Dr. Ralph Cozart was born in Columbia, South Carolina and finished primary and secondary school in Columbia. He then graduated from the College of Charleston in 1984 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. He graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston with a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1991. After completing an internship in General Surgery at Carraway Methodist Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama, he finished a General Surgery residency at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina. His Plastic Surgery residency was completed at the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga. He has been in private practice in Myrtle Beach since 1998.
Collectively, Dr. Cozart has completed thousands of surgical procedures including breast augmentation, breast lift, laser assisted liposuction, body contouring, breast reduction, breast reconstruction, and facial cosmetic procedures. Dr. Cozart focuses primarily on cosmetic surgery, but also performs reconstructive procedures on all areas of the body. He is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the South Carolina Society of Plastic Surgery, and has been certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgeons, Inc. since 1999.
Dr. Cozart currently maintains his certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgeons, Inc. by continuing education and the completion of his re-certification examination in 2009. This examination is required every ten years to maintain his board certification as a minimum standard for excellence in the practice of Plastic Surgery. He has presented numerous research articles in state and national plastic surgery meetings and has also participated in volunteer medical mission trips to the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Peru. Much of the volunteer work has centered on cleft lip and cleft palate repair in these underdeveloped countries. Dr. Cozart is also a past president of the South Carolina Society of Plastic Surgeons.