Dr. Gordon Awards & Publications

Speaking, Education & Professional Recognition

Dr. Ashley Gordon is not only one of Austin’s most experienced aesthetic plastic surgeons — she is a nationally and internationally recognized educator, speaker, and thought leader in breast surgery and aesthetic plastic surgery. She has shared her techniques, outcomes, and philosophy on stages across the United States and abroad, contributing to the education of the next generation of plastic surgeons.

“Surgeons who teach what they do are accountable in ways that others are not. It is a commitment I take seriously.”  — Dr. Ashley Gordon

At a Glance

• Board Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS)
• Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS)
• 20+ years of invited presentations at regional, national & international meetings
• Co-Chair, The Aesthetic Society’s Annual Residents’ Symposium — 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
• Co-Chair, The Aesthetic Society Premier Global Hot Topics — 2023 (Miami), 2024 (Vancouver), 2025 (Austin), 2026 (Boston)
• Co-Chair, Miami Breast Aesthetics Breast Cadaver Course, MARC Institute — 2025, 2026
• Scott Spear Award, Best Breast Presentation — The Aesthetic Society Meeting, Austin, 2025
• Castle Connolly Top Plastic Surgeon, Austin — 2012–2026
• Best Plastic Surgeon in Austin, Austin Monthly — 2013, 2015–2026
• Texas Super Doctor, Texas Monthly — 2014–2026

Conference leadership & chair positions

Dr. Gordon has been entrusted with leadership roles at some of the most prestigious meetings in aesthetic plastic surgery, reflecting the confidence her peers place in her judgment, her command of the field, and her ability to curate world-class educational content.

• Co-Chair — Miami Breast Aesthetics Breast Cadaver Course. MARC Institute. Miami, Florida. February 9–10, 2025.
• Co-Chair — Miami Breast Aesthetics Breast Cadaver Course. MARC Institute. Miami, Florida. March 6–7, 2026.
• Co-Chair — 6th Annual Residents’ Symposium: The Business of Launching Your Practice. The Aesthetic Society. Virtual, December 5–6, 2020.
• Co-Chair — 7th Annual Residents’ Symposium: The Business of Launching Your Practice. The Aesthetic Society. Virtual, December 4–5, 2021.
• Co-Chair — 8th Annual Residents’ Symposium: The Business of Launching Your Practice. The Aesthetic Society. Dallas, Texas, December 2–4, 2022.
• Co-Chair — 9th Annual Residents’ Symposium: The Business of Launching Your Practice. The Aesthetic Society. 2023.
• Co-Chair — 10th Annual Residents’ Symposium: The Business of Launching Your Practice. The Aesthetic Society. October 12–13, 2024.
• Co-Chair — 11th Annual Residents’ Symposium: The Business of Launching Your Practice. The Aesthetic Society. September 13–14, 2025.
• Co-Chair — Premier Global Hot Topics. The Aesthetic Society Meeting. Miami, Florida. April 19–23, 2023.
• Co-Chair — Premier Global Hot Topics. The Aesthetic Society Meeting. Vancouver, BC, Canada. May 2–5, 2024.
• Co-Chair — Premier Global Hot Topics. The Aesthetic Society Meeting. Austin, Texas. March 20–23, 2025.
• Co-Chair — Premier Global Hot Topics. The Aesthetic Society Meeting. Boston, Massachusetts. May 14–17, 2026.

Invited presentations — aesthetic & breast surgery

The following presentations reflect Dr. Gordon’s invited speaking record at regional, national, and international plastic surgery conferences. Highlighted entries denote award-winning or landmark presentations. Topics span breast surgery (primary augmentation, revision, mastopexy, mesh and scaffold use), body contouring, practice management, and patient experience — areas where she is recognized as a national and international resource by her peers.

