MD, FACS
Dr. Fred G. Fedok is the Past President of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS). Dr. Fedok had previously served as a Director-at-Large and as the Group Vice-President for Education on the Board of the AAFPRS. The AAFPRS is the world’s largest specialty association for facial plastic surgery, representing more than 2,700 facial plastic and reconstructive surgeons throughout the world.
Dr. Fedok has previously served as the Chairman of The Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Education Committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery (2006-2013) and has been the AAFPRS Surgical Specialty Governor to the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors. He has served multiple terms on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He was Chair of the Surgical Committee (2017) and President of the medical staff at South Baldwin Regional Medical Center in 2018.
He is the current Chair for both the Accreditation Council for Post-Graduate Surgical Education (ACPSE) and the Fellowship Committee for the International Federation of Facial Plastic Surgical Societies (IFFPSS), overseeing all accredited fellowships in the world.
After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1975, Dr. Fedok went on to receive his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Pennsylvania State University in 1979. He completed his postgraduate internship at the Harbor UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles in 1980 and began practicing in the field of emergency medicine through 1985. From 1980 through 1982 he served in Northern California for the National health service. Dr. Fedok then returned to the Pennsylvania State University to complete his general surgery and otolaryngology–head and neck surgery training in 1989.
To further pursue his interest in facial plastic surgery and elevate his training, he completed a year of specialized fellowship training with the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Birmingham, Alabama between 1990 and 1991. His experience focused on plastic surgery of the nose, eyes, face, head and neck.
Dr. Fedok returned to the Pennsylvania State University Medical Center after fellowship, where he practiced for twenty-five years, eighteen of which were as Professor and Chief of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, as well as Director of the Section of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
During his tenure at the University Hospital, Dr. Fedok developed a vast facial plastic surgery practice and directly trained over 50 residents and fellows in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and facial plastic surgery. In addition, he provided operative training and mentorship to hundreds of medical students and residents during his tenure at the Pennsylvania State University. These trainees went on to pursue careers in facial plastic surgery, plastic surgery, neurosurgery, general surgery and other surgical fields.
He currently serves as an adjunct professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of South Alabama and as faculty for the Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM). Numerous regional, national and international students and surgeons travel to learn from Dr. Fedok each year.
He is on the editorial boards of some of the most prestigious journals of facial plastic and plastic surgery. He publishes and lectures extensively in both national and international forums.
Dr. Fedok is very pleased to have moved his practice to Foley from Gulf Shores, Alabama and will continue to serve Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, Fairhope, Daphne and Pensacola, as well as the whole of the Gulf Coast and beyond. His practice spans all areas of plastic surgery of the face and neck and minimally invasive body contouring, including techniques using lasers, radiofrequency, liposuction and fat transfer. In addition, Dr. Fedok has special expertise in facelift surgery, eyelid surgery, fat transfer procedures, and plastic and functional rhinoplasty, as well as revision rhinoplasty.
Dr. Fedok is the founder of Fedok Plastic Surgery, an innovative and thriving multi-faceted plastic surgery practice, and has been recognized by his peers with the following positions:
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