Lior Heller, M.D.

I would like to thank my colleague, Dr. Lior Heller, for serving as guest editor of the current issue of Seminars in Plastic Surgery on “Abdominal Wall Reconstruction,” and the authors that he has invited to write on this topic. We are always grateful to our contributors for taking the time away from busy schedules to share their knowledge with peers.

Dr. Lior Heller is an associate professor in the Division of Plastic Surgery in the DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He is a graduate of the Hebrew University Medical School in Jerusalem, Israel; he is board certified in plastic surgery by the Israeli Society of Plastic Surgery and in general surgery by the Israeli Society of General Surgery. Upon completion of his residency training, Dr. Heller completed three fellowships that included a 1-year fellowship in minimally invasive and endoscopic cosmetic surgery of the face with Dr. Oscar Ramirez in Baltimore, Maryland, a 2-year fellowship in reconstructive plastic surgery at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, and a 1-year fellowship in microsurgical oncologic reconstruction at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He then served for 3 years as a clinical instructor in the Department of Plastic Surgery at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Dr. Heller specializes in body contouring, reconstructive surgery after oncologic resection, and aesthetic surgery and nonsurgical rejuvenation of the face. He is actively involved in academics as a teacher of residents and students and has had numerous articles published in plastic surgery peer-reviewed journals and chapters as well. Dr. Heller enjoys presenting at professional meetings at the national and international level and is often invited to do so.