2026

• Aesthetics Masterminds: Hot Takes on Today’s Surgical Trends  —  Aesthetics Innovation Summit (AIS) — Boston, Massachusetts
• Soft Tissue Support in Aesthetic Breast Surgery  —  The Aesthetic Society Meeting — Boston, Massachusetts
• Beyond the Scalpel: Crafting a Brand Built on Trust  —  The Aesthetic Society Meeting — Boston, Massachusetts
• Tricks & Tweaks — From Good to Great in Breast Surgery  —  The Aesthetic Society Meeting — Boston, Massachusetts
• Capsule: Friend or Foe?  —  The Aesthetic Society Meeting — Boston, Massachusetts
• Subfascial Breast Augmentation with Scaffold  —  Miami Breast Aesthetics Cadaver Course — Miami, Florida

2025

• Pick Your Implant: The Evolution of My Choices  [Scott Spear Award — Best Breast Presentation]  —  The Aesthetic Society Meeting — Austin, Texas
• What’s New in Breast Implants  —  Aesthetics Innovation Summit (AIS) — Austin, Texas
• How to Achieve Long-Term Upper Pole Fullness  —  The Aesthetic Society Meeting — Austin, Texas
• Complex Aesthetic Breast Mini Symposium: Surgical U-Turns in Breast Revision Surgery  —  The Aesthetic Society Meeting — Austin, Texas
• Motiva Expert Forum: Leveling-Up Breast Aesthetics with Sixth Generation Implants  —  The Aesthetic Society Meeting — Austin, Texas
• Subfascial Breast Augmentation with Scaffold  —  Miami Breast Aesthetics Cadaver Course — Miami, Florida
• Motiva Breast Implants: My First Year of Cases  —  Establishment Labs Webinar

 2024

• Breast Controversies: How I Choose the Implant & Incision Location in Breast Augmentation  —  International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) — Cartagena, Colombia
• Optimizing Form & Function: An Algorithmic Approach to P4HB (Galaflex) Support in Aesthetic Breast Surgery  —  International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) — Cartagena, Colombia
• How to Achieve Long-Term Upper Pole Fullness  —  The Aesthetic Society Meeting — Vancouver, BC, Canada
• What’s New in Oral Analgesics & How Do I Use Them?  —  Hot Topics — The Aesthetic Society Meeting — Vancouver, BC, Canada
• The Patient Experience: Managing & Fulfilling Expectations  —  Residents & Fellows Forum — The Aesthetic Society Meeting — Vancouver, BC, Canada

2023

• Complex Aesthetic Breast Revision: Downsizing the Over-Augmented Breast  —  The Aesthetic Society Meeting — Miami, Florida
• Safety in Breast Surgery: Downsizing the Overly Augmented Breast  —  61st Annual Scientific Meeting, Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons (MAPS) — Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
• Sunday Masters Series: What I No Longer Do  —  61st Annual Scientific Meeting, Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons (MAPS) — Lake Geneva, Wisconsin
• Augmentation: Subfascial or Dual Plane? Scaffold or Not?  —  The Aesthetic Society’s Experienced Insights in Breast and Body Contouring — Scottsdale, Arizona
• Non-Invasive Body Contouring  —  The Aesthetic Society’s Experienced Insights in Breast and Body Contouring — Scottsdale, Arizona

2022

• Mastopexy Augmentation: The Role of Soft Tissue Support  —  Experienced Insights in Breast and Body Contouring — The Aesthetic Society — Scottsdale, Arizona
• Managing the Explantation Patient – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly—  Experienced Insights in Breast and Body Contouring — The Aesthetic Society — Scottsdale, Arizona
• My Algorithm for Challenging Aesthetic Breast Cases  —  WPS Enrichment Retreat — Tucson, Arizona
• Optimizing Your Cosmetic Conversion Rates  —  WPS Enrichment Retreat — Tucson, Arizona
• The Evolving Aesthetic Patient Journey  —  8th Annual Residents’ Symposium — The Aesthetic Society — Dallas, Texas

