Laurie Casas, MD
Accomplished surgeon, educator, author and speaker Laurie A. Casas, MD, will be the recipient of The Aesthetic Foundation’s 2024 Career Achievement Award. The presentation will take place on Saturday, May 4 during The Aesthetic Meeting 2024 in Vancouver, BC.
Dr. Laurie Casas, the first woman to serve as Foundation President (2009-2010), is also the first woman to receive this prestigious honor in recognition of her significant contributions to the aesthetic plastic surgery specialty. Highlights of her accomplished resume include:
Completed 3 Fellowships following Plastic Surgery Residency at Northwestern University Medical School:
1988 Clinical Fellow Microsurgery and Research Fellow, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, IL
1989 Clinical Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Fellow, New York University/Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat (MEETH), New York City
1989 Clinical Aesthetic Breast Reconstruction Fellow St. Joseph Hospital – Emory University, Atlanta, GA
1990-2009 Associate Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL
2009-2016 Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Section of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine
2017-2022 Clinical Professor of Surgery, Section of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, University of Chicago Medicine
34 years in private practice and academic appointments
Member of The Aesthetic Society’s Board of Directors and Vice Chair of the Communications Commission 2003 – 2009
Clinical Editor for ASJ 2006 – 2021
ASJ Breast Section Editor 2006-2012
ASJ Section Editor Featured Operative Reports 2012-2021
2003-2006 Vice Chair, Communications Commission
2006-2009 Chair, Communications Commission
Six years as a Traveling Professor for The Aesthetic Society
An authority in aesthetic plastic surgery and cosmetic medicine whose focus is patient-centric outcomes research, who is highly sought after as a lecturer and panelist.
Represented The Society and Foundation at the FDA hearings on breast implant safety 2001, 2006, 2013, and 2019
Many peer reviewed publications of Clinical studies with Level of Evidence 2 on Aesthetic Breast Surgery and Aesthetic Medicine
