Dr. Suzanne Marie Quardt, referred to affectionately as “Dr. Q” by her many patients, is Board-Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. 

Dr. Quardt was born in New York City as a foster child, then adopted by her loving parents and raised in nearby New Jersey where she received the Garden State Distinguished Scholar Scholarship for Rutgers University. She received a Bachelors degree in Biology and then continued her education at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey-NJ Medical School campus in Newark. She graduated with honors, earning her Medical Degree (MD) as well as the Faculty Organization Award for Most Outstanding Research Project. Dr Q  performed a Sub-Internship at Columbia University and received a letter of recommendation from Dr. Mehmet Oz.  She was accepted at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, one of the most competitive as well as challenging surgical training programs in the country. 

She did her General Surgery Residency, Plastic Surgery Residency as well as Research years at the LA County / USC Medical Center and published numerous scientific and clinical articles in peer-reviewed journals. She served as Chief Resident in Plastic Surgery at USC, and remains influenced and inspired by her many outstanding professors and mentors there who encouraged her plastic surgery career.

Dr. Q went on to complete a Specialty post-graduate Fellowship training program in Complex Plastic Reconstructive and Burn Reconstructive Surgery at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Downey, CA. She has cared for numerous spinal cord injury patients and knows how to manage very difficult pressure sores, and complex wound care. Dr Q  served as the Assistant Medical Director of Eisenhower’s Wound Care Center upon the center’s opening in 2008, specializing in complex wound management and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Dr. Quardt further honed her experience and skills with an American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ASAPS)-accredited USC / Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship. She received extensive training in the latest advancements in all aspects of cosmetic surgery, with a particular emphasis on breast surgery and liposuction/liposculpture techniques. While she was there, her ongoing research efforts led to many publications and presentations regarding the safety and efficacy of the complex procedure of combining a mastopexy (breast lift) surgery along with breast augmentation, one of her most-requested and specialty procedures that has helped to establish Dr. Q a breast surgery specialist!