Carlos Lasa, Jr.

Dr. Carlos Lasa, Jr. is a Board Certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon who rnspecializes in Aesthetic/Cosmetic Surgery and Liposuction. He is the rnonly Filipino plastic surgeon ever accepted for advanced fellowship training rnby the Foundation for Education in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, at the prestigious Institute of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. His mentor, Dr. John Lewis, was the founder and first president of the American Society rnfor Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. While in Atlanta, Dr. Lasa also had the opportunity rnto observe the cosmetic surgeries of world renowned plastic surgeons like Dr. Foad Nahai, Dr. John Bostwick, and Dr. Carl Harttrumpf, at the Emory University Hospital.

After completion rnof his fellowship training in Atlanta, Dr. Lasa proceeded to complete a second rnfellowship training program at the Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, under the tutelage of Dr. Bahman Guyuron, a distinguished plastic surgeon rnin the field of aesthetic surgery and craniomaxillofacial surgery and Department Chairman of Plastic Surgery at Mt. Sinai.

Dr. Lasa later rnworked as a surgical associate at the Fair Oaks Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia, where he was able to train under the leading plastic surgeons in the metropolitan rntri-state areas of Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. Concurrently, Dr. Lasa was also chosen to organize and head the pioneering bone research rnprogram of the American Red Cross Tissue Services based at the Holland Laboratory rnfor the Biomedical Sciences in Rockville, Maryland.

Dr. Lasa is Board Certified by the Philippine Board of Plastic Surgery which is rnthe only specialty board for cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery recognized rnby the Philippine College of Surgeons.

Dr. Lasa has rnauthored several research papers which have been published in the Plastic rnand Reconstructive Surgery Jou al, the most prestigious and widely read plastic rnsurgery jou al in the world. He has been invited as speaker in various international rnconferences and to enhance his expertise, he regularly attends various seminars rnworldwide, where new techniques in plastic and cosmetic surgery are introduced.

Dr. Lasa’s rnaccomplishments have earned him citations from the prestigious international Marquis Who’s Who.