About Aldona J. Spiegel, MD
Dr. Spiegel’s clinical expertise is in advanced breast reconstruction techniques and microsurgery, particularly in the area of surgical reconstruction with reinnervated autologous muscle-preserving perforator flaps, including the DIEP, SIEA, SGAP, TUG, and TAP flaps. Dr. Spiegel serves on the scientific advisory board for the Corrine Becker Lymphedema Foundation and specializes in lymph node transfer for lymphedema as well as advanced implant reconstruction and fat grafting, latissmus reconstruction, and pioneered sensory innervation procedures which have the ability to reestablish sensation to the breast resulting in the most complete form of breast restoration. In addition, she is interested in all aspects of aesthetic surgery and is committed to women’s health issues in plastic surgery. Dr. Spiegel received her undergraduate degree and doctorate in medicine from the University of Ottawa Medical School, Canada. After graduating with honors, Dr. Spiegel trained in general surgery at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and completed her plastic surgery residency and a fellowship in microsurgery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr. Spiegel travels all over the world as an invited speaker on the different aspects of breast reconstruction, teaches live surgery, and contributes numerous articles and book chapters to medical and scholarly publications, including the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and The Breast Journal. Dr. Spiegel served as Editor for the book Breast Reconstruction – Current Perspectives and State of the Art Techniques which was published in August 2013. With more than a decade of experience and a respected reputation as one of the most highly skilled and trusted surgeons in the Houston area, Dr. Aldona J. Spiegel is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS), and has been named a top doctor by Houston’s popular “Top Docs” magazine every year, since 2006 and has also been awarded Patient Choice Awards for the past several years. Dr. Spiegel is the Director and Founder of the Center for Breast Restoration at the Institute for Reconstructive Surgery at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.
