For more than 35 years, Joe Gryskiewicz, MD, FACS (pronounced Gris-KA-vitz) has practiced medicine in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. He is a Clinical Professor at the University of Minnesota Cleft Palate Clinics and is the past Chief of Surgery at Fairview Southdale Hospital in the Minneapolis suburb of Edina. His practice, Gryskiewicz Twin Cities Cosmetic Surgery, has offices in Edina and Burnsville, Minnesota. Dr. Joe is the past president of The Rhinoplasty Society. He has published numerous articles in plastic surgery journals, including those on breast augmentation and rhinoplasty.

Dr. Joe Gryskiewicz graduated in 1972 from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in nursing through the registered nursing program at the University of St. Catherine. He graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School in 1978. His post-graduate medical training included seven years of surgical residency at the University of Wisconsin Health Sciences Center.

Dr. Gryskiewicz is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and received a certificate of special training in cosmetic surgery from the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). He has been an official spokesperson for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). Dr. Gryskiewicz was also Chairman of the Emerging Trends Task Force, and belongs to numerous professional organizations and committees, including the Ethics Committee and the Judicial Council. He authors a monthly ethics column for his societies entitled, “The Higher Ground” or “The Straight and Narrow.” Dr. Gryskiewicz also keeps up with cutting-edge developments in his field as a past president and active member of the Rhinoplasty Society, serving on its committees. He also holds dozens of issued patents for surgical devices. Dr. Joe was inducted into the International Society of Clinical Plastic Surgeons in 2003.

Although he has extensive training in all aspects of cosmetic and plastic surgery, Dr. Gryskiewicz’s special medical interests are breast augmentation, rhinoplasty, gynecomastia, labiaplasty, and body contouring. He was one of the early adopters of suction-assisted lipectomy after studying with Dr. Simon Fredricks of Houston, Texas in 1984. (Dr. Fredricks was one of the first plastic surgeons to perform liposuction and a founding member of The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery [ASAPS].)