Meegan Minori Gruber, M.D., Ph.D.

Board Certified Plastic Surgeon

Active Status

2020 - Present

Owner / Plastic Surgeon
Gruber Plastic Surgery
5566 Broadcast Ct
Lakewood Ranch, FL 34240

Previous Positions

2017 - 2021

Plastic Surgeon
Artistic Liposuction and Plastic Surgery
6319 Memorial Highway
Tampa, FL 33619

2016 - 2017

Medical Director, Plastic Surgeon
Athenix Body Sculpting Institute
17885 NW Evergreen Parkway, Suite 110
Beaverton, OR 97006

2008 - 2015

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Providence Medical Group
16770 SW Edy Road, Suite 315
Sherwood, OR 97140

2008 - 2015

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Wellspring Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
1475 Mt. Hood Avenue
Woodburn, OR 97381

Medical Licenses

2017 - present

State of Florida

2005 - 2017

State of Oregon

2000 - 2005

State of Missouri

Board Certification

2016

American Board of Plastic Surgery 10 year Re-certification

2006

American Board of Plastic Surgery

Education

2000 - 2005

Residency - Washington University / Barnes-Jewish Hospital - Combined
Program in General Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Program Director – Keith Brandt, MD

1992 - 2000

MD/PhD - University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignMedical Scholars Program
College of Medicine/Department of Biochemistry
Thesis Title: “Development of a Novel Antibody Molecule for Redirected T CellImmunity to Tumor Cells: the Bispecific Single Chain Antibody.”
Principal Investigator – David M. Kranz, PhD

1997

Postdoctoral Research - Stanford University
Principal Investigator – Alan Krensky, MD
Division of Immunology and Transplant Biology, Department of Pediatrics

1988 - 1992

Undergraduate - University of California at Berkeley
BA - Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
BA - Department of Ethnic Studies

Professional Memberships

American Society of Plastic Surgeons

American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

Lectures

2022 ASPS Spring Meeting

Advances in Awake Liposuction

2021 ASPS National Meeting

Advances in BBL techniques
Advances in Liposuction
Extreme Abdominal Lipo

2021 ASPS Spring Meeting

Awake Surgery

2020 GSPS

Awake Liposuction

2019 WPS Retreat

Advances in Awake Liposuction

Awards and Honors

2020 - 2022

Realself Verified Doctor

2017 - 2020

Top Docs Real self

2014 - 2018

Top Ten Doctor Plastic Surgeon Specialist
OregonVitals.com, The American Registry

2014

Most Compassionate Doctor
Vitals.com, The American Registry

2013

Patient Choice Award
Vitals.com, The American Registry

2013

Most Compassionate Doctor
Vitals.com, The American Registry

2012

Patient Choice Award
Patient’s Choice, The American Registry

2012

Most Compassionate Doctor
Patient’s Choice, The American Registry

2011

Patient Choice Award
Patient’s Choice, The American Registry

1992 - 2000

Carle Cancer Center Research Grant
Medical Scholars Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1998

Chrysalis Program
American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

1996

Outstanding Speaker Award
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

1995

Graduate College Conference Award
IV International Conference on Bispecific Antibodies, Duck Key, FL

1995

Monsanto Research Award
IV International Conference on Bispecific Antibodies, Duck Key, FL

1992

Graduation with Honors
University of California at Berkeley

Publications and Presentations

Meegan M. Gruber and Thomas T. Tung (2005)

Anatomic Variability and Internal Topography of the Human Tibial Nerve
James Barrett Brown Research Symposium
Washington University Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
St. Louis, MO

Meegan M. Gruber and Christine J. Cheng (2004)

Characteristics of Metacarpal Fractures that Resultin Extensor Lag
James Barrett Brown Research Symposium
Washington University Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
St. Louis, MO

Thomas C. Manning, Laurie A. Rund, Meegan M. Gruber, Francesca Fallarino, Thomas F. Gajewski,and David M. Kranz (1997)

Antigen Recognition and Allogeneic Tutor Rejection in CD8+TCR Transgenic/RAG-/-Mice
Journal of Immunology, 159: 4665-75

Meegan M. Gruber and David M. Kranz (1996)

Bispecific Single Chain Antibodies in Breast Cancer Immunotherapy
Biochemistry Graduate Student Conference
Beckman Institute of Science and Technology
Urbana, IL

David M. Kranz, Meegan Gruber, and Erik R.Wilson (1995)

Properties of Bispecifc Single ChainAntibodies Expressed in Escherichia coli
Journal of Hematotherapy, 4: 403-408

Meegan M. Gruber and David M. Kranz (1995)

Susceptibility of Breast Cancer Cells to Lysis Mediated by a Bispecific Single Chain Antibody and Cytotoxic T Cells
Autumn Immunology Conference
Chicago, IL

Meegan M. Gruber and David M. Kranz. (1995)

A Combination of IFN- Susceptibility of erbB-2 Positive Tumors to CTL-Mediated Lysis
NIH Cell and Molecular Biology Training Grant Symposium
Beckman Institute of Science and Technology
Urbana, IL

Meegan M. Gruber and David M. Kranz (1995)

Susceptibility of Breast Cancer Cells to Lysis Mediatedby a Bispecific Single Chain Antibody and Cytotoxic T Cells
IV International Conference on Bispecific Antibodies
Duck Key, FL

Meegan Gruber, Beth A. Schodin, Erik R. Wilson, and David M. Kranz (1994)

Efficient Tumor Cell Lysis Mediated by a Bispecifc Single Chain Antibody Expressed in Escherichia coli
Journal of Immunology, 152: 5368-74