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Gary J. Alter

Biography​

Gary J. Alter practices plastic surgery privately and is an assistant clinical professor of plastic surgery at the UCLA School of Medicine.1 Alter earned his MD at the UCLA School of Medicine and completed urology residency at Baylor College of Medicine and plastic surgery residency at the Mayo Clinic.1 Alter completed a fellowship in genitourinary reconstruction and plastic surgery at Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine.1

Contributions​

Alter's cited papers address correction of hidden penis, reconstruction after penile enlargement surgery, and pubic and labial contouring after major weight loss. Other cited work describes labia minora and clitoral hood surgery, augmentation phalloplasty, and prosthetic implantation after phallic construction.23456

Cited on WARWIKI

11 publications with Gary J. Alter as a listed author are cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. Alter GJ, Ehrlich RM. A new technique for correction of the hidden penis in children and adults. J Urol. 1999;161(2):455–459. PMID 9915425.
    Cited on: Penile Primary Closure ± Z-Plasty · Combined Reduction Scrotoplasty + Penoscrotal Z-Plasty · V-Y Advancement Plasty — Genital Applications
  2. Alter GJ. Pubic contouring after massive weight loss in men and women: correction of hidden penis, mons ptosis, and labia majora enlargement. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012;130(4):936–947. doi
    Cited on: Fat Grafting to the Mons Pubis (Volume Restoration) · Labia Majora Reduction (Majoraplasty) · Monsplasty (Mons Pubis Reduction / Lift)
  3. Alter GJ. Management of the mons pubis and labia majora in the massive weight loss patient. Aesthet Surg J. 2009;29(5):432–442. doi
    Cited on: Fat Grafting to the Mons Pubis (Volume Restoration) · Labia Majora Reduction (Majoraplasty) · Monsplasty (Mons Pubis Reduction / Lift)
  4. Alter GJ. Reconstruction of deformities resulting from penile-enlargement surgery. J Urol. 1997;158(6):2153–2157. doi
    Cited on: Autologous Fat Injection (AFI) — Penile Girth Enhancement · Dermal Fat Grafts & AlloDerm (ADM) Wraps — Surgical Graft-Based Penile Girth Augmentation · V-Y Advancement Plasty — Genital Applications
  5. Alter GJ. Aesthetic labia minora and clitoral hood reduction using extended central wedge resection. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008;122(6):1780-1789. doi
    Cited on: Inverted-Y Plasty Clitoral Hoodoplasty · Central Wedge Resection Labiaplasty
  6. Alter GJ, Ehrlich RM. "A new technique for correction of the hidden penis in children and adults." J Urol. 1999;161(2):455–459.
    Cited on: Buried Penis · Buried Penis Repair
  7. Alter GJ. Labia minora reduction using central wedge technique. Clin Plast Surg. 2022;49(4):447–453. doi
    Cited on: Central Wedge Resection Labiaplasty
  8. Alter GJ. Labia minora reconstruction using clitoral hood flaps, wedge excisions, and YV advancement flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2011;127(6):2356–2363. doi
    Cited on: Shaft-Only Phalloplasty with Vaginal Preservation (Chen-Berli / Moorefield)
  9. Alter GJ, Gilbert DA, Schlossberg SM, Jordan GH. Prosthetic implantation after phallic construction. Microsurgery. 1995;16(5):322–324. doi
    Cited on: Erectile Prosthesis (Penile Implant) After Gender-Affirming Phalloplasty
  10. Alter GJ. Augmentation phalloplasty. Urol Clin North Am. 1995;22(4):887–902. PMID 7483137.
    Cited on: V-Y Advancement Plasty — Genital Applications
  11. Jordan GH, Alter GJ, Gilbert DA, Horton CE, Devine CJ Jr. Penile prosthesis implantation in total phalloplasty. J Urol. 1994;152(2 Pt 1):410–414. doi
    Cited on: Erectile Prosthesis (Penile Implant) After Gender-Affirming Phalloplasty

Footnotes​

  1. About Gary J. Alter M.D.. AlterMD. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. Alter GJ, Ehrlich RM. "A new technique for correction of the hidden penis in children and adults." J Urol. 1999;161(2):455–459. ↩

  3. Alter GJ. Reconstruction of deformities resulting from penile-enlargement surgery. J Urol. 1997;158(6):2153–2157. doi:10.1016/s0022-5347(01)68185-068185-0)) ↩

  4. Alter GJ. Pubic contouring after massive weight loss in men and women: correction of hidden penis, mons ptosis, and labia majora enlargement. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2012;130(4):936–947. doi:10.1097/prs.0b013e318262f57d ↩

  5. Alter GJ. Management of the mons pubis and labia majora in the massive weight loss patient. Aesthet Surg J. 2009;29(5):432–442. doi:10.1016/j.asj.2009.08.015 ↩

  6. Alter GJ. Aesthetic labia minora and clitoral hood reduction using extended central wedge resection. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008;122(6):1780-1789. doi:10.1097/prs.0b013e31818a9b25 ↩