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	A. Peter Salas MD, FACS, FACM	97.3%	New York, West Orange	NJ, NY
2	Dr. Rod J. Rohrich, MD	85.0%	Dallas	TX
3	A. Jay Burns, MD	84.6%	Dallas	TX
4	Dr. Michael Zenn MD, FACS, MBA	82.4%	Raleigh	NC
5	Dr. Ashkan Ghavami, MD	81.2%	Beverly Hills	CA
6	Dr. Constantino Mendieta, MD, FACS	81.2%	Miami	FL
7	Alan Matarasso, MD	76.7%	New York	NY
8	Dr. Aaron Stone MD	76.7%	Beverly Hills	CA
9	Brian V. Heil, MD, FACS	76.5%	Upper St Claire, Wexford	PA
10	Dr. Emily Clarke-Pearson	75.5%	Baltimore	MD
11	Dr. Rolando Morales	74.5%	Houston	TX
12	Simeon Wall Jr., MD, FACS	73.5%	Shreveport	LA
13	Dr. David Hidalgo, MD, FACS	73.1%	New York	NY
14	Joseph P. Hunstad M.D., FACS	73.0%	Huntersville, Charlotte	NC
15	Dr. Bahman Guyuron, MD	72.6%	Cleveland	OH
16	Dr. James E. Zins, MD	72.1%	Beachwood	OH
17	Dr. Adrian Lo, M.D.	72.0%	Philadelphia, Marlton	PA, NJ
18	Dr. George Pope	71.3%	Orlando, New Orleans	FL, LA
19	Adam Schaffner, MD, FACS	70.9%	New York	NY
20	Dr. Bill G. Kortesis, MD, FACS	70.6%	Huntersville, Charlotte	NC
21	Dr. Adam J. Oppenheimer, MD, FACS	70.4%	Orlando	FL
22	Dr. Adam L. Basner, MD	70.3%	Lutherville-Timonium	MD
23	Dr. Gregory Fedele	70.0%	Beachwood	OH
24	Jay Austen, MD	69.4%	Boston	MA
25	Dr. Beverly A. Fisher, MD	69.4%	Lutherville-Timonium	MD
26	Dr. Emile N. Brown	69.3%	Baltimore	MD
27	Dr. G. Patrick Maxwell, MD	69.2%	Nashville	TN
28	Carrie A. Houssock, MD	69.1%	Owings Mills	MD
29	Dr. Adam Summers, MD	69.0%	Glen Burnie	MD
30	Dr. Michael B. Tantillo, MD	69.0%	Boston	MA
31	Samuel Shatkin Jr., MD, FACS	68.9%	Williamsville, Buffalo, Amherst	NY
32	Dr. Adam R. Kolker, MD, FACS	68.9%	New York	NY
33	Dr. Douglas Forman	68.9%	North Bethesda	MD
34	Jason A. Spector, MD, FACS	68.8%	New York	NY
35	Christopher C. Jeffries, MD, FACS	68.7%	Traverse City, Charlevoix	MI
36	Dr. Melinda Haws, MD	68.7%	Nashville	TN
37	Dr. Derek Daniel Reformat	68.4%	Brookline	MA
38	Aron D. Wahrman, MD, MBA, MHCDS, FACS	68.4%	Philadelphia	PA
39	Dr. William Bruno	68.4%	West Hollywood	CA
40	Dr. Garth Fisher MD	68.3%	Beverly Hills	CA
41	Dr. Jennifer L. Walden, MD, PLLC	68.3%	Austin	TX
42	Dr. Roger Friedman, MD	68.3%	Bethesda	MD
43	Jeffrey Rockmore, MD	68.2%	Latham	NY
44	Dr. Abdullah J. Khalil, MD	68.0%	Beverly Hills	CA
45	Alfonso Barrera, MD, FACS	67.9%	Houston	TX
46	Dr. Eugene Kim	67.8%	Beverly Hills	CA
47	Dr. Navin Singh	67.6%	Mc Lean, Reston, Chevy Chase (MD)	VA
48	Dr. Dennis Hurwitz, MD	67.5%	Pittsburgh	PA
49	Jason N. Pozner, MD, FACS	67.1%	Boca Raton	FL
50	Aamir Siddiqui, MD	67.0%	Detroit, Clinton Township, Grosse Pointe Farms	MI
51	Dr. Daniel Del Vecchio	66.8%	Boston	MA
