Product Description
After a brilliant career spanning fifty years, D. Ralph Millard, M.D., was voted one of the most important plastic surgeons of the millennium by his colleagues. Trained by the "godfather of plastic surgery," Harold Gillies, Millard pioneered new techniques for correcting cleft lips and many other procedures. In his lavishly illustrated autobiography, Millard remembers his own development and his most remarkable cases, surveys the development of modern plastic surgery, and discusses beauty and form. He also recounts his family life, including his marriage to Barbara Millard, his practice in Miami, Florida, and the births of his three children, Duke, Bond and Meleney.
About the Author
D. Ralph Millard, M.D., was born in June 1919 at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his medical training at Harvard University Medical School. After graduation, he trained in plastic surgery by Sir Harold Gillies, the famed English plastic surgeon.
Dr. Millard served in the Marines during the Korean War, where he perfected the rotation advancement cleft lip surgery that made him famous. Upon returning from Korea, he set up practice in Miami and joined the faculty at the University of Miami. Until his retirement, Dr. Millard was chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital. Among his many honors, he is an honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of both England and Edinborough and has received the Order of Distinction from Jamaicaa.
