Dr. Gilmer was the first plastic surgeon in Middle Tennessee to perform liposuction in 1983. He is also the only plastic surgeon in the area to perform the highly popular transumbilical breast augmentation where the breast implants are inserted through the belly button to prevent scars on the breasts.

Dr. Gilmer, a Middle Tennessee native, and one of Nashville’s top plastic surgeons, received his undergraduate degree (B.S) at Middle Tennessee State University in premed, May of 1969.

After graduating in 1973 from the University of Tennessee Medical School, Dr. Gilmer completed his post-graduate surgical internship at Queen’s Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii in June of 1974.