Education and Background

Dr. Frank Lista is the medical director and founder of the Plastic Surgery Clinic. Dr. Lista performs all of the surgery at our clinic. Dr. Lista is a board certified specialist in plastic surgery in Canada and the United States. He holds a speciality certificate in plastic surgery from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He is also a board certified plastic surgeon in the United States as a diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is one of only a few plastic surgeons board certified in both Canada and the United States.

Dr Lista is on active staff at Trillium Health Centre (The Mississauga Hospital) and was Chief of Plastic Surgery for over 10 years. He is a founder and Past President of the Ontario Society of Plastic Surgeons. Dr Lista is a member of the Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. He is the Past President of the Canadian Society of Aesthetic (Cosmetic) Plastic Surgery.

Innovation Dr Lista has innovated many new surgical procedures. He is recognized as an authority in aesthetic and cosmetic plastic surgery and has given numerous papers and presentations at national and international meetings around the world. He has been invited to give presentations at the University of Toronto Breast Sypmosium and also the University of Toronto Aesthetic Surgery Symposium. He has been asked to perform surgery as the invited surgeon and lecturer at McMaster University. Dr Lista has been invited to give papers, make presentations and sit on panel discussions at all 4 of the major North American Plastic Surgery annual meetings: The Canadian Society of Plastic Surgery, The Canadian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, The American Society of Plastic Surgery and The American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Dr Lista frequently hosts visiting surgeons who come from around the world to view him performing surgery at The Plastic Surgery Clinic. Fashion Magazine recently named Dr Lista as one of Toronto's top cosmetic surgeons. Dr Lista resides in Mississauga with his wife and two children. He has a keen interest in world history, philosophy, art and architecture. Dr Lista's surgical philosophy is to provide the patient with a meticulously performed procedure in a kind and caring environment. His goal is to give all of his patients a look which is soft and natural.