Training and board certification
Source for all rows: CV
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | Yale University, BA, cum laude with departmental honors |
| Medical school | Northwestern University, MD |
| Graduate degree | University of Illinois, M.S., Surgery |
| Residency | General surgery, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center |
| Residency | Plastic surgery, Northwestern University |
- Board certifications, as the CV lists them: American Board of Surgery; American Board of Plastic Surgery. The bio states he "is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery" (bio).
- On the faculty of Rush Medical College for more than 20 years; active role in the Rush plastic surgery fellowship (bio).
- Member of ASPS, ASAPS, the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the Illinois Society of Plastic Surgeons (bio).
- CV lectures include "Facelift and Fat Transfer Under Local Anesthesia" (Vegas Cosmetic Surgery Conference, 2019).
Facelift and neck lift work
- Facelift. The page states his technique "emphasizes a vertical correction of the deeper structures and a rebalancing of the facial volume," built on four dimensions: structure, volume, expression and surface. Fat transfer is frequently combined (facelift).
- Anesthesia. The page describes a technique for facelift surgery under local anesthesia, with no fasting or IV; light general anesthesia or IV sedation in an accredited surgical center is offered to patients who prefer to be asleep (facelift).
- Volume. The mini facelift page states he has performed several thousand facelifts and has combined fat transfer with structural lifting for over 25 years (mini facelift).
- Mini facelift. Shorter incisions and a targeted SMAS lift for early jowling (mini facelift).
- Neck lift. May include platysmaplasty, fat reduction and skin removal; MyEllevate is offered for milder cases; non-strenuous activity within 10 to 14 days (neck lift).
- Recovery. The facelift page gives no day counts; it describes a first night with a nurse at a hotel in the same building as the surgicenter.
- Prices. None published.
- Galleries. Facelift (5 cases), neck and jaw border lift (7), MyEllevate (2) (facelift gallery, neck gallery, MyEllevate).
Other facial procedures
Blepharoplasty, brow lift, facial fat transfer, rhinoplasty, FaceTite and EmbraceRF, with erbium, HALO, MOXI and BBL lasers (blepharoplasty, brow lift, FaceTite). Eyelid and brow lift gallery with 6 cases (eyelid and brow gallery).
Practice
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Practice | Whole Beauty Institute |
| Chicago | 737 North Michigan Ave., Suite 760, Chicago IL 60611 (entrance at 151 E. Chicago Ave.); (312) 751-2112 (Chicago office) |
| Winnetka | 118 Green Bay Road, Winnetka IL 60093; (847) 446-7562 (Winnetka office) |
| Website | https://www.johnqcookmd.com/ |
| Social | Instagram, Facebook, YouTube |