America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2021

By Newsweek

America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2021

Newsweek has long been committed to providing our readers with the information they need to make the best possible healthcare choices for themselves and their loved ones. As part of that continuing commitment, this year, for the first time, we've partnered with Statista Inc,. the global market research and customer data firm, to find America's Best Plastic Surgeons.

We've ranked them in four categories: Breast Augmentation, Liposuction, Facelift and Rhinoplasty. To determine the winners, we conducted a national survey among plastic surgeons, asking them to recommend the best plastic surgeons in their state as well as across the U.S.. Additionally, participants were asked to rank their peers according to several quality dimensions.

The rankings feature the top 200 plastic surgeons for Breast Augmentation and the top 150 for Liposuction, Facelift, and Rhinoplasty. In total, 387 individual plastic surgeons were ranked, with some being recognized for more than one procedure.

We're proud to offer this ranking and hope you will find it useful in making your own healthcare decisions.

Rank	Name	Score	Cities	States
1	Dr. William P. Adams Jr. MD	97.5%	University Park	TX
2	Dr. G. Patrick Maxwell, MD	84.2%	Nashville	TN
3	Dr. Garth Fisher MD	83.5%	Beverly Hills	CA
4	Dr. Michael Zenn MD, FACS, MBA	81.7%	Raleigh	NC
5	Dr. David Hidalgo, MD, FACS	79.7%	New York	NY
6	Dr. Dennis Hammond, MD	79.7%	Grand Rapids	MI
7	Dr. Grace Ma, MD, FACS	79.7%	Atlanta	GA
8	Dr. Steven Teitelbaum, MD, FACS	78.4%	Santa Monica	CA
9	Dr. Aaron Stone MD	78.3%	Beverly Hills	CA
10	Dr. Drew Metcalfe, MD	78.1%	Atlanta	GA
11	Dr. Rod J. Rohrich, MD	76.5%	Dallas	TX
12	Dr. Bahman Guyuron, MD	76.4%	Cleveland	OH
13	Dr. Beverly A. Fisher, MD	76.4%	Lutherville-Timonium	MD
14	Dr. James E. Zins, MD	76.2%	Beachwood	OH
15	Dr. Michael Ciaravino, MD	74.7%	Houston	TX
16	Dr. Adam R. Kolker, MD, FACS	74.2%	New York	NY
17	Dr. Ashkan Ghavami, MD	74.1%	Beverly Hills	CA
18	Dr. Roger Friedman, MD	73.8%	Bethesda	MD
19	Dr. Leonard A. Roudner, MD	72.5%	Coral Gables	FL
20	Dr. Bernard W. Chang, MD	71.8%	Baltimore	MD
21	A. Jay Burns, MD	71.6%	Dallas	TX
22	Dr. Bill G. Kortesis, MD, FACS	71.2%	Huntersville, Charlotte	NC
23	Dr. Sanjay Grover, MD, FACS	71.1%	Newport Beach, Beverly Hills	CA
24	Dr. Adam L. Basner, MD	70.8%	Lutherville-Timonium	MD
25	Dr. Melinda Haws, MD	70.6%	Nashville	TN
26	Dr. Christopher K. Patronella, MD	70.5%	Houston	TX
27	Dr. Bernard A. Schuster, MD, FACS	70.5%	Hollywood	FL
28	Dr. Jennifer L. Walden, MD, PLLC	70.3%	Austin	TX
29	Aamir Siddiqui, MD	70.0%	Detroit, Clinton Township, Grosse Pointe Farms	MI
30	Alan Matarasso, MD	69.9%	New York	NY
31	Sumner A. Slavin, MD	69.6%	Chestnut Hill	MA
