Life After Weight Loss Program

Our Experts

J. Peter Rubin, MD
Surgeon, Program Director

Dr. Rubin is board certified in plastic surgery and is co-director of the UPMC Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Center. The founder and director of UPMC’s Life After Weight Loss program, a unique program that combines body contouring surgery with lifestyle and nutritional counseling in a supportive environment, Dr. Rubin is a national leader in the field of body contouring. He lectures extensively in the United States and throughout the world about body contouring surgery and is the lead author of a body contouring medical textbook for plastic surgeons. Dr. Rubin is a past recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the nation's highest honor for young researchers.

  • Jonathan Toy, MD
    2009 – 2010 Body Contouring Fellow
  • Nicole Bubar – Physician assistant
  • Nancy McCormick – Administrative coordinator
  • Barbara Chakurda – Surgery scheduler
  • Vicki March, MD – Bariatric internist
  • Cookie Tuscano
    Aesthetician