CO-CHAIRMAN

Scott L. Spear, MD, is the Professor and Chairman of the Department of Plastic Surgery at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. Dr. Spear has been on the faculty of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Georgetown University since 1981. In 1992, he assumed his current role as the Director of the Georgetown University Hospital Plastic Surgery training program.

Dr. Spear graduated with honors from the University of Michigan and earned his medical degree from the University of Chicago. He spent his post-graduate years in a general surgery residency program at Harvard Medical School followed by a plastic surgery residency at the University of Miami.

Dr. Spear is a past president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the Northeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons. In addition, he is the founder and president of the Royal and Ancient Society of American Plastic Surgeons, and recently served on the Board of Directors for the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

In his 26 years of practice, Dr. Spear has been a visiting professor at more than a dozen prestigious universities including Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Vanderbilt, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of California, and the University of Toronto. A popular sought-after speaker, Dr. Spear has given over 100 presentations and participated in at least 540 lectures, panels, and courses. He testified before Congress and the FDA as an expert regarding breast implants.

Dr. Spear's works are published extensively in the medical literature and he has to his credit more than 229 papers and chapters on various aspects of plastic surgery. He is the author of the textbook Surgery of the Breast: Principles and Art. He is also the breast section editor for the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and his opinions are featured in many media forums such as The New York Times, Washington Post, National Public Radio, CNN, and the major broadcast networks.