32	Jason A. Spector, MD, FACS	69.5%	New York	NY
33	Dr. Ary Krau	69.3%	Bay Harbor Islands	FL
34	Dr. Douglas Forman	69.1%	North Bethesda	MD
35	Charles Newman, Jr., MD	68.8%	Orlando	FL
36	Anthony Youn, MD	68.4%	Troy	MI
37	Alfonso Barrera, MD, FACS	68.4%	Houston	TX
38	A. Peter Salas MD, FACS, FACM	68.1%	New York, West Orange	NJ, NY
39	Dr. Andrew Giacobbe	68.1%	Williamsville, Hamburg	NY
40	Dr. Theodore Uroskie, Jr.	68.0%	Norfolk	VA
41	Leonard M. Hochstein MD	67.8%	Miami	FL
42	Dr. Adam Summers, MD	67.7%	Glen Burnie	MD
43	Brian V. Heil, MD, FACS	67.6%	Upper St Claire, Wexford	PA
44	Foad Nahai, MD	67.6%	Atlanta	GA
45	Dr. Emily Clarke-Pearson	67.4%	Baltimore	MD
46	Dr. Dean DeRoberts	67.4%	Syracuse	NY
47	Gaurav Bharti, MD, FACS	67.3%	Huntersville, Charlotte	NC
48	Dr. Louis P. Bucky	67.3%	Philadelphia, Ardmore	PA
49	Dr. Michael Calobrace	67.2%	Louisville, Lexington, Floyds Knobs	KY, IN
50	Dr. Brooke R. Seckel	67.2%	Boston, Concord	MA
51	Adeyiza Olutoyin Momoh, MD	67.1%	Ann Arbor	MI
52	Camille Cash, MD	67.1%	Houston	TX
53	Michele Manahan, MD	67.1%	Baltimore	MD
54	Dr. Jonathan S. Schreiber, MD, FACS	66.7%	Bloomfield	CT
55	Adam Schaffner, MD, FACS	66.7%	New York	NY
56	Thomas Martin Hagopian	66.5%	Atlanta	GA
57	Amy Colwell, MD	66.4%	Boston	MA
58	Gregory S. Georgiade, MD	66.3%	Durham	NC
59	Raymond Isakov, MD	66.2%	Cleveland	OH
60	Dr. Andrea Moreira	66.2%	Pittsburgh	PA
61	Mahlon Kerr, MD, FACS	66.1%	Austin, Round Rock,	TX
62	Dr. Adrian Lo, MD	66.1%	Philadelphia, Marlton	PA, NJ
63	Dr. George Pope	66.0%	Orlando, New Orleans	FL, LA
64	John M. Castle, MD	65.9%	Worcester, Marlborough	MA
65	Michelle Hardaway, MD, FACS	65.9%	Farmington Hills	MI
66	Charles L. Castiglione, MD, FACS	65.8%	Farmington	CT
67	Clark Schierle, MD, PhD, FACS	65.7%	North Saint Claire St.	IL
68	Alison M Shore, MD	65.6%	Chicago	IL
69	John B. Tebbetts, MD	65.5%	Dallas	TX
70	Galen Perdikis, MD, FACS	65.5%	Nashville	TN
71	W. Grant Stevens, MD, FACS	65.4%	Marina Del Rey	CA
72	J. Peter Rubin, MD	65.2%	Pittsburgh	PA
73	Richard A. Bartlett, MD	64.9%	Brookline	MA
74	Dr. Thomas Fiala	64.8%	Altamonte Springs	FL
75	Aldo Guerra, MD, FACS	64.7%	Scottsdale	AZ
76	Dr. Terri Silver	64.7%	Cambridge	MA
77	Dr. Dennis Hurwitz, MD	64.6%	Pittsburgh	PA
78	Donna G Tepper, MD	64.5%	Detroit, Dearborn, Grosse Pointe Farms, Wyandotte	MI
79	Darl Vandevender, MD	64.5%	Maywood	IL
80	Oren Z. Lerman, MD	64.4%	New York, Mt. Kisco	NY
81	Dr. Mary Gingrass	64.4%	Nashville	TN
82	J. Jason Wendel, MD, FACS	64.4%	Nashville	TN
83	Jennifer Harrington, MD	64.3%	Plymouth	MN
84	Dr. Edmund Kwan	64.2%	New York, Fort Lee	NJ, NY
85	Christopher C. Jeffries, MD, FACS	64.2%	Traverse City, Charlevoix	MI
86	Michael E. Jones, MD	64.1%	New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Washington, Houston, Chicago, Miami, Cliffside Park, Newark	NY, CA, GA, MD, TX, IL, FL, NJ,
