Do your homework and thoroughly check into your prospective plastic surgeon’s background: 1  Find out where he/she went to medical school, residency training, and fellowship training. 2  Confirm that she/he is board certified and by what organization. Investigate that organization. Unfortunately there are bogus boards out there whose qualifications for membership are shoddy. If a plastic surgeon is credentialed as a FACS, this means that he/she is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery which is recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties and the AMA.