Meet ASERF's New President: Dr. Caroline Glicksman

Sea Girt, NJ-based plastic surgeon Caroline Glicksman, MD, MSJ, is the new President of The Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (ASERF), the philanthropic research and education arm of The Aesthetic Society.

As President, Dr. Glicksman plans to lead ASERF in its pursuit to advance aesthetic surgery through research and deploying emerging technologies such as SETA, the only optimized software platform for aesthetic medicine research.

"I am honored to lead ASERF in the year ahead because I believe in the extraordinary role that our scientific research can have on improving our specialty and the lives of our patients," says Dr.  Glicksman in a news release. "I look forward to collaborating with Aesthetic Society members to integrate our newly developed SETA platform that will help uncover deeper insights for doctors and patients."

Dr. Glicksman has been in private practice in Sea Girt, NJ since 1991. She attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts, and in 1980 received a BS in microbiology and a BA in sociology. Dr. Glicksman went on to attend the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, receiving her MD in 1985. After completing her general surgery training at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC, she completed her plastic surgery residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital in 1991. She then went on to complete an additional fellowship in cosmetic surgery at the prestigious Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. In 2020, she received her Master's in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Law from Seton Hall Law School.

Dr. Glicksman has been a member of The Aesthetic Society since 2014 and has served on the ASERF Board of Directors and numerous committees including the FDA Breast Implant Hearing Task Force, the ASERF Scientific Research Committee, Aesthetic Surgery Journal Editorial Board, and many more. Dr. Glicksman is a principal investigator for the ASERF sponsored "Systemic Symptoms Biospecimen Analysis Study," the first prospective, blinded study, with control groups looking at symptoms that develop in women with implants.

Other newly named ASERF officers on the Executive Committee include:

President-Elect: Onelio Garcia Jr., MD, a plastic surgeon in private practice in South Florida in 1985. 

Vice President: Patricia A. McGuire, MD, a plastic surgeon in St. Louis, Mo.. and a principal investigator for the ASERF-sponsored "Systemic Symptoms Biospecimen Analysis Study." 

Treasurer: David A. Sieber, MD, a plastic surgeon in San Francisco, Calif. 

Secretary: Gabriele C. Miotto, MD, Med, a plastic surgeon in Atlanta.