52	Clark Schierle, MD, PhD, FACS	66.6%	North Saint Claire St.	IL
53	Daniel C. Baker, MD	66.5%	New York	NY
54	Dr. Jeffrey Darrow	66.2%	Boston	MA
55	J. Peter Rubin, MD	66.1%	Pittsburgh	PA
56	Dr. Charlotta La Via MD	66.0%	Santa Monica	CA
57	Dr. Richard W. Swift, Jr, MD, FACS	66.0%	New York	NY
58	Dr. Terri Silver	65.8%	Cambridge	MA
59	Thomas Grace, MD	65.8%	Baltimore, Columbia	MD
60	Dr. David Stoker	65.8%	Marina del Ray	CA
61	Jeffrey Kenkel, MD, FACS	65.7%	Dallas, Frisco	TX
62	Dr. German Newall, MD	65.7%	Houston	TX
63	Donna G Tepper, MD	65.7%	Detroit, Dearborn, Grosse Pointe Farms, Wyandotte	MI
64	Dr. Yoel A. Rojas Ortiz, MD	65.6%	Garden City, Babylon, Manhattan, East Hills, Flushing, Huntington, Brooklyn	NY
65	Dr. Thomas Fiala	65.5%	Altamonte Springs	FL
66	Gaurav Bharti, MD, FACS	65.5%	Huntersville, Charlotte	NC
67	Dr. Jose Alberto Bastidas, MD	65.5%	Easton	PA
68	Dr. Brooke R. Seckel	65.4%	Boston, Concord	MA
69	Dr. Andrew Giacobbe	65.4%	Williamsville, Hamburg	NY
70	Dr. Babis Rammos	65.3%	Peoria	IL
71	Charles Long, MD	65.3%	Jenkintown	PA
72	Dr. Dennis Hammond, MD	65.3%	Grand Rapids	MI
73	Dr. Vincent N. Zubowicz	65.2%	Alpharetta, Atlanta	GA
74	Malcolm W. Marks, MD	65.2%	Winston-Salem	NC
75	Dr. Mary Gingrass	65.2%	Nashville	TN
76	Bradley Hubbard, MD	65.2%	Dallas, Plano	TX
77	Adeyiza Olutoyin Momoh, MD	65.1%	Ann Arbor	MI
78	Dr. Robert W. Burk III	65.1%	Ponte Vedra Beach	FL
79	Dr. Bradley Ashpole, MD	65.1%	Schaumburg, Libertyville	IL
80	Dr. Lee H. Colony, MD, FACS	65.1%	East Lansing	MI
81	Victor G. Cimino, MD, DDS, FACS	65.1%	Park Ridge	IL
82	Kevin T. Nini, MD	65.0%	New Brunswick, Skillman	NJ
83	Dr. Anoush Hadaegh	65.0%	Beverly	MA
84	Jeffrey D. Friedman, MD	65.0%	Houston	TX
85	Dr. Henry Mentz	65.0%	Houston	TX
86	Dr. Theodore Uroskie, Jr.	64.9%	Norfolk	VA
87	Christian Subbio, MD	64.9%	Newtown Square	PA
88	Herman P Houin, MD	64.8%	Detroit, Dearborn, Grosse Pointe Farms	MI
89	Randolph Sherman, MD	64.8%	Los Angeles	CA
90	Dr. Catherine S. Chang	64.8%	Beverly Hills	CA
91	Anil P. Punjabi, MD, DDS	64.8%	Redlands	CA
92	Jennifer C. Carr, MD	64.8%	Chapel Hill	NC
93	Dr. Erika Sato	64.8%	Houston	TX
94	Dr. Emily Pollard, MD	64.8%	Bala Cynwyd	PA
95	W. Grant Stevens, MD, FACS	64.8%	Marina Del Rey	CA
96	Dr. M. Mark Mofid, MD, FACS	64.8%	La Jolla	CA
97	Dr. Bruce Van Natta	64.8%	Carmel	IN
98	Dr. Nidal Masri, MD	64.7%	Miami	FL
99	Dr. Spero Theodorou, MD	64.7%	New York	NY
100	Dr. Christopher T. Chia, MD	64.7%	New York	NY
101	Julius W. Few, MD	64.7%	Chicago	IL
102	Dr. Sanjay Grover, MD, FACS	64.7%	Newport Beach, Beverly Hills	CA
103	Darl Vandevender, MD	64.7%	Maywood	IL
