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Al Aly, M.D.

Al Aly, M.D.

Director, Post Bariatric Plastic Surgery

Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Plastic Surgery

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  • Biography

    One of the Most Experienced Surgeons in the World for Body Contouring After Massive Weight Loss

    Dr. Aly is a board-certified plastic surgeon with over two decades of surgical experience. He specializes in body contouring after weight loss and complex rhinoplasty, including revision and ethnic rhinoplasty.

    As the foremost expert in plastic surgery for patients who have lost significant weight, Dr. Aly understands the anatomy of the body and how to help his patients achieve their best possible contour. Dr. Aly is a world-renowned pioneer in the field of body contouring surgery. He developed techniques that are now used globally to eliminate excess skin and fat after massive weight loss. Dr. Aly specializes in upper and lower body lift surgeries, belt lipectomy, brachioplasty, and thighplasty.

    As a surgeon and professor, Dr. Aly has trained thousands of other surgeons in his methods and shares the benefits of his expertise in post-bariatric plastic surgery. 

    Dr. Aly is board certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS) and certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (ABOHNS). He is also a member of both the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and The Aesthetic Society, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum. 

  • Education
    Medical School
    Georgetown University School of Medicine (1983)
    Residency
    UCLA Medical Center (1985), Surgery
    Research
    UCLA Medical Center (1987), Surgery
    Research Fellowship
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center (1988)
    Residency
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center (1992), Otolaryngology
    Fellowship
    University of California Irvine Medical Center (1993), Facial Plastic Surgery
    Residency
    University of Miami Hospital (1997), Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Lower Bodylifts
    Aly A, Al-Zahrani K, Cram A 2013 3 567-598
    Liposuction of the arm concurrent with brachioplasty in the massive weight loss patient: Is it safe?
    Aly A Grabb and Smith's Plastic Surgery 2013
    Discussion: Liposuction of the Arm Concurrent with Brachioplasty in the Massive Weight Loss Patient: Is It Safe?
    Aly, A. 2013 131 2
    Commentary on: Outpatient-based massive weight loss body contouring
    Aly A 2012 32 4 484-485
    Quantitative Analysis of Aesthetic Results: Introducing a New Paradigm
    Al Aly, Andre Tolazzi, Shehab Soliman, and Albert Cram Aesthetic Surgery Journal 2012 32 1 120-124
    Prospective Outcome Study of 360 Patients Treated with Liposuction, Lipoabdominoplasty, and Abdominoplasty
    Aly, Al S 2012 129 4 979-980
    Body lift:Belt Lipectomy
    Aly, A, Cram, AE 2011
    Body contouring following massive weight loss
    Langer V, Singh A, Aly AS, Cram AE 2011 14-20
    Scarpa Fascia Preservation during Abdominoplasty
    Aly, Al 2010 125 4 1240-1241
    Abdominoplasty.
    Al Aly 2010 37 3
  • Books

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  • Honors & Awards
    • Lockwood Award
      American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (2008)
    • Best Panelist Award
      American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (2007)
    • APEX Awards of Excellence: How-To Writing
      for Seromas: How to Prevent and Treat Them, a 20 Year Experience
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • Aesthetic Surgery Education & Research Foundation
    • American Association of Plastic Surgery
    • American Society of Aesthetic Surgeons
    • American Society of Plastic Surgery
    • Fellow of American College of Surgeons