87	Manny Iyer, M.D.	64.0%	Bethlehem	PA
88	Dr. Robert W. Burk III	64.0%	Ponte Vedra Beach	FL
89	Herman P Houin, MD	64.0%	Detroit, Dearborn, Grosse Pointe Farms	MI
90	Donald R. Mackay, MD	63.9%	Harrisburg, Hershey	PA
91	Dr. Robert Kessler	63.9%	Corona del Mar	CA
92	Joseph M. Serletti, MD, FACS	63.9%	Bryn Mawr, Philadelphia	PA
93	Maurice Nahabedian, MD	63.9%	McLean, Washington DC	VA
94	Dr. Donald J. Morris	63.9%	Brookline	MA
95	Dr. Anne Taylor	63.8%	Worthington	OH
96	Dr. Emile N. Brown	63.8%	Baltimore	MD
97	Steve T. Vu MD, FACS	63.8%	Huntington Beach, Corona, Newport Beach, Wildomar	CA
98	Mihye Choi, MD	63.7%	New York	NY
99	Martin Newman, MD	63.7%	Weston, West Palm Beach	FL
100	Victor G. Cimino, MD, DDS, FACS	63.7%	Park Ridge	IL
101	Saeed Marefat, MD, FACS	63.7%	Falls Church, Woodbridge	VA
102	Rachel-Bluebond Langner, MD	63.7%	New York	NY
103	Steven Holzman, MD	63.7%	Austin	TX
104	Dr. Rodney Green, MD, FACS	63.6%	Lyndhurst	OH
105	Anil P. Punjabi, MD, DDS	63.6%	Redlands	CA
106	Mark R. Migliori, MD, FACS	63.6%	Edina	MN
107	Emily A. Williams, MD	63.6%	Spokane	WA
108	Dr. Vadim Pisarenko	63.6%	Harrison	NY
109	Jeffrey D. Friedman, MD	63.5%	Houston	TX
110	Malcolm W. Marks, MD	63.5%	Winston-Salem	NC
111	Dr. Mariam Awada, MD, FACS	63.5%	Southfield	MI
112	Scott T. Hollenbeck, MD	63.5%	Durham	NC
113	Dr. William Sando	63.5%	Carmel	IN
114	Thomas Grace, MD	63.4%	Baltimore, Columbia	MD
115	Aaron Pelletier, MD	63.4%	Chicago	IL
116	Jay Austen, MD	63.4%	Boston	MA
117	Dr. Neal Handel	63.4%	Beverly Hills	CA
118	Dr. Mark Burke	63.4%	Buffalo	NY
119	Joseph P. Hunstad M.D., FACS	63.4%	Huntersville, Charlotte	NC
120	Brian Cox, MD	63.4%	Pasadena	CA
121	Dr. Terry J. Dubrow, MD, FACS	63.4%	Newport Beach	CA
122	Dr. Louis Argenta, MD	63.4%	Wiston Salem	NC
123	Dr. George A. Toledo	63.4%	Dallas	TX
124	Dr. Brian R. Buinewicz	63.3%	Doylestown, Flemington	PA, NJ
125	Dr. Michael R. Schwartz	63.3%	Westlake Village	CA
126	Dr. Lawrence Colen	63.3%	Norfolk	VA
127	David M. Otterburn, MD, FACS	63.3%	New York	NY
128	Dr. Howard Holderness	63.3%	Greensboro	NC
129	Dr. Barry Cohen, MD, PC	63.3%	Fulton, McLean, Rockville	MD, VA
130	Brian K. Reedy, MD	63.2%	Wyomissing	PA
131	Jean-Francois Lefaivre, MD	63.2%	Charlotte	NC
132	Eric S. Schaffer, MD, FACS	63.2%	San Antonio	TX
133	Dr. David Mosier	63.2%	Austin	TX
134	Dr. John Layliev	63.2%	Huntington, East Setauket	NY
135	Dr. Aviva Preminger	63.2%	New York	NY
136	Janelle Sousa, MD	63.2%	Spokane	WA
137	Craig A. Vander Kolk, MD	63.1%	Baltimore	MD
138	Dr. Babis Rammos	63.1%	Peoria	IL
139	Alfonso Oliva, MD	63.1%	Spokane	WA
140	Bruce K. Smith, MD	63.1%	Houston	TX
141	William J. Hedden, MD	63.1%	Birmingham	AL
142	Dr. John T. Cozzone, MD	63.1%	Paramus	NJ
143	Andrew L. Da Lio, MD	63.1%	Los Angeles, Beverly Hills	CA
144	Andrés Sárraga MD FACS	63.1%	Aventura	FL
