About William H. Gorman, MD

Dr. William H. Gorman is a Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon who has practiced medicine in Austin for thirty years. Dr. Gorman graduated with two degrees from the University of Texas at Austin before joining the Texas Army National Guard where he was trained as a medic, After being honorably discharged he then attended Texas Tech University School of Medicine, and graduated with an M.D. degree in 1975. Dr. Gorman did his internship and his general surgery residency at the University of Texas Medical Center in San Antonio, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He later completed his residency in Plastic and Reconstructive surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas. He returned to Austin with his family in 1983 and has since been practicing his specialty of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Gorman is a clinical researcher for new devices in the field of plastic surgery. He was involved in the research which led to FDA certification of both Mentor and McGhan Silicone Gel Breast Implants. These studies at first were limited to reconstructive, revision and replacement, and other more complicated procedures. Later on Dr. Gorman was involved in studies of cosmetic breast augmentation patients as well. These were all ten year follow-up studies. Recently he was selected to participate in a national study investigating new Cohesive Gel Silicone breast implants. Sixty of his Austin patients are receiving these new implants as part of their breast augmentation surgery, and Dr. Gorman and his staff will track their progress over a ten-year period. In addition to being Board Certified in Plastic Surgery, Dr. Gorman is a Medical Advisory Board Member of the Austin Breast Cancer Resource Center, and belongs to many professional organizations.