member of the Innovative Procedures Committee of the
American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS)
For more detailed information on Dr. Brian Kinney’s medical training and background, please see Dr. Brian Kinney
Curriculum Vitae.
UCLA Department of Surgery, Los Angeles, CA
UCLA Division of Plastic Surgery, Los Angeles, CA
Tulane University, School of Medicine, New Orleans