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Credentials
High School Education - Lake Forest High School; Lake Forest, IL
Undergraduate Education - Dartmouth College; Hanover, NH
Medical School - Tulane University School of Medicine; New Orleans, LA
Surgery Residency Training - George Washington University Medical Center; Washington, DC
Plastic Surgery Fellowship Training - University of California, San Francisco; San Francisco, CA
Double Board-Certified*; The American Board of Surgery (1999) and The American Board of Plastic Surgery (2001)
Professional Memberships* - The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (2002)
Positions Held - Vice-Chairman of Department of Surgery, Lake Forest Hospital (2007-present); LFH Golf Tournament Committee (2006-present).
Publications:
"Management of the Complex Abdominal Wall Wound", Chapter 5, Steinwald PM and Mathes SJ; Advances in Surgery, Vol. 35, J.L Cameron ed., Mosby, Inc., 2001.
"Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: A Comparison of Flap and Mesh Closure", Mathes SJ, Steinwald PM, Foster RD, Hoffman WY, Anthony JP; Annals of Surgery, 232:586-596, 2000.
Presentations:
"Mommy Makeovers (updated)", Lake Forest Hospital evening lecture, November 2008.
"Plastic Surgery Through Your Decades", Lake Forest Hospital evening lecture, March 2008.
"FTM (Female-to-Male) Chest Recontouring", FORGE Presentation, Milwaukee WI - January, 2008.
"Mommy Makeovers (and Grandmas too!)", Lake Forest Hospital evening lecture - April, 2007.
"FTM (Female-to-Male) Chest Recontouring", FORGE Forward Conference, Milwaukee WI - April, 2007.
"Mommy Makeovers", Chicago Health and Beauty Expo, Schaumburg, IL - March 2007.
"FTM (Female-to-Male) Chest Recontouring", UCSF Alumni Reunion/Scientific Program, San Francisco, CA - February 2006.
"Plastic Surgery of the Breast", Lake Forest Hospital Mini-Medical School - November 2003
"Breast Reduction via the Inferior Pedicle Technique", UCSF Plastic Surgery Alumni Reunion/Scientific Program, San Francisco, CA - June 2003
"TRAM Flap Breast Reconstruction", Lake Forest Hospital Nursing Staff - October 2001
"Abdominal Wall Reconstruction", UCSF Plastic Surgery Alumni Reunion/Scientific Program, San Francisco, CA - June 2001
Recent Meetings/Symposia Attended:
American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting:
- Chicago, IL - October 2008
- Baltimore, MD - October 2007
- San Francisco, CA - October 2006
- Chicago, IL - September 2005
- Philadelphia, PA - October 2004
- San Diego, CA - October 2003 (served as Business Mtg. Teller)
- San Antonio, TX - November 2002
- Orlando, FL - October 2001
- Los Angeles, CA - October 2000
American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons - New Orleans, May 2005
Dallas Rhinoplasty Lab/Course - March 2003
Atlanta Breast and Body Contouring Symposium - January 2002
Personal Interests - Music, golf, saltwater aquariums, summer softball, travel and Internet Scrabble (warning: highly addictive!), as seen in The Onion.
*Dr. Steinwald is board-certified by both The American Board of Plastic Surgery, (which indicates that he has met the highest level of credentialing in plastic surgery) as well as the The American Board of Surgery, and is a member in good standing of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, which holds plastic surgeons to the most stringent ethical and professional standards.
Board Certified Plastic Surgeons Serving the Chicago Metro Area