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Amy L. S. Bekanich, M.D.

Amy L. S. Bekanich, M.D.

Dr. Amy Bekanich, is a board-certified plastic surgeon and member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. She is trained in all aspects of plastic surgery and has developed a passion for body contouring.

She was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana and completed her undergraduate studies at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah where she graduated Magna Cum Laude. She then went on to obtain her doctor of medicine degree from Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland Oregon.

Dr. Bekanich believes in building caring professional relationships with patients based on communication and sensitivity. She is compassionate, understanding, and committed to excellence in delivering the desired patient outcome.

Dr. Bekanich is also a dedicated wife and mother to two children.

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BOARD CERTIFICATIONS

American Board Plastic of Surgery

AFFILIATIONS

American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Texas Medical Association

UNDERGRADUATE

Westminster College, Salt Lake City, Utah
Psychology Major; Chemistry and Physics Minor
Magna Cum Laude (1998)

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
Doctor of Medicine (2004)

RESIDENCY

University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
General Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (2004-2009)

FELLOWSHIP

Bal Harbour Plastic Surgery Associates, Miami Beach, FL
Aesthetic Surgery (2011)

HONORS AND AWARDS

Women’s Board Scholarship (1996)
Ross Beason Memorial Scholarship (1997)
National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellow, Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC), Carnegie Mellon University-University of Pittsburgh (1997)
Senior Honors Thesis Program, University of Utah (1997-1998) Oregon Hearing Research Center Summer Research Fellow, Oregon Health & Sciences University (2001)
National Institute of Health Short-Term Research Training Fellow, Oregon Health & Sciences University (2001)
Best presentation/paper in Microsurgery at the American Society of Plastic Surgeon’s Senior Resident’s Conference, Austin, TX (2009)