Dr. Patricia McGuire

Clinical Advisor

Dr McGuire is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, attending medical school at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, did a general surgery residency at Washington University and plastic surgery at St. Louis University. She is a Clinical Instructor of Surgery at Washington University and has been in private practice with Parkcrest Plastic Surgery since 1991.

She is President of the Aesthetic Foundation, the education and research arm of The Aesthetic Society. She is the Chair of the Breast Emergency Response Task Force, a section editor for Aesthetic Breast Surgery for The Aesthetic Journal, a reviewer for ASJ, ASJ Open, PRS, and PRS Global open, has been a member multiple committees including ASPS BIA-ALCL subcommittee, former ASAPS ethics committee chair, and the 2024 nominating committee for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

She is probably best known for her research on systemic symptoms associated with breast implants and breast implant safety with numerous publications and is a frequent invited speaker for US and International meetings on this topic.