Thomas A. Mustoe, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Meet Dr. Mustoe

Thomas A. Mustoe, MD, FACS is a board certified Plastic Surgeon, by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, and is also board certifiend by the American Board of Otolaryngology, having completed residencies in both specialties. Dr. Mustoe received both his college and medical degrees from Harvard University with honors. He completed his otolaryngology and plastic surgery residencies at Harvard teaching hospitals (Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and Brigham and Women's Hospitals). He has coauthored more than 200 articles and book chapters, and lectured nationally and internationally on subjects of facial cosmetic and breast surgery, techniques of aesthetic surgery and abdominoplasty. He has been named to multiple best doctor lists locally and nationally, and has appeared numerous times on television. He currently serves on mutiple editorial boards for plastic surgery and surgical journals, and is a scientific advisor to the FDA and previously to National Cancer Institute. He is currently Professor and Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery at Northwestern University. Dr. Mustoe clinical practice is focused on aesthetic surgery of the face, nose and breast, and he also mantains an interest in breast reconstruction, and body contouring.

Education

New Trier West High School, graduated 1969
Northfield, Illinois
Harvard College
Cambridge, Massachusetts
1969-1973, B.A., cum laude in Biology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
1973-1978, M.D., cum laude

Graduate Clinical and Research Experience

Research Associate, Department of Microbiology
Harvard Medical School
1976-1977, Research Advisor: Bernard N. Fields, M.D.

Internship

Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
1978-1979, Medicine

Residencies

Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
1979-1980, Surgery
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Boston, Massachusetts
1980-1983, Otolaryngology; Chief Resident 1982-1983
Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
1983-1984, Plastic Surgery; Chief Resident, 1984-1985

Previous Academic Appointments

Teacher, High School Biology
1972-1973 (while a senior at Harvard College)
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive), 1985-1989
Associate Professor of Surgery (Plastic and Reconstructive), 1989-1991

Current Academic Appointments

Northwestern University Medical School
Professor of Surgery, July 1991 to present
Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, July 1991 to present

Hospital Appointments

Northwestern Memorial Hospital, July 1991 to present; Chief of Plastic Surgery 1991 -
Evanston Hospital, July 1991 to present; Chief of Plastic Surgery 1996-2000
Children's Memorial Hospital, February 1992 to present
Shriners Hospital of Chicago, January 1994 to present

Licensure

Missouri, 1985, R9E43
Illinois, 1991, 036-08-2162

Certification

American Board of Otolaryngology, 1983
American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1987

Medical And Academic Societies

Aesculapian Club, Harvard Medical School
American Medical Association
Massachusetts Medical Society, 1983-1990
Missouri State Medical Society, 1985-1990
American College of Surgeons, Fellow
Surgical Biology Club III, American College of Surgeons
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Plastic Surgery Research Council
St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society, 1985-1991
St. Louis Surgical Society, 1985-1991
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Society of Head and Neck Surgeons
Society of University Surgeons
Wound Healing Society
Association of Academic Chairman Plastic Surgery
Midwest Association of Plastic Surgeons
Chicago Plastic Surgical Society
Chicago Surgical Society
Double Boarded Society
American Association of Plastic Surgery
Lipoplasty Society of North America
European Tissue Repair Society

Honors And Awards

Harvard National Scholarship, 1969-1973
Varsity Letter Basketball, Harvard College, 1970-1973
Rhodes Scholar Candidate, Harvard College, 1973
Co-Chairman, Boylston Medical Society, Harvard Medical School, 1977
Soma Weiss Award, for undergraduate research, Harvard Medical School, 1978
Co-Chairman, Gordon Research Conference, 1995
Who's Who in American Medicine and Health Care, 1995-
The Best Doctors in America, 1st Edition ,1992, 2nd Edition, 1994, 3d Edition, 1996, 4th Edition, 1998, 2004 , 2006, 2007
The Best Doctors in America: Midwest Region, 1996-, all editions to present
Who's Who in America, 1996-
Who's Who in the World 2000-
Am. Soc. Plastic Surgery Media Spokesperson 1998-
Top Chicago Doctors, Chicago Magazine: 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008
Guide to Top Doctors 2002 2004, 2006 www.GuideToTopDoctors.org Center for the Study of Services, Washington DC
Guide to America's Top Physicians, Consumers Research Council of America 2003-7
America's Top Doctors. The Best in American Medicine. A Castle Connolly Guide 2002,2003, 2004, 2005, 2006,2007, 2008
Wound Healing Society. Lifetime Achievement Award Awarded, May, 2004
Board of Directors, American Board of Plastic Surgery, 2006-2012