Dr. Johnstuart Guarnieri is a Virginia native, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon with an educational and professional background that places him globally among the top of his peers. He earned his Medical Degree at Eastern Virginia Medical School and completed a Family Practice Residency at the Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine giving him a firm foundation in the fundamentals of a medical practice. Next, he finished a General Surgery Residency at the Tulane Medical School in New Orleans, where he obtained training in major trauma, vascular, thoracic and GI surgery. This residency helped refine Dr. Guarneri’s surgical skill and helped him gravitate towards a specialty in Plastic Surgery. His plastic Surgery Residency was then completed at the Yale University School of Medicine. His extensive training included one year in the Yale University Plastic Surgery Laboratory studying the effects of hormones on skin cells. After completing his residency Dr. Guarnieri joined the Yale Clinical Community Faculty for one year in the department of Plastic Surgery before returning to his native Virginia.