Joseph Raniere, Jr., MD, FACS, completed a medical degree at the New Jersey Medical School in Newark, where he graduated in the top 10 percent of his class and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. Dr. Raniere completed a general surgery residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, a hospital affiliated with Harvard University. He then performed a plastic surgery residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. Dr. Raniere has written several published journal articles and serves as Chief of Plastic Surgery at Piedmont Fayette Hospital. He also holds hospital privileges at Southern Regional Medical Center, Henry Medical Center and Newnan Hospital.