CENTER FOR AESTHETICS - AND - PLASTIC SURGERY Board Certified Plastic Surgeon in Grand Rapids, Michigan SmartLipoMPX® LaserBody Sculpting, Liposuction, Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck) & Body Contouring Introducing: SmartLipoMPX® LaserBody Sculpting • Experience Exceptional - Dr. Steven L. Ringler and The Center for Aesthetics and Plastic Surgery are dedicated to providing you excellent personalized service and to being a leader in the art and science of aesthetics and plastic surgery. By combining my 25 years of experience as a cosmetic and plastic surgeon with personalized service, it is my goal for your experience to be truly exceptional. A firm body with balanced proportions and defined curves is often the goal of those who work hard at a fitness routine. At times, despite our best efforts, there are those areas of the body that seem to resist change. Dr. Steven Ringler and his team at the Center for Aesthetics and Plastic Surgery, understand your goals for a body that is firm, proportioned and youthful. We can help you achieve your goals safely and effectively for a result that is natural and refined. Our new SmartLipoMPX® LaserBody Sculpting is able to provide an exciting alternative to traditional liposuction. The benefits include: SmartLipo is a laser assisted procedure that liquefies and removes fat permanently. It offers less down time and fewer side effects than traditional liposuction. SmartLipo patients experience fewer complications than with traditional liposuction, and are able to return to their daily activities much more quickly. Unlike traditional liposuction, SmartLipo has the added benefit of tightening the skin. This is good for treating areas such as necks, chins, and inner arms more simply and effectively than was formerly possible. SmartLipo requires only local anesthesia, is performed on an outpatient basis, and is a very safe, FDA approved treatment option. SmartLipo can be used in conjunction with traditional liposuction, as well as with other cosmetic surgery procedures where the extra benefit of skin tightening is desired. In addition to SmartLipoMPX®, Dr. Ringler also offers experience, expertise and artistic clinical judgment in the areas of traditional liposuction, abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) and surgical body sculpting. Dr. Steven L. Ringler is the first board certified plastic surgeon in West Michigan to offer the new SmartLipoMPX® Laser Body Sculpting procedure. Please call the Center for Aesthetics and Plastic Surgery to schedule your complimentary consultation or visit our website for more information -www.capsmi.com. Phone: (616) 328-8800 Toll-Free: (866) 992-2771 *Please tell the receptionist you called from LipoSite by Hope For more information, please visit Dr. Ringler at: www.stevenringlermd.com				Steven L. Ringler, M.D., F.A.C.S. Click here to Send E-mail sringlermd@capsmi.com Dr. Steven L. Ringler Center for Aesthetics and Plastic Surgery 2680 Leonard Street NE Suite 4 Grand Rapids, MI 49525 Phone: (616) 328-8800 Toll-Free: (866) 992-2771   The documents below require Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher: Print Version of Dr. Ringler's Information - Adobe Acrobat Format SmartLipo Handout SmartLipo FAQ
The nature of aesthetic surgery, particularly procedures that influence facial appearance, is immensely private. For the privacy of all my patients, I elect not to share my patient photographs and surgical outcomes in the very public environment of the internet. Photographs are an important tool that will be available to you during your consultation to help you see and understand the quality of my surgical skill and the outcomes I have achieved for some of my patients. All photographs you will see during your consultation are my personal patients, who have given specific consent for photograph use for educational purposes. - Steven L. Ringler, MD
Before You Ask for Curves, Ask for Credentials More About Dr. Ringler DR. STEVEN L. RINGLER is recognized locally, nationally and internationally as a prominent plastic surgeon, leader, innovator and teacher of plastic and reconstructive surgery. The author of peer-reviewed journal studies and presenter at national and international plastic surgery meetings, Dr. Ringler is a professor of surgery at Michigan State University and has been the Director of the Plastic Surgery Residency Program for 12 years. He also has served as President of the Michigan Academy of Plastic Surgeons. Known for his compassion and giving, Dr. Ringler is the founder and medical director of the Michigan Chapter of Operation Smile International, a non-profit volunteer medical program providing reconstructive surgery to children in many developing countries and the United States. Exclusively dedicated to all areas of cosmetic surgery, Dr. Ringler has been selected as one of the top plastic surgeons in the United States by Best Doctors in America®, an authoritative listing of the nation's top physicians, in each medical specialty every year from 1996-2010, as voted on by his peers. 