Lloyd Krieger

Lloyd Krieger started Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery. He is the practice's medical director and focuses on cosmetic plastic surgery. He has hospital staff privileges at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Northridge Hospital. He has extensive experience in plastic surgery and body contouring and is an internationally respected plastic surgeon. He earned a BA in English from Stanford University in 1989, an MBA and a certificate in health administration from the University of Chicago in 1992, and an MD from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in 1994. He completed a general surgery residency at UCLA Medical Center from 1994 to 1998 and a plastic surgery residency there from 1998 to 2001, and was the first resident chosen for UCLA's combined general and plastic surgery program. He lists English and Spanish among his languages. His research has examined how to make plastic surgery a more rewarding experience for patients, drawing on approaches used in other service industries. He worked with Rodeo Drive style makers to identify natural breast shapes that suit clothing, and he tailors recommendations on breast augmentation style, size, shape and profile. He works in body contouring and liposuction and wrote a chapter on liposuction techniques for the Handbook of Plastic Surgery. He has written for national newspapers and business press, and has been an invited lecturer on plastic surgery quality and practice issues. From 1997 to 2001 he was a columnist for Healthcare Financial Management, and he has sat on the editorial board of Cost & Quality Medical Journal since 1995. He has been an invited member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Young Plastic Surgeons Committee since 2002, and he peer reviews scientific articles for JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and others. He belongs to the Los Angeles County Medical Association, the California Medical Association and the Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons. He received three research grants from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery between 1998 and 2000, won the Sherrell J. Aston Award at the ASAPS Annual Meeting in 2003, and received a UCLA Division of Plastic Surgery research award in 2001.