145	Dr. Marc Liang, MD, FACS	63.1%	Pittsburgh	PA
146	Anthony N. LaBruna MD, FACS	63.1%	New York	NY
147	Dr. Todd B. Koch, MD	63.0%	Williamsville	NY
148	David A. Lickstein, MD, FACS	63.0%	Palm Beach Gardens	FL
149	Dr. Traci Temmen, MD	63.0%	Tampa	FL
150	Dr. Y. Anthony Nakamura, MD	63.0%	Arlington	TX
151	Dr. John Zannis, MD	63.0%	New Bern	NC
152	Dr. Nidal Masri, MD	63.0%	Miami	FL
153	Dr. Alan Bienstock, MD	63.0%	New York, Lawrenceville	NY, NJ
154	Christopher Jones MD	63.0%	Indianapolis	IN
155	Dr. Scott A. Brenman, MD	63.0%	Philadelphia, Plymouth Meeting	PA
156	Michele Shermak, MD	63.0%	Lutherville	MD
157	Dr. Carolyn Chang, MD, FACS	63.0%	San Francisco	CA
158	Jaco H. Festekjian, MD	63.0%	Los Angeles	CA
159	Dr. Michael D. Cohen	63.0%	Baltimore	MD
160	Gregory Dumanian, MD	62.9%	Chicago	IL
161	Dr. Wally Zollman, MD	62.9%	Indianapolis	IN
162	Dr. David Kim	62.9%	Beverly Hills	CA
163	Dr. Kenneth R. Lee, MD, FACS	62.8%	Orlando, Winter Park	FL
164	Dr. James M. Stuzin	62.8%	Boca Raton, Miami	FL
165	Dr. Allison E. Lied, MD	62.8%	Cincinnati, Edgewood	OH, KY
166	Dr. Rady Rahban, MD	62.8%	Beverly Hills	CA
167	Dr. Albert W. Chow, MD	62.8%	San Francisco	CA
168	Dr. Gary A. Pennington, MD	62.8%	Akron, Hudson, Barberton	OH
169	Dr. Craig Hurst	62.7%	Tucson	AZ
170	Charles H. Thorne, MD	62.7%	New York	NY
171	Dr. Jason Roostaeian, MD, FACS	62.7%	Los Angeles	CA
172	Dr. Lily Lee, MD	62.7%	Palm Desert	CA
173	Jeffrey Rockmore, MD	62.7%	Latham	NY
174	Dr. William Bruno	62.7%	West Hollywood	CA
175	Dr. Badar U. Jan, MD, FACS	62.7%	Allentown	PA
176	Dr. Kendall R. Roehl, MD, FACS	62.7%	Webster, Houston, Clear Lake	TX
177	Dr. Christopher J. Davidson, MD	62.7%	Boston	MA
178	Leslie E. Cohen, MD, FACS	62.6%	New York	NY
179	Steven Scott Smith, MD	62.6%	Glastonbury, Farmington	CT
180	Marco Ellis, MD	62.6%	Chicago	IL
181	Iliana E. Sweis, MD	62.5%	Chicago, Northbrook	IL
182	Dr. Sacha Obaid, MD	62.5%	Southlake, Plano, Dallas	TX
183	Dr. Brian Joseph, MD, FACS	62.5%	Winter Park	FL
184	Linda G. Phillips, MD	62.5%	Galveston	TX
185	Dr. C. Bob Basu, MD, MBA, MPH, FACS	62.5%	Cypress, Houston	TX
186	Brian S. Pan, MD, FACS, FAAP	62.5%	Cincinnati	OH
187	Dr. Shareef Jandali, MD	62.5%	Trumbull	CT
188	Dr. Joshua Greenwald, MD	62.4%	Harrison, New York, Carmel	NY
189	Dr. David A. Shifrin, MD	62.4%	Chicago	IL
190	Dr. Armando Soto, MD, FACS	62.4%	Orlando	FL
191	Dr. New Snyder IV, MD	62.4%	Austin	TX
192	Dr. Amy K. Alderman, MD, MPH, FACS	62.4%	Alpharetta	GA
193	Dr. Michael Sadove	62.4%	Carmel	IN
194	Carrie A. Houssock, MD	62.4%	Owings Mills	MD
195	Dr. Sashank Reddy, MD, PhD	62.4%	Baltimore	MD
196	Dr. Jennifer Boll, MD	62.3%	Tempe	AZ
197	Parit A. Patel, MD	62.3%	Chicago	IL
198	Dr. W. Byron Barber II	62.3%	Greensboro	NC
199	Dr. Loren S. Schechter, MD	62.3%	Chicago	IL
200	Dr. Eric Liao, MD, PhD	62.3%	Boston	MA