2021

• The Art of the Cosmetic Consult  —  7th Annual Residents’ Symposium — The Aesthetic Society (Virtual)

2020

• Use of Mesh in Revisionary Breast Surgery  —  36th Annual Atlanta Breast Surgery Symposium — Atlanta, Georgia
• Use of Mesh in Primary Reductions, Lifts & Augmentation/Mastopexy: Pearls from Over 100 Cases  —  36th Annual Atlanta Breast Surgery Symposium — Atlanta, Georgia
• The Art of the Cosmetic Consult  —  6th Annual Residents’ Symposium — The Aesthetic Society (Virtual)
• Working Smarter, Not Harder: Tracking Your Conversion Rates  —  6th Annual Residents’ Symposium — The Aesthetic Society (Virtual)
• Elevate: Advances in the Use of Soft Tissue Support in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery  —  X-Medica E-Learning — with Calobrace & Sigalove

2019

• Highlights from the FDA Hearings / Breast Implant Illness  —  18th Biennial Jurkiewicz Society Meeting — Atlanta, Georgia
• The Patient Experience: Managing & Fulfilling Expectations  —  Residents & Fellows Forum — The Aesthetic Meeting — New Orleans, Louisiana
• The State of the Art in PRP for Plastic Surgeons  —  Premier Global Hot Topics — The Aesthetic Meeting — New Orleans, Louisiana
• The Patient Experience: Managing & Fulfilling Expectations  —  5th Annual Residents’ Symposium — The Aesthetic Society — Dallas, Texas
• Office Accounting & Reporting  —  5th Annual Residents’ Symposium — The Aesthetic Society — Dallas, Texas
• SMART Goals  —  5th Annual Residents’ Symposium — The Aesthetic Society — Dallas, Texas

2018

• Emerging Uses of PRP  —  Premier Global Hot Topics — The Aesthetic Society Meeting — New York
• The Patient Experience: Managing & Fulfilling Expectations  —  ASAPS Residents’ Symposium — New York
• SWOT Analysis, SMART Goals, the 80/20 Rule & Failure  —  ASAPS Residents’ Symposium — New York
• Metrics & Benchmarking  —  ASAPS Residents’ Symposium — New York

2017

• TissuGlu: Early Experience in Abdominoplasty  —  Premier Global Hot Topics — The Aesthetic Society Meeting — San Diego, California
• PRP as an Adjunct in Your Practice  —  Premier Global Hot Topics — The Aesthetic Society Meeting — San Diego, California
• TissuGlu: Early Experience in Abdominoplasty  —  Austin Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons — Austin, Texas

2016

• The Next Generation in Surgical Scaffolds for Soft Tissue Regeneration  —  Galaflex Symposium — The Aesthetic Society Meeting — Las Vegas, Nevada

2005

• Radiation After Immediate TRAM Flap Breast Reconstruction  —  74th Annual Meeting, American Society of Plastic Surgeons — Chicago, Illinois

2002

• Scarless Wound Healing Induced by Adenoviral-Mediated Overexpression of Interleukin-10 (IL-10)  [Gaspar W. Anastasi Award — Best Scientific Paper]  —  Residents & Fellows Forum, ASAPS/ASERF — Las Vegas, Nevada
• Scarless Wound Healing Induced by Adenoviral-Mediated Overexpression of Interleukin-10 (IL-10)  —  35th Anniversary Meeting, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery — Las Vegas, Nevada

2001

• Scarless Wound Healing Induced by Adenoviral-Mediated Overexpression of Interleukin-10 (IL-10)  —  87th Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons — New Orleans, Louisiana
• Scarless Wound Healing / Interleukin-10  —  11th Annual Educational Symposium, Wound Healing Society — Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Use of Acellular Human Dermis as a Carrier Matrix for Adenoviral-Mediated Gene Transfer  —  11th Annual Educational Symposium, Wound Healing Society — Albuquerque, New Mexico

Professional memberships & affiliations

Dr. Gordon is an active member of the organizations that set the standard for ethical practice, surgical excellence, and continuing education in plastic and aesthetic surgery.

