Because your well-being is of utmost importance to us, our Centre is equipped to hospital standards, our anesthesiologists are board-certified, and registered nurses assigned to your operating suite are certified in advanced cardiac life support. After surgery, a nurse will be with you throughout your stay in the recovery room. You can rest assured that our qualified, caring staff will make every effort to keep you safe and comfortable during every stage of the cosmetic process.
Areas of Expertise
The practice's most popular procedures are in bold.
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* The national average fees do not include cost of anesthetics or surgical facility. Be sure to ask your doctor about additonal fees. Costs will vary from city to city throughout the United States.
Associated with the American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery
Associated with the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Prominent breast and body contouring surgeon
The entire team at La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre is committed to making each patient's surgical experience a positive event in their lives. We offer free cosmetic surgery consultations with our board certified plastic surgeons. We can show you the possibilities of cosmetic surgery using computer imaging for selected procedures. Our plastic surgeons are board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, the only board recognized by the ABMS to certify plastic surgeons. When you schedule a consultation with one of our surgeons, you are welcome to meet all of the doctors if you choose. We believe that forming a personal bond with your plastic surgeon is an integral part of your experience.
I was thinking about going through Kaiser for insurance purposes. But to me, the relationship I have with Dr. Saltz and her two wonderful nurses, Ruth and Shannon, I would not have been comfortable with a decision to trust another doctor. Dr. Saltz is the best, ever!
-Dr. Saltz patient, San Diego, California
Lori H. Saltz, M.D., joined the surgical staff of the La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre having completed ten years of medical and surgical training. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Stanford University in 1976, and her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Oregon in 1980. She then trained for three years in general surgery at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, and completed a three-year residency in plastic surgery - a year more than the two years required in this specialty - at Loyola University Medical Center in the Chicago suburb of Maywood, Illinois, in 1986.
Dr. Saltz is board certified in cosmetic, plastic and reconstructive surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. She is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
Besides the extensive training and competency that Dr. Saltz brings to La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre, she also brings the unique perspective of a female plastic surgeon. Skilled in many areas of plastic surgery, her particular interest is in body contouring, particularly after massive weight loss.
Dr. Saltz comes from an accomplished family of physicians. Her father and brother are both surgeons in Portland, Oregon, specializing in diseases of the ear, nose and throat.
Her mother is a professional designer and seamstress. Learning the complexity and beauty of sewing from her mother and grandmother helped her in later years to win local and national recognition for French hand sewing.
Within this talented and thoughtful environment, Dr. Saltz decided with certainty at a very young age to become a surgeon. Her passion for structure, delicate work, and human interaction came into clear focus through her medical education, where she earned high praise for her attentive surgical technique.
Dr. Saltz and her husband Steven, a board certified anesthesiologist, have resided in San Diego's North County since 1986. They have two children, Jonathan and Gillian, and spend much of their time together enjoying family activites
Some of our most asked about procedures:Breast Augmentation (Breast Implants),
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I was thinking about going through Kaiser for insurance purposes. But to me, the relationship I have with Dr. Saltz and her two wonderful nurses, Ruth and Shannon, I would not have been comfortable with a decision to trust another doctor. Dr. Saltz is the best, ever!
