San Diego Plastic Surgery - Surgeon

We are proud to introduce the surgeons of La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre.

Lori H. Saltz, M.D., joined the surgical staff of the La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre having completed ten years of medical and surgical training. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Stanford University in 1976, and her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Oregon in 1980. She then trained for three years in general surgery at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, and completed a three-year residency in plastic surgery - a year more than the two years required in this specialty - at Loyola University Medical Center in the Chicago suburb of Maywood, Illinois, in 1986.

H. Michael Roark, M.D. joined La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre with nineteen years experience as a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. He is the immediate past founding Medical Director of The Alvarado Institute of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Dr. Roark obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Calgary after graduating from the Oregon State University. Dr. Roark completed his General Surgery and Plastic Surgery residencies at the University of Toronto's famed Gallie postgraduate surgical program.

Johan Brahme, M.D. brings twenty-two years of surgical experience and expertise to La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre, the last thirteen devoted exclusively to plastic surgery. Dr. Brahme was born and raised in Malmo, Sweden, and has a long tradition of medicine in his family, his father and grandfather both being physicians. Dr. Brahme immigrated to the USA in 1970 and settled in La Jolla. He received his undergraduate education at Revelle College, UCSD, and was awarded his medical degree from the School of Medicine at UCSD as well.

Joseph L. Grzeskiewicz, M.D. Dr. Grzeskiewicz specializes in aesthetic plastic surgery including breast surgery, body contouring, facial rejuvenation and laser resurfacing. He is certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery and an Active Member of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of The California Medical Association, The San Diego Plastic Surgery Society, and The San Diego County Medical Society. He is on staff at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. Dr. Grzeskiewicz currently resides in Poway with Jan, his wife of over twenty years, and their daughters, Gabrielle and Nastassia.

R. Merrel Olesen, M.D. (RETIRED), is the Medical Director of the La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre in La Jolla California, which he founded in 1988. He has over 25 years of plastic surgery experience and is well known for the quality of his surgical results. Dr. Olesen was Chair of the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at the world San Dieg owned Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation in La Jolla for 8 years and is a past president of the San Diego Plastic Surgery Society. He has also been a clinical instructor for the Plastic Surgery Division, University of California at San Diego since 1970.

Plastic Surgery Procedures:

We offer free cosmetic surgery consultations with our board certified plastic surgeons. We can show you the possibilities of cosmetic surgery using computer imaging. You can also see "ballpark" fees for many popular procedures.

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Use the form at the top right of this page to contact us with any questions you may have about aesthetic plastic surgery, our centre or our surgeons. We also welcome you to call us for a personal consultation with one of our board certified plastic surgeons.

La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre
9850 Genesee Avenue, Suite 130 & 480
La Jolla, California 92037

Phone: 800-942-2816
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