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Chasing Pig's Ears: Memoirs of a Hollywood Plastic Surgeon

by Dr. John Williams, M.D. FACS

176 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #07-1942; ISBN 1-4251-4565-5; US$24.00, C$24.00, EUR16.39, £12.39

Twin boys growing up during the depression in an oil boomtown in the Texas panhandle; managed to become plastic surgeons to the rich and famous of Hollywood.

About the Book

Two plastic surgeons were born into a large family as the second set of twins. There were eight siblings five girls and three boys. The father was a ranch hand who moved the large family to Borger, Texas to try his luck in the oil boom of the early 1920. Because of the financial disaster of the time he became a house painter and an alcoholic. The mother took in boarders to keep the family fed. She was a strong lady and encouraged the boys to stay in school and work their way through college and medical school. The older brother had migrated to Los Angeles and became a tooling engineer for Douglas Aircraft. He was able to get his young brothers Jobs on the swing shift so they could attend UCLA. They went on to medical school and surgical training then moved back to the Los Angeles area. Along the way Dr. John managed to have six wives and five children. His second wife was Eva Gabor. There is one chapter devoted to each wife and some special friends, colleagues and a long list of famous patients that I cannot name for obvious privacy reasons.

About the Author

Dr. John Williams is an internationally recognized expert in cosmetic surgery. For over 30 years he has attracted patients from throughout the world to his Beverly Hills, and Palm Desert offices. He was trained in anesthesia and general surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. His plastic surgery training was with the Stanford professor in San Francisco. He served as a medical officer with the Marines in Korea and was the first plastic surgeon to serve aboard the Hospital Ship Hope on its first mission to Saigon, South Vietnam

An international lecturer, Dr. Williams has made numerous presentations on innovations in the field of cosmetic surgery, and has authored academic articles for leading medical journals and books

Dr. Williams is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS). He holds memberships in state, national, and international plastic surgery societies and is a member of the American Medical Association. He is on the faculty of the UCLA Medical School and has a long list of celebrity patients