Best Plastic Surgery Practice Consultants (2026): 9 Compared
Compare 9 plastic surgery consultants for consult conversion, coordinator training and operations, incl. PS² Practice Management, Catherine Maley and KZA.
For plastic surgeons, practice administrators and surgical practice owners. Updated October 22, 2026 · Prepared by Prospyr. Prospyr makes practice software, not consulting services, and none of the firms below is a Prospyr product or partner. This list compares nine plastic surgery consultants: firms that help aesthetic surgical practices convert more consultations, train patient coordinators, fix operations and staffing, tighten revenue and coding, and prepare for a sale or partnership. Each summary reflects what the firm publishes on its own website, checked October 2026. Fees, scope and results change, so confirm everything in writing before you sign.
What does a plastic surgery consultant do?
A plastic surgery consultant is an outside advisor who helps a surgical practice run and grow the business side: turning inquiries into consultations and consultations into booked surgery, training the patient care coordinator and front desk, designing staffing and workflows, reviewing revenue, pricing and coding, and planning an expansion, a med spa wing or an exit. The best firms start with your numbers, such as inquiry-to-consult rate, consult-to-surgery conversion, revenue per consult and days to surgery, and leave behind systems your team can run without them.
Plastic surgery practices differ from med spas in ways that matter here: longer decision cycles, higher-value quotes, deposits and surgical scheduling, and often a reconstructive or insurance side. A consultant who has worked inside surgical practices will know those differences.
The 9 plastic surgery practice consultants at a glance
| # | Firm | Focus | Published pricing or terms | Worth a call if you want |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PS² Practice Management | Plastic surgery only; consulting company of the ASPS | Not published; depends on scope and size | A full review of patient flow, staffing and consult conversion |
| 2 | Catherine Maley | Plastic surgeons only; conversion and patient retention | Not published; Converting Academy listed elsewhere at $1,997 a month | Consult conversion and repeat patients from a long-time specialist |
| 3 | Shorr Solutions | Aesthetic practices including plastic surgery; operations, HR, finance, sales | Not published | P&L analysis, manager training and help selling a practice |
| 4 | ACG Practice Partners | Plastic surgery and med spa practices; start-ups, assessments, team coaching | Not published; coordinator cohort listed at $1,800 | Practice assessment plus team and leadership coaching |
| 5 | Terri Ross Consulting | Plastic surgeons, med spas and aesthetic groups; sales and KPIs | Not published | Sales training and KPI coaching for the whole team |
| 6 | Predictable Patients | Plastic and cosmetic surgeons, dermatology and med spas | Not published | A revenue leak diagnostic across the patient journey |
| 7 | KZA | Coding, audit and practice operations education for surgical specialties | Not published | Coding and revenue cycle training from a 40-year firm |
| 8 | Finesse Plastic Surgery Consulting | Plastic surgery front office and lead conversion | Not published | A former coordinator who trains your team inside your workflow |
| 9 | MD Med Spa Consulting | Plastic surgery and aesthetic sales teams | Not published; engagements generally 12 weeks | An interactive sales workshop and a defined 12-week engagement |
How we chose this list
We started with firms that name plastic surgeons or surgical aesthetic practices on their own websites, including firms already on our plastic surgery patient coordinator training list and patient coordinator sales training list. Then we checked four things a surgeon or administrator can verify before a first call:
- Surgical experience. Does the firm describe work with plastic surgery practices specifically, not only med spas?
- Defined scope. Does it say what it works on: consult conversion, coordinator training, staffing, revenue, coding or transitions?
- Named people. Is there a named founder or consultant with stated experience?
- Terms. A published price, a free first call or a clear diagnostic step.
We left out marketing agencies, which we cover in our plastic surgery marketing agencies list, and firms whose main product is practice software. The order is our editorial view, not a measure of results.
1PS² Practice Management#
PS² Practice Management in Arlington Heights, Illinois, describes itself as the consulting company of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and works exclusively with plastic surgery practices nationwide, cosmetic and reconstructive, from solo surgeons to multi-physician groups.
What stands out:
- Surgical scope. Consult conversion and patient flow, staffing, leadership and workflow design, operational planning and patient experience.
- Start-up planning. It lists practice start-up planning, including a start-up guide.
- Operations AI. It lists AI consulting for practice operations, such as SOP management, reporting and staff training.
- Plain pricing statement. It states that cost depends on scope of work, practice size and level of support.
