Lisa Precht, MD
Liposuction & Body Contouring Specialist
Premier Cosmetic Surgery

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

            Bachelor of Science in Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, cum laude

            
Departmental Honors

            University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)


            Doctor of Medicine

            Academic Excellence Scholarship Award Recipient

            University of California at Davis School of Medicine (UCD School of Medicine)
            

TRAINING

            General Surgery Internship

            University of California at San Diego Medical Center (UCSD)

            San Diego, California

 

            General Surgery Residency

            Swedish Medical Center

            Seattle, Washington

 

            Cosmetic Surgery Fellowship

            American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery

            Seattle, Washington

                        

BOARD CERTIFICATION

            American Board of Surgery

            American Board of Medical Specialties

            National Board of Medical Examiners

 

LICENSES

            Physician & Surgeon License, State of Washington                

            Controlled Substance Registration Certificate, Drug Enforcement Agency

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

            America’s Best Physicians 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

            National Consumer Advisory Board

 

            America’s Top Surgeons 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,

            2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

            Consumers’ Research Council of America

 

            Seattle Business Hall of Fame Award for Best Plastic Surgeon 2023

             

            Washington State Top Surgeon Award 2023

            Findatopdoc.com

 

            Medical Excellence Award in Plastic Surgery 2022

 

            Excellent Doctors Award 2021


            Seattle Awards for Best Plastic Surgeon

            Seattle Awards Program


            Compassionate Doctor Award 

            MDx Medical, Inc.; Vitals.com

 

            Patients’ Choice Award 

            MDx Medical, Inc.; Vitals.com

 

            Top 10 Doctor

            MDx Medical, Inc.; Vitals.com

 

            Peer Reviewed Physicians Award for Cosmetic Surgery 

            Peer Reviewed Professionals

 

            Best Resident Research Paper Award (Washington/BC Caucus)

            Pacific Coast Surgical Association 79th Annual Meeting

              

            Regent Scholarship Award for Academic Excellence

            University of California at Davis School of Medicine (UCD School of Medicine)

 

            Dean’s choice to represent the “best and brightest of UCD medical students" 
            at the Teaching Prize Gala

            University of California at Davis School of Medicine (UCD School of Medicine)

 

            Cum Laude Honors in Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

            University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

 

            Departmental Honors Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

            University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

 

            Golden Key National Honor Society

            University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

 

            Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society

            University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

 

            Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society

            University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)

 

            Dean’s Honors List

            University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)


PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

           Avelar Abdominoplasty Live Surgery Workshop

           Faculty

           March 5-7, 2010

           Seattle, Washington

 

           Tumor Markers as Predictors of the Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer

           Presenter & Speaker

           Pacific Coast Surgical Association 79th Annual Meeting

           February 17, 2008

           San Diego, California

 

           Axillary Conserving Surgery is Facilitated by Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy of Breast Cancer

           North Pacific Surgical Association 95th Annual Meeting

           November 15, 2008

           Seattle, Washington


PUBLICATIONS

           (*asterisk indicates publication under maiden name Beck)

           Precht LM, Lowe K, Atwood M, Beatty JD.  Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer: Tumor Markers as Predictors of Pathologic Response, Recurrence, and Survival. The Breast Journal 16(4): 362-368, 2010.

 

           Beatty JD, Precht LM, Lowe K, Atwood M.  Axillary-conserving surgery is facilitated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy of breast cancer.  American Journal of Surgery 197(5): 643-647, 2009. 

           Precht L, Vallières E.  Bronchial obstruction secondary to Teflon pledget erosion thirteen years after lobectomy: A case report.  Annals of Thoracic Surgery 85: 2116-2118, 2008.

 

           Muller C, Yang R, Beck L*, Idos G, Verbeek W, Koeffler HP.  Cloning of the Cyclin A1 genomic structure and characterization of the promoter region.  Journal of Biological Chemistry 274 (16): 11220-11228, 1999.


ABSTRACTS

           Precht LM, Lowe K, Atwood M, Beatty JD.  Tumor Markers as Predictors of the Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer. 

           Oral presentation at the Pacific Coast Surgical Association 79th Annual Meeting, San Diego, California; February 17, 2008.
           
           Awarded “Best Resident Paper” (Washington/BC Caucus).

 

           Beatty JD, Precht LM, Lowe K, Atwood M.  Axillary Conserving Surgery is Facilitated by Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy of Breast Cancer.                    

           Oral presentation at the North Pacific Surgical Association 95th Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, November 15, 2008.

           Poster presentation at the American Society of Breast Surgeons 9th Annual Meeting, New York; May 2, 2008.

  

           Muller C, Yang R, Beck L*, Huynh V, Verbeek W, Koeffler HP.  Cyclin A1 promoter is trans-activated by the c-myb proto-oncogene.

           Poster presentation at the American Association of Cancer Research Annual Meeting, March 1998.

 

           Muller C, Yang R, Beck L*, Koeffler HP.  Cell cycle regulated transcription of the promoter of the human Cyclin A1 gene.

           Poster presentation at the American Society of Hematology 39th Annual Meeting,  December 1997.

 

HONORS THESIS

          Psychosocial and Endocrine Factors Influencing Autoimmune Diabetes in

          Nonobese Diabetic Mice. 

          Advisors: Dr. Anthony Quinn and Dr. Eli E. Sercarz

          Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

          University of California at Los Angeles

          June 1997


RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

          Sentinel lymph node biopsy after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer

          Swedish Cancer Institute

          Swedish Medical Center

                       

          Tumor markers and the response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer

          Swedish Cancer Institute

          Swedish Medical Center

 

          Incidence of seroma formation after abdominoplasty with simultaneous flank liposuction

          Division of Plastic Surgery

          University of California at Davis

 

          Cloning of the Cyclin A1 genomic structure and characterization of the Cyclin A1 promoter

          Region

          Division of Hematology/Oncology

          Cedars-Sinai Medical Center / University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine

 

          Hormonal influences on insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

          Department of Microbiology & Immunology

          University of California at Los Angeles

 

          Inter-hemispheric communication involved in bilateral attended face processing

          Department of Neuroscience

          University of California at Los Angeles

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