• American Board of Plastic Surgery — Board Certified
• American College of Surgeons — Fellow (FACS)
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)
• The Aesthetic Society (TAS)
• International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ISAPS)
• SAFELipo Premier Surgeon
• The Jurkiewicz Society
• Austin Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Texas Medical Association
• Travis County Medical Society

Awards & recognition

Dr. Gordon has been recognized repeatedly by independent bodies — including peers, patients, and major publications — for surgical excellence, innovation, and outstanding patient care.

• Scott Spear Award — Best Breast Presentation for “Pick Your Implant: The Evolution of Choice” — The Aesthetic Society Meeting, Austin, 2025
• Castle Connolly Top Plastic Surgeon, Austin — 2012–2026
• Best Plastic Surgeon in Austin, Austin Monthly — 2013, 2015–2026
• Texas Super Doctor, Texas Monthly — 2014–2026
• Texas Rising Star, Texas Monthly — 2012 & 2013
• Top Cosmetic & Plastic Surgeons, Plastic Surgery Practice
• Gaspar W. Anastasi Award — Best Scientific Paper, Residents & Fellows Forum, ASAPS/ASERF — 2002
• The Wound Healing Society Anita Roberts Award for Young Investigators — Best Research Paper in Wound Repair & Regeneration — 2009
• Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (ASERF) Grant — 2001

Industry advisory & clinical innovation roles

Dr. Gordon’s clinical expertise is sought by leading companies in medical aesthetics and surgical devices. These relationships keep her at the forefront of emerging technology — a direct benefit to her patients, who have access to the latest advances in breast surgery and body contouring.

• USA Pioneers Session on Preservé — Chosen as one of thirty-five leading US breast surgeons for comprehensive training in groundbreaking minimally invasive breast enhancement. Sulayom Innovation Campus, Costa Rica.
• Inaugural Femtech Experience — Chosen as the first US breast surgeon to perform surgery with Motiva Breast Implants at the Sulayom Innovation Campus, Costa Rica.
• Establishment Labs, Motiva Implants — Advisory Board
• PatientFi Physician Advisory Council
• Brijj Medical — Advisory Board
• Tiger Medical Advisory Board for AlloClae
• Sofwave — Consultant
• Revelle Aesthetics — Consultant
• RealSelf Physician Advisory Board (past)
• Sientra Breast Implant Advisory Board (past)
• Mentor LEAD Advisory Panel (past)
• Allergan ‘Ahead of the Curve’ Plastic & Regenerative Medicine Advisory Board (past)
• Engage Technologies / Aesthetic Innovations — Surgical Medical Advisory Board (past)

Selected publications

Dr. Gordon has contributed to peer-reviewed literature across aesthetic surgery, breast surgery, wound healing, and craniofacial reconstruction. Selected publications are listed below.

• Evolving Practices in Augmentation Operative Technique with Sientra HSC Round Implants. Calobrace M, Kaufman D, Gordon AE, Reid D. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 134(1S):57S–67S, July 2014.
• Permissive Environment in Postnatal Wounds Induced by Adenoviral-Mediated Overexpression of IL-10 Prevents Scar Formation. Gordon AD, et al. Wound Repair & Regeneration 16(1): 70–79, 2008.
• Book Chapter: Liposuction. Medical Management of the Surgical Patient, 4th Edition. Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Schedule a consultation

Dr. Gordon brings the same depth of knowledge she shares on the national and international stage to every patient consultation at her Austin practice. Whether you are considering breast surgery, body contouring, or a facial procedure, you will receive a thoughtful, evidence-based evaluation and a candid discussion of your options.

Call 512-371-8817 or request a consultation online. Dr. Gordon sees patients in Austin and offers virtual consultations for patients traveling from outside the area.