104	Dr. John Diaz, MD, FACS	64.7%	Beverly Hills	CA
105	Dong-Joon Lee, MD	64.7%	Los Angeles	CA
106	Dr. C. Daniel Laughlin	64.7%	Annapolis	MD
107	Dr. Christopher K. Patronella, MD	64.6%	Houston	TX
108	Dr. Ricardo L. Rodriguez, MD	64.6%	Lutherville	MD
109	Dr. Louis P. Bucky	64.5%	Philadelphia, Ardmore	PA
110	Dr. David Rosenberg	64.5%	Beverly Hills	CA
111	Dr. Alan Bienstock, MD	64.5%	New York, Lawrenceville	NY, NJ
112	Dr. Allison E. Lied, MD	64.5%	Cincinnati, Edgewood	OH, KY
113	Edward J. Ruane, Jr., MD	64.5%	Pittsburgh	PA
114	Dr. John Layliev	64.5%	Huntington, East Setauket	NY
115	Dr. Wally Zollman, MD	64.5%	Indianapolis	IN
116	Dr. Dean DeRoberts	64.4%	Syracuse	NY
117	Dr. Oluseyi Aliu	64.4%	Baltimore	MD
118	Parit A. Patel, MD	64.4%	Chicago	IL
119	Anthony A. Admire, MD, FACS	64.4%	Scottsdale	AZ
120	Dr. Sammy Sinno	64.3%	Chicago	IL
121	Dr. Dana Goldberg	64.3%	Jupiter	FL
122	Jeanne A. Scanland, MD	64.3%	Hixson	TN
123	A. George Volpe, MD, FACS	64.3%	Boston	MA
124	Anthony Youn, MD	64.3%	Troy	MI
125	Bryan Michelow, MD	64.3%	Chagrin Falls, Mayfield Heights, Euclid, Warrensville Heights	OH
126	Dr. Jason Leedy	64.3%	Cleveland	OH
127	Dr. Mark Vincent Sofonio, MD, FACS	64.3%	Rancho Mirage	CA
128	Dr. Kevin J. Cross	64.3%	Philadelphia, Villanova	PA
129	Steven Goldman MD, FACS, FAAFPRS	64.3%	Beachwood, Westlake	OH
130	David M. Otterburn, MD, FACS	64.3%	New York	NY
131	Dr. Brian Joseph, MD, FACS	64.3%	Winter Park	FL
132	Dr. D. Scott Rotatori, MD	64.3%	Winter Park	FL
133	Dr. Andrea Moreira	64.2%	Pittsburgh	PA
134	Dr. Luis M. Rios Jr., MD	64.2%	Edinburg	TX
135	Dr. Lisa Taylor, MD	64.2%	Oklahoma City	OK
136	Paul Stephen Cederna, MD	64.2%	Ann Arbor	MI
137	Dr. Bernabe Vazquez, MD, FACS	64.2%	South Miami, Cocoa Beach	FL
138	Dr. Azita Madjidi	64.2%	Houston	TX
139	Dr. John Mancoll	64.0%	Virginia Beach	VA
140	Steven Bloch, MD	64.0%	Highland Park	IL
141	Dr. Kathy Huang	64.0%	North Bethesda	MD
142	Patrick W. Hsu, MD, FACS	64.0%	Houston	TX
143	Dr. Alan Durkin, MD	64.0%	Vero Beach, Miami, Pompano Beach	FL
144	Bruce K. Smith, MD	63.9%	Houston	TX
145	Dr. Amy Bandy, DO, FACS	63.9%	Newport Beach	CA
146	Andrew M. Schneider, MD, FACS	63.9%	Winston-Salem, Kernersville, Elkin	NC
147	Dr. Andrew J. Heyduke, MD	63.9%	Beverly Hills, Rancho Mirage	CA
148	Adrien Aiache, MD	63.9%	Beverly Hills	CA
149	Dr. Terry J. Dubrow, MD, FACS	63.8%	Newport Beach	CA
150	Dr. Bruce Chau, DO, FACOS	63.8%	Berkley	MI

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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 - Liposuction

America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2021