Right for: a surgical practice that wants a plastic-surgery-only consultant to review the whole patient path, from inquiry to surgery. Ask: whether the work is onsite or virtual, and which conversion numbers it will track before and after.
2Catherine Maley#
Catherine Maley (Aesthetic Practice Consulting) states that it works exclusively with plastic surgeons and reports 25+ years in plastic surgery and 250+ practices consulted. Its work centers on converting consultations and keeping patients coming back.
What stands out:
- An audit to start. The Practice Performance Audit benchmarks a practice against top practices and identifies revenue gaps.
- Coordinator conversion. Its Converting Academy focuses on consult conversion; our coordinator training list covers its published price and structure.
- Retention without discounting. The KISS Loyalty Club is a done-for-you loyalty system meant to bring one-time patients back.
- Research and media. The Plastic Surgery Practice Playbook draws on 175 surgeon interviews, and the Beauty and the Biz podcast reports 120,000+ downloads.
Testimonials on the site report results such as conversion rising from 42% to 75%; treat those as individual examples.
Right for: a surgeon whose consult-to-surgery rate or repeat patient visits are the main gap. Ask: what the audit costs and measures, and how much of the engagement is team training versus marketing.
3Shorr Solutions#
Shorr Solutions, in Coral Springs, Florida, consults for med spas, dermatology, plastic surgery and other physician-led practices. The firm states its leaders have owned a multi-million-dollar aesthetic practice, and testimonials on its site name Jay Shorr and his team.
What stands out:
- Finance. P&L analysis for med spas and plastic surgery practices, financial guidance and practice valuations.
- Buying and selling. It lists help opening a new aesthetic practice and selling an aesthetic practice.
- Managers and HR. Practice administrator training, recruiting and hiring, HR crisis management, and HIPAA, OSHA and workplace violence training.
- Sales. Staff sales training and its Conversion Cascade 2.0 online course.
Shorr also offers payment processing; we list it for consulting and training only.
Right for: a surgical practice that needs a clean P&L, stronger managers, or advice before selling. Ask: who leads valuation and sale work, and whether practice administrator training can include your surgical coordinator.
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4ACG Practice Partners#
ACG Practice Partners is an Indianapolis firm founded by Amy Anderson, who reports 20+ years of plastic surgery and med spa experience. It serves plastic surgeons and med spa owners.
What stands out:
- Practice consulting. Practice start-up, practice assessment, and EMR optimization and superuser support.
- Team development. Hiring assistance, Everything DiSC coaching and training, leadership coaching and courses.
- Coordinator cohort. Its patient care coordinator group coaching is covered in our coordinator training list.
Right for: a surgeon-led practice that wants an assessment and help building a stronger team. Ask: what the practice assessment includes and costs, and how leadership coaching is structured.
5Terri Ross Consulting#
Terri Ross Consulting (TRC) was founded in 2012 and works with plastic surgeons, med spas and aesthetic and wellness businesses, plus corporate clients such as private equity groups and chains. It reports training and consulting for more than 2,000 aesthetic practices.
What stands out:
- Team sales training. Onsite or virtual training for front desk, managers, patient coordinators and providers.
- Owner coaching. Private coaching, a mentorship program, workshops and a formal business evaluation.
- Group work. A corporate practice for chains, private equity groups and physician-owned multi-location practices.
Right for: a plastic surgery practice with a med spa side that wants one sales method across surgical and non-surgical consults. Ask: how the training adapts to surgical quotes and longer decision cycles, and the price, which is not published.
6Predictable Patients#
Predictable Patients was founded by Ashley Cloud, who reports more than 25 years in medical aesthetics, including national consulting with Mentor Solutions, a practice management consulting division of Johnson & Johnson. It serves plastic surgeons, cosmetic surgeons, dermatologists and med spas, and their coordinators, managers and teams.
What stands out:
- A diagnostic first. Its "State of the Practice" revenue leak diagnostic is the starting point.
- Broad scope. Conversion across the patient journey, patient experience, operations and workflows, financial performance, people and leadership, KPIs, and practice development including openings, expansion and exit strategy.
- Books. Cloud wrote The Art of the Aesthetic Practice and The Future-Ready Practice, on preparing aesthetic practices for AI.
Right for: a practice that suspects revenue is leaking somewhere between inquiry and surgery and wants it found. Ask: what the diagnostic costs, whether the engagement is a project or a retainer, and how any AI recommendations are judged separately from the consulting.
