Amber R. Leis, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Plastic Surgery Residency Program
- Phone: 314-362-7388
Specialty Areas
- Hand surgery
Board Certifications
Plastic surgery
Surgery of the hand
Degrees
Medical School: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2008
Residency
Plastic Surgery Residency: Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA
Fellowship
Hand Fellowship: University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Professional Memberships
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Review Committee for Plastic Surgery 10/2023
American Association for Hand Surgery – Active Member
Annual Meeting Educational Program Committee Member 1/2023-1/2025
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Oral Board Examiner 11/2023
World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery – Active Member inducted 2022
American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgeons – Active Member
Visiting Professor Committee 2023-present
Junior Member at Large 1/2024-1/2026
American Society of Peripheral Nerve – Active Member
American Association of Plastic Surgeons – Active Member inducted 2022
Ethics Committee Member 2022-2024
American Society of Plastic Surgeons – Active Member
Annual Meeting Educational Program Committee Member 9/2020-present
In-Service Examination Subcommittee Member 9/2020-9/2024
Social Media Subcommittee 9/2021-9/2022
Women Plastic Surgeons Steering Committee 9/2023-9/2024
Ethics Committee California Representative 10/2023-10/2026
American Society for Surgery of the Hand – Active Member 1/2019
Resident Education Committee Member 2017-2019
Young Members Steering Committee Member 9/2021-9/2024
Complus Manus Committee Member 2022-2025
Adrian E. Flatt Residents & Fellows Conference Committee 10/7/2023-9/2026
Annual Meeting Reconfiguration Workgroup 2/2024-5/2024
2025 IFSSH/IFSHT Triennial Congress Scientific Program Committee
American Council of Educators in Plastic Surgeons (formerly ACAPS) – Active Member
Social Outreach Task Force 5/2020-5/2021
Chair of Social Media Subcommittee 5/2021-5/2022
Education Committee 5/2020-5/2022
Mentoring Committee 5/2020-5/2023
Resident Selection Committee 5/2020-5/2022
Women in Academics Committee 5/2020-5/2022
Communications/Website Committee 5/2021-5/2022
Research in Education Committee 5/2022-5/2023
Co-Chair of Communications Committee 5/2022-5/2024
Nominating Committee 5/2023-5/2025
Scientific Program co-Chair 2/2024 Winter meeting
Orange County Society of Plastic Surgeons
California Society of Plastic Surgeons
Medical Student and Resident Day Co-Chair 70th Annual Meeting
Program Director Liaison to the Executive Committee 5/2021-5/2024
Nominating Committee Member 5/2020-5/2022
Co-chair of the Communications Committee 5/2023-5/2025
Councilor from the South 5/2021-5/2026
Scientific Program Co-Chair 72nd Annual Meeting
CSPSERF Vice President 5/2022-5/2024
CSPSERF President 5/2024-present
Program Committee Member 2024, 2025 meeting
Fellowship, American College of Surgeons – inducted 2018, Active Member
Plexus Nexus Pediatric Brachial Plexus Injury Workgroup
Pediatric Hand Surgery Workgroup
American Medical Association – 2008 to present
Wilson Bost Intraurban Orthopaedic Society – 2023
Awards and Honors
2024 ASPN Travelling Fellowship Recipient
2024 CSPS Academician of the Year
2023 Sisters Outlaws Hall of Fame inductee
2023 ASPS Best Use of Social Media for Education Award
2023 AMA Nominee to the ACGME for RRC Committee Membership
2023 ACAPS Outstanding Faculty Teacher Award
2023 UCI Honorable Mention Women’s History Month Champion of Inclusive Excellence
2023 Plastic Surgery Foundation Visiting Professor
2022 Top 200 Abstract, ASPS Annual meeting
2022 Best Save, UCI Department of Plastic Surgery
2022 Best Poster, California Society of Plastic Surgeons
2022 Newsweek America’s Best Plastic Surgeons – Liposuction
2021 Women’s Leadership Academy, UCI
2020 Best Poster, California Society of Plastic Surgeons
2020 Young Leaders Program, American Society for Surgery of the Hand
2013 Best Resident Poster, GME Conference Loma Linda University SOM
2013 ASSH/AFSH Annual Meeting Scholarship
2008 Nathans Distinguished Service for Mentorship and Teaching, Johns Hopkins Medicine