Mark A. Foglietti, D.O., DFACOS

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Get to know Plastic Surgeon Dr. Mark A. Foglietti, who serves patients in Beachwood, Ohio.

A committed plastic surgeon, Dr. Foglietti is the Founder of Foglietti Fostyk Plastic Surgery. He specializes in cosmetic surgery and reconstructive surgery of the breast.

Founding the Cosmetic Surgery Institute in Beachwood, Ohio in 2000, he established himself as an educator and leader in his field both locally and nationally. When his daughter, Dr. Alanna Foglietti Fostyk joined his practice, in 2018, after completion of her residency training, they became Foglietti Fostyk Plastic Surgery. They work diligently to help make their patients’ cosmetic goals a reality while upholding the highest standard in plastic surgery, safety and patient care.

Starting his career with Drs. Dinner and Artz at The Center for Plastic Surgery in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Foglietti is the Co-Founder of the Woodlands Center for Plastic Surgery and the Ohio Stem Cell Treatment Center. He is also Director of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency at the Cleveland Clinic Southpointe Hospital and has an appointment to the faculty of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Department of Plastic Surgery. 

In the past, he was the Chief of Staff and Chief of Plastic Surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center East.

Born in Steubenville and raised in Mingo Junction in Ohio, Dr. Foglietti attended the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio where he received his Bachelor of Science degree and completed one year of post-graduate work in microbiology and virology. He then went to medical school at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he currently serves as a Clinical Professor in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He then returned to the Columbus area to fulfill a one-year rotating internship at Doctor’s Hospital and completed his training in general surgery. 

As a general surgery resident, he was accepted into the plastic surgery residency at The Plastic Surgery Institute in Des Moines Iowa, under the direction of the internationally acclaimed plastic surgeon, Dr. James O. Stallings, MD. During his time in Iowa, he served as a resident and as the Chief Resident of the program. To further enhance his plastic and reconstructive surgery knowledge, he completed an additional fellowship in cosmetic surgery and reconstructive surgery of the breast, in Cleveland under the direction of renowned plastic surgeons, Dr. Melvyn I. Dinner and Dr. J. Sheldon Artz.

A Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons (DFACOS), Dr. Foglietti is a member of the American Osteopathic Association, the American Medical Association, and their respective local organizations. He is a past President and Board Member of the Cleveland Academy of Osteopathic Medicine, and served nationally on the Board of Governors for the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons 

Publishing numerous papers in a variety of internationally recognized medical and scientific journals, Dr. Foglietti became board-certified in both plastic and reconstructive surgery and in general surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS). The mission of the ABPS is to promote safe, ethical, efficacious plastic surgery to the public by maintaining high standards for the education, examination, certification and continuous certification of plastic surgeons as specialists and subspecialists.

Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the human body. It can be divided into two main categories – reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery. A plastic surgeon’s primary responsibility is performing surgical and non-surgical procedures, and they use a variety of reparative and reconstructive techniques to get the job done.

Recognized for treatment of the Haiti earthquake victims for a medical mission in February 2010, Dr. Foglietti has also been recognized for his advanced treatment of burn victims internationally and for his assistance in the treatment of the Afghanistan Freedom Fighters, for which he received an award from Washington D.C. in 1988. He has also completed medical missions to Colombia in pediatric burn and hand surgery (2013 to present). 

A recipient of the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Distinguished Service Award and the Medal of Merit, Dr. Foglietti has received the Humanitarian Awards from the Ohio Osteopathic Association and the ACOS for his continued medical missionary work abroad. 

Holding three US patents on improved breast implants for surgical use, he has also received the Patients’ Choice Award (2018, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008), Compassionate Doctor Recognition (2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2010), Patients’ Choice 5th Anniversary Award (2012), and Top 10 Doctor – Metro Area (2014).

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