Carl I. Price, MD, earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.  He completed his general and vascular surgery training at the University of Oklahoma, committing an extra year for research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. Dr. Price completed his training in 1993 with internationally recognized leaders in plastic surgery at Emory University. He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery, as well as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.  He has pioneered the use of the endoscope in plastic surgery and has been invited faculty at universities and professional meetings in the United States, Europe, Asia and the Americas.  

Arthur S.  Hawes, MD, earned his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He completed nine years of post-graduate training after medical school, including five years of training in general and vascular surgery at The New York Hospital/Cornell University Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Dr. Hawes then completed his plastic surgery fellowship at Emory University in Atlanta. While at Emory, he trained with world-renowned experts who developed microvascular endoscopic and breast reconstructive techniques widely used today. Dr. Hawes is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT
STACIE PIERCE, PA-C completed her nurses training at St John's Nursing School in 1996.  In 2002, she received her Bachelor of Science degree at Kettering College of Medical Arts Dayton, Ohio at the same time completing her Physician Assistant training.  In 2004, Stacie earned her Masters degree from University of Nebraska. She is licensed by the Missouri Board of Healing Arts and certified by the National Commission of Certifications of Physician Assistants.