Iliana E. Sweis, MD FACS
Dr. Iliana Sweis is the director of the North Shore Center for Plastic Surgery, Ltd. located in Northbrook, Illinois. She is the Past President of the Illinois Society of Plastic Surgeons and is Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her clinical appointments include several other hospitals and surgical centers in the Chicago area. In addition, she has served as a member of Allergan’s Faculty Network, a group of physicians nationally recognized for their expertise in advanced injection techniques of Botox Cosmetic and soft tissue fillers. Dr. Sweis focuses her practice exclusively on cosmetic surgery. Her areas of expertise include surgical and non-surgical facial rejuvenation procedures, breast augmentation procedures, body contouring, and female genital aesthetic surgery.
Dr. Sweis earned her medical degree at Northwestern University in Chicago. She completed a residency in general surgery at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland, followed by a residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Northwestern University. She is a diplomat of the American Board of Medical Examiners and is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Sweis is the author of the book: Outsmarting Mother Nature…A Woman’s Complete Guide to Plastic Surgery. Praeger Publishers/ABC-CLIO, LLC. April, 2010. As a contributor to the medical literature, she has also published in scientific journals such as Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Aesthetic Journal Quarterly, American Surgeon, and many others.
Dr. Sweis is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. In recognition of her professional accomplishments, she has been repeatedly cited by Castle Connelly as one of the Top Plastic Surgeons in Chicago and by the Consumers Research Council of America as one of the Top Plastic Surgeons in America. Most recently, Newsweek released their national rankings for America’s Best Plastic Surgeons 2021 and Dr. Iliana Sweis was recognized as one of the top plastic surgeons in the USA for Facelifts, Rhinoplasty and Breast Augmentation.
In acknowledgement of her surgical volunteer work in the Middle East, Dr. Sweis has the honor of being the recipient of Jordan’s Medal of Highest Distinction, bestowed by the late King Hussein I of Jordan (1997).
Bryan C. Cressey
Bryan is a nationally recognized pioneer in the venture capital and private equity fields. He earned his B.S. degree in economics at the Univeristy of Washington, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Bryan has co-founded four transformational Private Equity firms over 40 years that remain highly successful and influential today.
In 1980, at age 30, he co-counded his first firm, Golder Thoma Cressey and Rauner (now GTCR). In 1986, the Wall Street Journal credited Bryan's firm with investing the Industry Consolidation Investment Strategy.
In 2008, Bryan co-founded Cressey and Company, known for its expertise investing in healthcare providers, and in 2016 co-founded Frist Cressey Ventures, a new venture capital firm focused on medical services and information technology. He has also invested in the building of two New York Stock Exchange traded firms, Belden and Select Medical. Bryan is globally recognized for his consistently strong investment returns across four decades, and his ability to create novel strategies for building and successfully investing in leading young companies.
In 1986, Mr. Cressey was featured in Time Magazine’s edition “American Best” as one of four leading young venture capitalists identified as rising American stars. He has also been featured in Fortune Magazine, and is highly sought out to speak nationwide on healthcare, its future, and private equity investing. In 2014, he was the subject of a feature article in Harvard Law Today.
Mr. Cressey’s investments and firms have produced returns exceeding 20 percent compounded annually for the past 40 years. Additionally, Mr. Cressey is a leader in building innovative philanthropic enterprises. He recently created Above and Beyond to develop the best addiction treatment in America and provide it to the poor and homeless for free. It received the National award for best treatment program in 2020 from the National Association of Addiction Treatment Professionals, and was termed, “a modern treatment miracle, in a field badly in need of one,” by Stanton Peele, PhD, a world expert on addiction treatment.
Mr. Cressey was named one of the 20 Most Inspiring Chicagoans in 2020, and has been inducted into the Chicago Business Hall of Fame and the Chicago Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame. He has also received a healthcare Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Cressey earned a J.D. and an MBA from Harvard University.
Bryan's passion for the fields of private equity and venture capital continues to ignite innovative ideas and actions that will further improve healthcare in the future. his love of helping mankind and his truck believe that each life is equally important underlines his commitment to the pool and helped launch his most recent philanthropic effort of the Above and Beyond Food Pantry to help feed those with limited access to this basic need.