Dr. Peter B. Fodor

Peter B. Fodor, who holds MD and FACS credentials, works as a plastic surgeon with practices in Beverly Hills and Las Vegas. He holds board certification from two bodies, the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery, and serves as a clinical professor of plastic surgery at UCLA. According to the site, he has more than 30 years of experience in cosmetic and reconstructive work across academic and private practice, and the site calls him a leading plastic surgeon in Los Angeles. He graduated first in his class at the University of Wisconsin Medical School. After an internship at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas, he trained in general surgery and plastic surgery at Columbia's St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital. His procedures include facelifts, liposuction, rhinoplasty, tummy tucks, liposuction-only breast reduction, male breast reduction and gynecomastia, and revision liposuction of the arms, abdomen, buttocks and thighs. The site credits him with the near facelift concept and with contributing to liposuction techniques including VASER, power assisted suction and superficial liposuction. He has published dozens of liposuction articles in peer-reviewed journals, and his CV is posted on the website. He is a past president of the Lipoplasty Society of North America and of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Within the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery he has served as past program chair, board member and journal editor. His memberships include the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons, and he holds honorary membership in the Los Angeles Society and the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery. The site describes him as widely known as a lipoplasty educator through conferences and live surgical demonstrations, and lists the Ellis Island Medal of Honor (2008), the Ted Lockwood Award for Excellence in Body Contouring (2007), a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery (2017) and a Marquis Who's Who Lifetime Achievement Award (2018). Alongside clinical work, he acts as a plastic surgery expert witness for plaintiffs and defendants in breast surgery, liposuction, body contouring, rhinoplasty, facial rejuvenation and wound care. Services are case review, expert testimony, written reports and attorney consultation. Work begins when legal counsel makes contact. He does not take on case review when the patient involved requests it, citing ethical standards. He wrote the plastic surgery chapter of the Expert Witness Manual by Jess E Dines, and the site says colleagues regard him for attention to integrity and standards of care.