Dr. Belz is a proud native Texan, born and raised in San Antonio. She attended Health Careers High School and enrolled in Princeton University, where she graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Anthropology and a concentration in German. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and selected as a Fulbright Scholar. After graduation, she conducted research in Berlin, Germany. She is also fluent in Spanish and German.

Becoming a Plastic Surgeon
Upon her return to the United States, Dr. Jessica Belz studied medicine at the nation’s first medical school, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where she was a prestigious Gamble Scholar. During medical school, she was selected to be a Max Kade/AAF fellow and was fortunate to study in Vienna, Austria. This enlightening experience at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus der Stadt Wien, one of the largest hospitals in Europe, was instrumental in her decision to study cosmetic and plastic surgery. Upon returning to Penn, she was privileged to interact with a talented group of plastic surgeons, where she gained more exposure to breast, body, and facial surgery early in her career.