Gary Alter

Gary J. Alter is an American plastic surgeon with a practice in Beverly Hills, CA, USA. His specialties include sex reassignment surgery,[1] genital reconstruction surgery and facial feminization surgery.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] He appeared in two episodes of the reality television series, Dr. 90210.[13] PRNewswire reported on June 5, 2015 that Dr. Gary J. Alter performed the body work plastic surgery on Caitlyn Jenner.

Dr. Gary Alter was one of the first physicians with Board Certification by both the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Urology. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery at UCLA School of Medicine. Dr. Alter's sub-specialty is in genital plastic surgery, especially genital reconstruction. He has invented many original surgical procedures adopted by other plastic surgeons in the field, including the "Alter Central-Wedge labiaplasty technique". Dr. Alter was featured on E! Entertainment's programs Dr. 90210 and Botched. He has been highlighted on Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother (documentary) and on the TLC show Strange Sex, discussing hidden penis syndrome. He has appeared on the Discovery Health Network, TLC, CNN, the Larry King Show, and was a recurrent guest on "Red Eye" on the Fox News Channel. He has also been featured in numerous media outlets including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Allure, Self, Glamour, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and Health. Dr. Alter has been published in numerous medical journals and textbooks pertaining to his specialty and has co-edited a textbook.

Publications

Horton, Jr.; Urology August 1993

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rachel. "My SRS Experience with Dr. Gary Alter". Retrieved Oct 23, 2010.
  2. ↑ Alter, Gary J. "Augmentation phalloplasty." The Urologic clinics of North America 22.4 (1995): 887.
  3. ↑ Pryor, John, et al. "Priapism." The journal of sexual medicine 1.1 (2004): 116-120.
  4. ↑ Alter, Gary J., and Richard M. Ehrlich. "A new technique for correction of the hidden penis in children and adults." The Journal of urology 161.2 (1999): 455-459.
  5. ↑ Alter, Gary J. "Reconstruction of deformities resulting from penile enlargement surgery." The Journal of urology 158.6 (1997): 2153–2157. APA
  6. ↑ Alter, Gary J., C. E. Horton, and Charles E. Horton Jr. "Buried penis as a contraindication for circumcision." Journal of the American College of Surgeons 178.5 (1994): 487-490. APA
  7. ↑ Ehrlich, Richard M., and Gary Alter. "Split-thickness skin graft urethroplasty and tunica vaginalis flaps for failed hypospadias repairs." The Journal of urology 155.1 (1996): 131-134. APA
  8. ↑ Alter, Gary J., Christopher J. Salgado, and Harvey Chim. "Aesthetic surgery of the male genitalia." Seminars in plastic surgery. Vol. 25. No. 3. Thieme Medical Publishers, 2011.
  9. ↑ The Advocate – Google Boeken
  10. ↑ Circumcision: A History of the World's Most Controversial Surgery – David Gollaher – Google Boeken
  11. ↑ Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful Cultural Practices in the West – Sheila jeffreys – Google Boeken
  12. ↑ The EmBodyment of American Culture – Google Boeken
  13. ↑ "Gary Alter Filmography". Retrieved Oct 23, 2010.
  14. ↑ A new technique for correction of the hidden penis in adults and children – Yahoo Search Results
  15. ↑ A new technique for aesthetic labia minora reduction alter – Yahoo Search Results
  16. ↑ Use of prefabricated tunica vaginalis fascia flap to reconstruct the tunica albuginea after recurrent penile prosthesis extrusion alter – Yahoo Search Results
  17. ↑ Reconstruction of deformities resulting from penile enlargement surgery alter – Yahoo Search Results
  18. ↑ RE: Complications of penile lengthening and augmentation seen at 1 referral center alter – Yahoo Search Results

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