2009 - present Co-founder, Center for Aesthetics and Plastic Surgery, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1998 - present Clinical Professor, Michigan State University Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery 1997 - 2009 Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency, Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center/Michigan State University 1997 - 1999 President, Michigan Academy of Plastic Surgeons 1995 - 1997 Secretary/Treasurer, Michigan Academy of Plastic Surgeons 1993 - present Chairman, Annual Virgin Islands Workshop in Plastic Surgery 1992 - 1998 Associate Clinical Professor, Michigan State University Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery 1992 - 1997 Associate Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency, Grand Rapids Medical Education and Research Center/Michigan State University 1984 - 1992 Assistant Clinical Professor, Michigan State University Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery 1983 - 1984 Clinical Instructor, Michigan State University Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery BOARD CERTIFICATION: Michigan Medical Practice Board, 1978 American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1983 Fellow: American College of Surgeons MEMBERSHIP: PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Member: American Society of Plastic Surgeons American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery American Association of Plastic Surgeons American Society of Cosmetic Surgery International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery CURRENT HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS 1982 - present Active Staff Appointments Spectrum Health Hospital System Butterworth Hospital and Blodgett Hospital 2008 - present Grand Valley Surgical Center 2009 - present St. Mary's Southwest Surgical Center Post-doctoral Fellowships July 1982 - December 1982 Microsurgery Fellowship, Southern Illinois University, Springfield, Illinois July 1980 - June 1982 Resident in Plastic Surgery, Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan July 1978 - June 1980 Resident in General Surgery, Michigan State University/Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan March 1977 - March 1978 Intern, Butterworth Hospital, Grand Rapids, Michigan EDUCATION 1977 Michigan State University, M.D. 1973 Michigan State University, B.S. HONORS AND AWARDS 1996-2010, Best Doctors in America 2009 - Lifetime Achievement Award, GR/MSU Plastic Surgery Residency Program 2008, Stephen J. Pratt Award for Volunteer Service - Operation Smile 2003, Best Doctors in Grand Rapids, Michigan 1990, Best Research Award, GRAMEC Research Day 1990, Best Research Award- Capsular Flap, Michigan Academy of Plastic Surgeons Teacher of the Year, Grand Rapids Area Medical Education Center Procedures Performed Body Contouring Liposuction - SmartLipoMPX® Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) Weight Loss Contouring Thigh & Arm Lift Scar Revision Lower Body Lift) Facial Surgery Face & Neck Lift (MACS ) Endoscopic Plastic Surgery Forehead & Brow Lift Eyelid Surgery (Blepharoplasty) Nose Reshaping (Rhinoplasty) Facial Implants Fat Injections Lip Enhancement Ear Surgery (Otoplasty) Laser Skin Renewal Breast Shaping Surgical Procedures Breast Augmentation -"Scarless" Transaxillary Saline & Gel implants Breast Reduction Breast Lift Breast Reconstruction Breast Asymmetry Correction Breast Augmentation with Lift Facial Rejuvenation & Anti-Aging BOTOX® Cosmetic Wrinkle Fillers Juvederm® Radiesse® Skin Rejuvenation & Facial Sculpting Laser Skin Renewal Laser Hair Removal Skin Care Products Ultherapy - Ultrasound Eyebrow Lift For Sagging Eyelids Mineral Makeup Chemical Peels Hair Transplants (Male and Female)s Click here to Send E-mail sringlermd@capsmi.com Dr. Steven L. Ringler Center for Aesthetics and Plastic Surgery 2680 Leonard Street NE Suite 4 Grand Rapids, MI 49525 Phone: (616) 328-8800 Toll-Free: (866) 992-2771 To book your appointment, tell the receptionist you called from LipoSite For more information, please visit Dr. Ringler at: www.stevenringlermd.com