surgeon role plastic surgeon role A surgeon role borne by a human being and that, if realized, is realized by its bearer using operative manual and instrumental techniques for the restoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the human body. A surgeon who specializes in performing operative manual and instrumental techniques to remodel body parts to change their appearance or to restore the appearance and sometimes the function of body parts affected by trauma, previous surgery, or congenital defect. Mathias Brochhausen