Occupation Surgeon Spouse Ann Kaplan | Employer SpaMedica (Owner) | |
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Full Name R. Stephen Mulholland Known for Plastic & Reconstructive surgery Alma maters University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Lake Superior State University | ||
Plastic surgeon and cosmetic pioneer dr stephen mulholland
Stephen Mulholland is a Canadian surgeon and scholar with an expertise in plastic and reconstructive surgery. He is considered an expert in plastic surgery and has been called on to testify in disciplinary hearings involving botched procedures, and has appeared on television shows which include The Today Show, The Doctors, The View and The Other Half. Mulholland is the founder of SpaMedica, an aesthetic plastic surgery center located in Toronto. He is best known for non-invasive practices, including the Pan G. Facelift and the Bodytite for which he owns or has developed the patents.
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Early life and education
Mulholland attended Lake Superior State University on a hockey scholarship, becoming a four-time CCHA All-Star and NCAA All-American. After graduating he played professional hockey in Sweden and then for the Colorado Flames before returning to school to pursue his Medical Degree and become a physician. He attended the University of Toronto Medical School where he graduated in 1988. He completed his general and plastic surgery training at the University of Toronto and became certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1994.
Career
Mulholland began his career as a consultant for St. Joseph's Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario where he worked on reconstruction of faces and necks where tumors were removed. Mulholland's work in plastic surgery has included reconstructive, trauma, and cancer surgery. He has invented different procedures for each, including transplanting sensate tissue into oral cavities defects after the removal of tongue and jawbone tissue. He also developed the OsteoCutaneous Skin Flap procedure, an auto-transplant procedure where the tibia and skin from the back of the foot is transplanted by re-connecting all the small arteries, veins and nerves using a microscope. The procedure is also used for reconstruction of cancer jaw bone and mouth lining defects. His work is also widely published in medical journals and he has authored numerous books and book chapters on the subject.
In 1997, Mulholland began focusing on aesthetic plastic surgery. He founded SpaMedica, an aesthetic spa located in Toronto where he provides non-invasive techniques such as Botox injections and laser treatments. Mulholland is best known for his non-surgical facelift techniques, including the Pan G. treatment which he launched in 2000.
Mulholland is a frequent speaker and lecturer, appearing as a regular guest expert plastic surgeon on CityLine and Breakfast Television. He has also appeared as a plastic and cosmetic surgery expert on the CBC, CTV, Rogers TV, Global Television Network and in newspapers and magazines such as the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, Fashion Magazine, Flare and Elle Canada.