Welcome to my blog. I am a retired plastic surgeon in Seattle and was in private practice since 1991. I've seen more than a few interesting faces and cases through my years spent in the exam room, the operating room and the emergency room. And I have an opinion on just about everything relating to plastic surgery (and a lot of unrelated stuff). If you like my blog, let me know. Thanks for reading! Lisa
This Friday one of my favorite drives on the planet will cease to exist. I know it’s silly to be attached to stretch of asphalt and concrete but I’m going to really, really miss the Alaskan Way Viaduct. For those of you who do not live in the Seattle area, the Viaduct is a bigContinue reading…
I participate in a few doctor only on line message boards and forums. A topic that has been front and center the past few months has been the #METOO movement and some of the challenges women in medicine face. I’d like to share a few of my own stories. Fortunately none of them include HarveyContinue reading…
General Health, Government and Politics, It's All About Me., Plastic Surgery, Surgical Eductaion
I recently returned from a 12 day stay in Vaison La Romaine, France where my husband taught his yearly Travel, Food and Wine Writing class. This class combines some excellent sight seeing, lots and lots of eating and, of course, some winery tours. On one of the tours, I skipped the usual sniffing, sipping and spitting routine andContinue reading…
It's All About Me., My Plastic Surgery Philosophy, Now That's Cool
A tribute to my father on the 20th anniversary of his death. Twenty years ago today I got the call from the Hospice nurse that my father had died. He has been ill for a couple of years with leukemia and the news came as no surprise but it still hit me hard. I spentContinue reading…
Seattle Plastic Surgeon wishes everyone a Very Merry Christmas. The Christmas season is always super busy in my practice. It seems crazy to have surgery around the holidays but it is the choice of many, many patients. They already have time off of work or school for recovery. In my 23 years of practice, I have only takenContinue reading…
Seattle Plastic Surgeon and mother of three teenagers (!) has a gift suggestion for Mother’s Day. She hopes her husband and children read this blog. I recently had to spend the better part of a day at SeaTac, Seattle’s airport, while waiting for my delayed flight to San Franscisco to attend the annual meeting of theContinue reading…
It's All About Me., Mommy Makeover, Stuff I love, Wardrobe Observations
Seattle Plastic Surgeon shares a clothes closet de-cluttering algorithm. I have set aside this coming weekend to de-clutter my clothing closet. Since I did not spring clean last year or the year before, this is going to be rather challenging. Fortunately, I came across this algorithm which will help me with the process. I will try to beContinue reading…
Seattle Plastic Surgeon wishes everyone a Very Merry Christmas. The Christmas season is always super busy in my practice. It seems crazy to have surgery around the holidays but it is the choice of many, many patients. They already have time off of work or school for recovery. In my 22 years of practice, I have only takenContinue reading…
Seattle Plastic Surgeon on the perils of sewing day and night for several weeks. I’ve had a several busy in surgery which means I’ve been hunching over the operating table and putting in stitch after stitch after stitch. Then I’ve been going home and hunching over my sewing machine hour after hour after hour. And my backContinue reading…
Seattle Plastic Surgery explains the importance of July 1st. If you end up in the hospital this upcoming Sunday, you may notice that some of the doctors look young, really young. That’s because this Sunday is July 1st and that is the first day of internship for all the doctors who finished medical school inContinue reading…
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