Dr. Norman Leaf MD, Plastic Surgeon
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Dr. Norman Leaf MD

Plastic Surgeon

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436 North Bedford Drive Suite 104 Beverly Hills California, 90210
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About

Norman Leaf, MD, FACS, has a private practice in Beverly Hills, California.  An internationally known plastic surgery specialist, Dr. Leaf has been featured in everything from beauty magazines to 20/20 with Barbara Walters.  He also published Are Those Real?, a memoir about his experiences as a surgeon working with high profile people.  Dr. Leaf also gives back, as Medical Director of the Iraq Star Foundation, a non-profit organization that has 250 volunteer plastic surgeons and other specialists in 45 states.  In addition to his busy plastic surgical practice, Dr. Leaf was also the owner of America's first Prada boutique for several years with his wife.  Now, he dedicates himself completely to patients with a full range of aesthetic surgeries for the face, breast, and body. 

Education and Training

University of Chicago MD 1966

Univ of Chicago, Pritzker Sch of Med, Chicago Il 1966

University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine 1966

Board Certification

American Board of Plastic Surgery

American Board of Surgery

Plastic SurgeryAmerican Board of Plastic SurgeryABPS

SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS

Provider Details

MaleEnglish 59 years of experience

Areas of expertise and specialization

Aesthetic SurgeryFace and Body

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Associate Clinical Professor -

Awards

  • National Honor Society   
  • National Merit Finalist   
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society   

Professional Memberships

  • American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery  
  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons  

Charities and Philanthropic Endeavors

  • Rebuilding America's Warriors Foundation, Medical Director

Treatments

  • Face and Body

Fellowships

  • United States Public Health Service

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

Articles and Publications

What do you attribute your success to?

  • Being Seriously Committed to his Patients

Philanthropic Initiatives

  • Medical Director, R.A.W.-Rebuilding America's Warriors/Iraq Star Foundation/

Teaching and speaking

  • ·      Leaf, N., and Gurdin, M. Microscopically Controlled Excision of Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Face. Presented at California Society of Plastic Surgeons meeting, Monterey, California, March, 1979.?

    ·      Leaf, N., and Elandt, K.R. The use of Transderm Scopalamine in the Prevention of Post-Operative Nausea. Presented at U.C.L.A.-University of Guadalajara Plastic Surgery Symposium, Ixtapa, Mexico, February, 1983.?

    ·      Leaf, N., Control of Post-operative Facial Edema: a Double-Blind Study. Presented at the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, April, 1985.?

    ·      Leaf, N., SMAS Autografts to the Nasal Dorsum. Presented at Cedars-Sinai Plastic Surgery Day, May 1995.?

    ·      Leaf, N., Experience with LeJour Breast Reduction. Presented at UCLA Grand Rounds September 1999.?

    ·      Leaf, N., Lip Augmentation. Presented at UCLA Grand Rounds, May 2002.?

    ·      Leaf, N., Blepharoplasty: A 30 Year Work-in-Progress. Presented at UCLA Grand Rounds December, 2002?

    ·      Leaf, N., It Doesn’t Have to Flow from These Two Hands, Chaired Panel annual meeting of California Society of Plastic Surgeons, May 2007.?

    ·      Leaf, N., Non-invasive Treatments in Plastic Surgery, panelist at Los Angeles Society of Plastic Surgeons, September, 2007.

Favorite professional publications

  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Dr. Norman Leaf MD's Practice location

436 North Bedford Drive Suite 104 -
Beverly Hills, California 90210
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