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METHODOLOGY
America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2021 recognizes the best plastic surgeons in the U.S in four major procedures (Breast Augmentation, Liposuction, Facelift, Rhinoplasty). The procedures were chosen by total number of procedures per year and market volume in the U.S. They are among the procedures with the highest total expenditure in the U.S.

Statista invited almost 3.000 medical experts (doctors/surgeons, plastic surgery clinic managers and healthcare professionals) to participate in an online survey. Participants were asked to recommend plastic surgeons in the U.S. who offer at least one of these four procedures. Survey participants could recommend plastic surgeons in their own state as well as for all of the U.S. Most plastic surgeons who made the final list offer multiple procedures. The rankings feature the top 200 plastic surgeons for Breast Augmentation and the top 150 for Liposuction, Facelift, and Rhinoplasty, respectively. Some surgeons were ranked among the best in more than one category.

Our complex methodology ensures the quality and validity of the ranking. The evaluation process was comprised of two steps:

Plastic surgeon recommendations from peers: an independent national survey which resulted in more than 5,000 recommendations from doctors/surgeons, plastic surgery clinic managers and healthcare professionals with knowledge of plastic surgery.

Quality Score: additionally, participants were asked to rank plastic surgeons according to specific quality dimensions. Participants were asked to differentiate between these variables:
- Quality of surgery preparation (e.g., consultation with doctor, information)
- Quality of surgical procedure (e.g, complications)
- Quality of follow-up care (e.g., follow-up checks)
- Quality of surgical outcomes (e.g., desired outcome of procedures)

For each category, the respondents were asked to rate plastic surgeons on a scale from 1 ("Poor") to 7 ("Excellent"). A quality score was assigned to each plastic surgeon based on a weighted average of these ratings.

For the full methodology, download this file.

America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2021 - Breast Augmentation

America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2021