Jean-Pierre RiouDr

At age 20, Dr. Riou was the youngest student in his medical school class at NYU. He completed his plastic surgery training at Yale University and scored top 1% in the nation on the American Board of Plastic Surgery. For 28 years he has dedicated his practice exclusively to Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery and Mommy Makeovers.

Dr. Riou believes strongly in transparency when informing patients about the risk and benefits of their procedure. He has kept meticulous records of all surgeries performed during his career, along with the incidence of each of the possible complications. He has presented this data at several scientific meetings.

Dr Riou is the child of immigrant parents and grew up in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. His parents were raised alongside 5 and 8 siblings on small farms in Brittany, France during the second World War. They only had a middle school education, and sailed to America with little money and no knowledge of the English language. As most immigrants to America, they instilled a strong work ethic and emphasized education as they themselves did not have the opportunity. Dr Riou was the first in his family to graduate from High School, let alone College or Medical School. He has emphasized Academia throughout his life and is grateful to have realized the “American Dream”. He moved to the greater Charlotte area in 1994 after completing 14 years of higher education in New York and New Haven. He has shared a medical practice with his wife Dr. Lori Schneider for the last 25 years. She practices Neurology and they have been together since 1984 attending the same prestigious college, medical school and residency Hospitals (NYU and Yale). They are strong believers that good medicine begins with good nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.