Dr. Trussler received his undergraduate degree in Exercise Physiology from University of Southern California. He graduated Cum Laude and was an also a four year member of the men’s varsity swimming team, where he was All-American. He received numerous scholar athletic awards over the course of his collegiate career. Dr. Trussler went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. He was a Dean’s Scholar and a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. After completing his general surgery residency at the University of Michigan, he obtained his plastic surgery training at the University of California, Los Angeles and then his one-year aesthetic surgery fellowship at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, where he later began his practice in 2007. He was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plastic Surgery from 2007 to 2012 where he served as the director of both the cosmetic residency and fellowship programs, as well as the co-director of the abdominal wall reconstruction program. He now resides in Austin with his wife and 4 children, and practices in the Westlake area.