7KZA#
KZA (Karen Zupko & Associates) was founded in 1985 and offers coding and audit education and consulting, practice operations training in financial management, revenue cycle management and customer service, custom workshops, on-demand courses and webinars. Its site names orthopaedics, otolaryngology, dermatology and general surgery among its specialties, and shows The Aesthetic Society and the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery among its society partners.
Right for: a plastic or facial plastic surgery practice with a reconstructive or insurance side that wants coding and revenue cycle training for its team. Ask: how much of its current work is with plastic surgery practices, and what a custom workshop costs.
8Finesse Plastic Surgery Consulting#
Finesse Plastic Surgery Consulting is run by Diane Lavigne, who reports more than 20 years in plastic surgery and dental practices. Its services cover new patient communication from inquiry to scheduled surgery, administrative work such as lead tracking, pre-op forms and deposits, staff training, hiring help and workflow improvement, and social media and marketing support. A testimonial on its site describes both virtual discussions and on-site visits.
Right for: a smaller surgical practice that wants one experienced person to train its coordinator inside the practice's real workflow. Ask: pricing, how many practices she supports at once, and what a typical on-site week covers.
9MD Med Spa Consulting#
MD Med Spa Consulting is led by founder Maria Davis, who reports 15+ years of industry experience. It serves med spas, aesthetic practices and plastic surgery practices in all 50 states. Its consulting covers sales, operations, business development and staff training in three phases: assessment and proposal, execution and training, and one-on-one strategy work with Davis. It states engagements generally last 12 weeks and offers a complimentary 30-minute consultation. Its sales seminar is covered in our coordinator training list.
Right for: a practice with several coordinators or patient consultants who learn best by role-playing real consults. Ask: pricing, and how much of the 12 weeks is onsite versus virtual.
Questions to ask any plastic surgery consultant
- How many plastic surgery practices have you worked with in the last two years? Ask for two references with a practice like yours.
- Which numbers will you change, and how will we measure them? Inquiry-to-consult rate, consult-to-surgery conversion, revenue per consult, days from consult to surgery.
- What do I keep at the end? Scripts, SOPs, dashboards, hiring guides and training recordings.
- Who does the work? The founder or a team member, onsite or virtual, and how often.
- How are you paid? Flat project fee, monthly retainer or a share of results. Get the term and notice period in writing.
- Do you take vendor referral fees? Ask whether any software, device or marketing company you recommend pays you.
- Can you work with our surgeon's schedule? Training only sticks if the surgeon is part of it.
Where Prospyr fits
Most consulting work ends in new consult scripts, follow-up rules, deposit policies and KPIs, and those only stick if your practice software can run and report them. Prospyr supports plastic surgery practices, including surgical and OR scheduling, with lead management, two-way texting and follow-up messages for coordinators, deposits, aesthetic charting and analytics on one patient record, so a consultant can measure conversion from real numbers. Prospyr doesn't do insurance billing. To see how it works, book a practice demo.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a plastic surgery consultant cost?
None of the firms on this list publishes a full engagement fee. Program prices are sometimes listed for training products, such as ACG Practice Partners' coordinator cohort and Catherine Maley's Converting Academy, which our coordinator training list compares. Full consulting projects are usually quoted after a discovery call or diagnostic.
What is the difference between a plastic surgery consultant and a marketing agency?
A marketing agency brings in inquiries through your website, SEO, ads and social media. A consultant works on what happens after the inquiry: how quickly and well your team responds, how the consultation runs, how quotes and follow-up are handled, and how the practice is staffed and managed. Many practices need both.
Should a plastic surgery practice hire a patient coordinator trainer or a full consultant?
If inquiries are healthy but surgeries are not booking, start with coordinator training. If the problems span staffing, workflows, finances and growth, a full practice consultant is the better fit. Our coordinator training list covers the first option.
Who helps a plastic surgeon sell or value a practice?
Some consultants here, including Shorr Solutions and Predictable Patients, list practice sales, valuations or exit strategy. For an independent number, see our valuation firms list and exit planning advisors list.
Does a surgical practice with its own operating room need a different consultant?
Often, yes, for the facility side. Accreditation surveys and surgery center operations are specialist work; see our accreditation consultants list and ASC management companies list.
Want your company considered?
We review this list quarterly. Consulting firms that serve plastic surgery practices can send their website and what they offer practices to info@prospyrmed.com. Inclusion is editorial and not paid.
Editorial scope
This list is based on each firm's public website, checked October 2026 with AI-assisted research. Firms did not review this article before publication. It is not legal or financial advice, a guarantee of results, or a substitute for checking references and engagement terms. Read our methodology or report a correction.