About Dr. Saltz
- Lori H. Saltz, M.D., joined the surgical staff of the La Jolla Cosmetic
Surgery Centre having completed ten years of medical and surgical training.
She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Stanford University in 1976,
and her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Oregon in 1980. She
then trained for three years in general surgery at Mt. Sinai Medical Center
in Miami Beach, and completed a three-year residency in plastic surgery - a
year more than the two years required in this specialty - at Loyola
University Medical Center in the Chicago suburb of Maywood, Illinois, in
1986. 
About Dr. Roark
- H. Michael Roark, M.D. is La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre's Medical
Director and has many years experience as a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon.
He is the immediate past founding Medical Director of The Alvarado Institute
of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
About
Dr. Brahme - Dr. Johan E. Brahme brings twenty-four years of
surgical experience and expertise to La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery
Centre, the last fifteen devoted exclusively to plastic surgery.
Dr. Brahme was born and raised in Malmo, Sweden, and has a long
tradition of medicine in his family, his father and grandfather
both being physicians. Dr. Brahme immigrated to the USA in 1970
and settled in La Jolla. He received his undergraduate education
at Revelle College, UCSD, and was awarded his medical degree
from the School of Medicine at UCSD as well.
Dr. Brahme completed a six year General Surgery residency at the UC San Diego School of Medicine in 1987. Upon graduation he was awarded the Chairman's Prize for Outstanding Achievement. He remained on the University's faculty for two years as a teacher and cancer surgeon, specializing in breast cancer treatment. Dr. Brahme was also selected as a Joseph H. Boyes fellow in hand surgery in Los Angeles, a prestigious program with emphasis on children's hand surgery.
Dr. Brahme is board certified by both the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery, and is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. He currently limits his practice to plastic surgery.
As President of the San Diego Plastic Surgery Society, Dr. Brahme has earned respect and recognition for his standing in the plastic surgery community and continues to champion patient education and safety. As Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California at San Diego, a voluntary position, he remains active in teaching of plastic surgeons in training. He also helped host a prominent Chinese plastic surgeon from Beijing, who was visiting La Jolla on a one year fellowship.
Dr. Brahme volunteers his talents as a Plastic surgeon in Mexico for the benefit of disadvantaged children, repairing Cleft lips and palates as well as hand deformities through the Interface program at UCSD. He also continues to lecture locally and internationally on topics in plastic surgery.
Dr. Brahme is accomplished in all areas of plastic surgery, and brings a unique sensitivity and special aesthetic knowledge to his patients. Specializing in both face and brow lifts, as well as breast and body contouring, he is often asked to combine multiple procedures to achieve optimal results. Many of his patients develop a lifelong relationship with him, bringing friends and relatives from near and far to see him.
Dr. Brahme lives in La Jolla with his wife Sevil, also a physician. She is a radiologist who was recently featured in San Diego Magazine's "The Best Doctors in San Diego" issue. They have two children, Lucas and Alexandra, both in elementary school. Dr. Brahme is an avid musician, playing and performing with local groups, and also enjoys art, cooking and international travel.
About
Dr. Grzeskiewicz - Dr. Grzeskiewicz (pronounced Gres`/ke/witz)
is a graduate of the prestigious University of Virginia School
of Medicine in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was awarded a U.S.
Navy Health Professions Scholarship, and upon his graduation in
1987 he entered surgical internship at U.S. Naval Hospital San
Diego. He then was selected into the U.S. Naval Aerospace
Medicine Institute in Pensacola, Florida where he completed
training to become a Navy Flight Surgeon. He served for another
three and one half years as a Flight Surgeon with the U.S.
Marines at Camp Pendleton, California including overseas
assignments. He was selected for Lieutenant Commander and was
serving as Medical Department Head of Marine Aircraft Group 39
when he left the Navy to pursue his dream of becoming a plastic
surgeon.
Dr. Grzeskiewicz was accepted into residency at The University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics in Columbia, Missouri, where he trained in general surgery, plastic and reconstructive surgery, and microsurgery under the guidance of Dr. C. Lin Puckett, Past Chairman of The American Board of Plastic Surgery and Past President of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Dr. Grzeskiewicz then completed a preceptorship in aesthetic surgery under the guidance of internationally renowned facial rejuvenation experts, Drs. Thomas Baker and James Stuzin in Miami, Florida. Dr. Grzeskiewicz distinguished himself during his training by achieving successive scores in the 99th percentile on the annual national in-service examination during each year of his plastic surgery residency.
Upon completion of his residency in 1998, Dr. Grzeskiewicz returned to his alma mater, The University of Virginia, for his eighth year of postgraduate surgical training under the tutelage of a nationally recognized expert, Dr. Raymond Morgan. After graduating from his fellowship in 1999, Dr. Grzeskiewicz entered private practice in La Jolla.
Dr. Grzeskiewicz specializes in aesthetic plastic surgery including breast surgery, body contouring, facial rejuvenation and laser resurfacing. He is certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery and an Active Member of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and a member of The California Medical Association, The San Diego Plastic Surgery Society, and The San Diego County Medical Society. He is on staff at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. Dr. Grzeskiewicz currently resides in Poway with Jan, his wife of over twenty years, and their daughters, Gabrielle and Nastassia.
