A native of Detroit, Dr. Schlesinger completed his premedical studies at the University of Michigan. He then completed his medical studies at the Medical College of Virginia, where he was the highest honor graduate. He served his surgical residency at Stanford University Medical Center and his plastic surgery residence at Oklahoma Health Science Center, where he is a visiting professor of surgery.
Dr. Schlesinger is a member of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, a Diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and an Active Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), of which he currently serves on its Committee on Physicians Health. To be an active member of ASPS, Dr. Schlesinger had to have completed four years of medical school, three years of clinical training in general surgery, a residency of at least two years in an accredited plastic surgery hospital program, taken and passed intensive board exams, and have passed the scrutiny of his peers.
In 2000, Dr. Schlesinger received the Hawaii Medical Association’s Physician of the Year for Community Service for the State of Hawaii.
Dr. Schlesinger has made scores of scientific presentations to the Plastic Surgery community and published numerous articles on techniques and procedures of cosmetic plastic surgery.
