Plastic Surgeon - Dr. Grady Core

Birmingham, Alabama

Dr. Grady Core is widely recognized in the field of plastic surgery as one of the inventors of endoscopic (minimally invasive) plastic surgery. Dr. Core was a co-developer of the technique in 1991 and has developed applications in the face, breast and abdomen since that time. He has taught the technique to other plastic surgeons throughout the world since 1992. He has been an invited speaker from Australia, to South America, to Europe, as well as prestigious universities such as New York University, Temple and others.

Dr. Core is originally from Arkansas where he attended undergraduate school at the University of Arkansas and later medical school at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Core completed full training in general surgery at Flushing Hospital Medical Center, an affiliate of Einstein University in New York City, New York. As a practicing general surgeon he was a member of the teaching faculty at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma until later developing an interest in plastic surgery. Dr. Core is member of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons.

Dr. Core trained in plastic surgery at the world renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and subsequently came to Birmingham, Alabama where he was a Clinical Instructor in plastic surgery for the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Core later served as Chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans until returning in 1996 to make Birmingham his permanent home. He lives with his wife, Heidi, and three sons in Vestavia.

Dr. Core has numerous articles in Plastic Surgery literature and is a regular presenter and teacher at the Plastic Surgery meetings around the world. Dr. Core's long training and experience give him a broad range of expertise in the field of aesthetic surgery. He has extensive experience in plastic surgery of the face and nose, aesthetic breast surgery, and body contouring as well as cosmetic laser surgery. He holds current board certification by the American Board of Surgery as well as the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of both the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons as well as numerous other plastic surgery organizations. He has been selected for Best Doctors in the U.S.: Southeast Region, and in Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare.

Recent Scientific Presentation
by Dr. Core

Lipoplastica, SC Studio Congressi January 2003 - Rome, Italy Italian Plastic Surgery Society May 2002 - Venice Italy Emerging Technologies in Plastic Surgery; Laser & Endoscopy Innovations 2002 - NYU Medical Center, NY ASPS/PSEF/ASMS-2001 Annual Scientific Meeting Orlando, FL 2001 SEPRS Annual Meeting Orlando, FL, 2001 The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery New York, NY, 2001 Las Vegas , NV 2002 Boston, MA 2003 The International Society of Ultrasonic Surgery (ISUS) Ft. Lauderdale (Miami), FL, 2001 The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, FL, 2000 The International Society of Ultrasonic Surgery (ISUS) Disney's Boardwalk Resort, FL, 2000 ASPS/PSEF/ASMS-2000 Annual Scientific Meeting Los Angeles, CA, 2000

Pan-Pacific Surgical Association, 22nd & 23rd Biennial Congress Honolulu, Hawaii, 1998, 2000 American Hernia Society Las Vegas, Nevada, 1999 The International Society of Ultrasonic Surgery (ISUS) Santa Fe, NM, 1998 Colombian Society of Aesthetic Plastic, Maxillofacial and Hand Surgery Bogot, Colombia, 1998 6th Annual Temple University Aesthetic Surgery Symposium Temple Univ., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1998 Emerging Technologies in Plastic Surgery: Laser and Endoscopy Innovations NYU Medical Center, NY, NY, 1997, 1998 Practical Anatomy and Surgical Technique Workshop of St. Louis, Missouri 1996 New South Wales Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1995 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Medical Center, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, 1995 New Zealand Plastic Surgery Society, 1995 Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand

Dr. Core has many presentations and lectures to his credit each year through his association with American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS), American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), etc. and are therefore, too numerous to list.