Meet Dr. Gorman

Dr. William H. Gorman is a Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon who has practiced medicine in Austin for more than twenty years.

After graduating with two degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, he 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. 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.

Dr. Gorman is one of the founding members of the Austin Smiles organization, which sends three medical groups a year to third-world countries to treat children with cleft lip and other birth abnormalities. He regularly goes on mission trips and has operated on hundreds of children around the world.

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.

Dr. Gorman is married and has three children. His hobbies include reading, cooking, travel, golf, and motorcycling.

Education

• 1981ñ1983
  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
  Resident in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  
  
• 1975ñ1979
  University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
  Resident in General Surgery
  
  
• August 1975
  Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX
  Degree: M.D.
  
  
• 1965ñ1967
  West Texas State University, Canyon, TX
  Member: Beta Beta Beta Honorary Biological Society, Sigma Nu Social Fraternity
  
  
• 1965 Tascosa High School, Amarillo, TX

Board Certifications

• American Board of Plastic Surgery, November 1985
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Professional Societies

• American College of Surgeons
• The American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
• The Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons
• The Austin Society of Plastic Surgeons
• The Texas Medical Association
• Travis County Medical Society
• Austin Smiles
• Medical Advisory Board of Austin Breast Cancer Resource Center