Dr. Lawrence Birnbaum began his practice in 1968 following his completion of a one-year fellowship as a plastic surgeon with the East African Flying Doctor Service. Upon his return, by happenstance, he was asked if he might give a lecture about his experience as a “Flying Doctor”. Once accomplished it ultimately led him to be the most popular lecturer on the Los Angeles Lecture Circuit for more than 2 years. Simultaneously, his practice skyrocketed and, then, in 1974 he veritably leaped to International fame after he published a paper describing what is now recognized as the first realistic appearing post-mastectomy breast reconstruction in the plastic surgery literature. The techniques he employed utilized his invention of “tissue expanders”. He wrote a number of papers, contributed to books, and taught the world’s only course on breast reconstruction to his fellow plastic surgeons for 3 years. For many years a variety of breast reconstruction implants bore his name for which he refused remuneration. He continued his acclaimed star driven practice until they totaled 44 years at which time he swapped the practice of plastic surgery to begin, along with a friend, a remote approval service for those with the medical need to access medical marijuana shops. He retired from this successful venture at the age of 87. During those latter years, utilizing his spare time, he took to writing “Catching the Incredible Candus” as a tribute to Candus and their still ongoing love story.