Dr. Roy A. Semlacher is a Canadian Board Certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon practicing in Beverly Hills and Sacramento, California, U.S.A. He specializes in cosmetic/aesthetic plastic surgery of the face and breast and abdomen. Since establishing his cosmetic surgery practice in Sacramento eight years ago, Dr. Semlacher has quickly become one of Northern California's premiere breast augmentation surgeons.

Patients come from all over North America, some as far as away as Japan and South Korea, to undergo breast enhancement by Dr. Semlacher.

Presently, Dr. Semlacher is the Director of Plastic Surgery at the Mercy San Juan Hospital and a former Assistant Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery at U.C. Davis. He has been consulted with or featured on radio, news and magazine interviews with a partial list including: KRXQ 98 Rock Morning Show with Rob, Arnie and Dawn, the Sacramento Bee, Sacramento Magazine and more. He is also listed in National Register's Who's Who in medicine and healthcare.

Dr. Semlacher's office provides outstanding and personalized service making your cosmetic experience as enjoyable and care free as possible. His office is located on the Mercy San Juan Hospital campus. Patient confidentiality is vigorously maintained.

All procedures are performed in the Mercy San Juan Surgery Center; a hospital affiliated surgical facility. Should a general anesthetic be required for your particular procedure, a board-certified MD anesthesiologist will be present at all times to ensure your utmost safety.

After achieving his BS in Physics, Dr. Semlacher completed his medical school and internship at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Following extensive Cardiovascular, Thoracic and General surgical training (5yrs), Dr. Semlacher completed his plastic surgery residency at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

During this time he displayed the leadership qualities and technical proficiency to attain the prominent position of Chief Resident of Plastic Surgery (1994) and was also awarded the Greg F. Rische Award for recognition of significant contributions in the field of burn treatment. He further refined his cosmetic surgical skills and experience by undertaking post-graduate cosmetic fellowship training with Dr. B. F. Connell, a world-renowned facial rejuvenation surgeon, in Southern California as well as spending time with Dr. R. Flowers in Hawaii.

Dr. Semlacher lectures internationally and is also involved in clinical basic science research. In April 2004, he presented a research paper entitled " A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Sinecch (Arnica Montana) for Post-Operative Pain in Breast Augmentation Patients" at the Annual ASAPS International Aesthetic meeting in Vancouver, Canada . He is also involved in studies investigating topical vitamin C and wound healing as well as pioneering radial artery reconstruction in cardiac bypass patients.

The Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery accepted a recent paper for publication authored by Dr. Semlacher. The paper, about Facelift, is entitled: Contemporary Deep Layer Facial Rejuvenation. This paper has since been selected to be featured in the 1999 Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Yearbook. Dr. Semlacher also has international publications in cardiovascular surgery and clinical cardiac basic science.

Dr. Semlacher is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the California Medical Society, as well as the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada among others. He has admitting privileges at the Mercy Hospitals in Sacramento.