Tom S. LiuDr

Dr. Tom S. Liu's career began at Northwestern University, where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with Honors and Phi Beta Kappa. He continued his training at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine and the Booth School of Business, where he completed a prestigious 5-year MD-MBA program. 

During his medical training at the University of Chicago, Dr. Liu went on a medical mission to Puerto Rico to perform reconstructive surgery on underprivileged children. It was during this time that he discovered his love for plastic surgery. With his combined medical and business training, Dr. Liu dove headfirst into philanthropic medical ventures, empowering a Puerto Rican foundation specializing in pediatric reconstructive procedures. Dr. Liu went on to graduate from the University of Chicago with Honors and was a nominee for the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society.

Dr. Liu continued his medical training at the UCLA Medical Center, earning a place in the highly competitive general surgery-plastic surgery program, which accepts only one position per year. During this time, he further developed his passion for aesthetic plastic surgery, along with microvascular surgery which is critical in advanced reconstructive surgery. 

At the conclusion of his plastic surgery training, Dr. Liu underwent an extra year of subspecialty fellowship training at the Plastic Surgery Institute in San Francisco. This is one of the only programs that offers both aesthetic surgery training and advanced microsurgery training. During this fellowship, Dr. Liu learned from world leaders in plastic surgery, becoming an expert in specialized techniques in facial plastic surgery, breast procedures, and aesthetic body procedures--along with injectables and microsurgery with a focus on breast reconstruction. Dr. Liu is board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. This is the only plastic surgery board that is recognized by the American Board of Medical