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Top Plastic Surgeons in New York
An editorial guide to the city's plastic surgery establishment.
New York's plastic surgery industry is more concentrated than Los Angeles's and considerably older. The corridor runs from the East 70s through the East 60s on the Upper East Side, with a secondary cluster on Park Avenue between 57th and 65th. This is where the surgeons of record practice: the names that appear across two and three generations of the same families, that show up in board recertification rosters and society leadership rolls, and whose patient lists are passed across the table at lunch on Madison.
Our selection criteria are simple: a recognizable point of view, results that hold up over time, and a referral base that is not built on advertising. What follows is a short, considered look at the practitioners we think are doing the most distinct work in the city right now.
The list
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Dr. Lara Devgan
Devgan Aesthetics · Park Avenue, Upper East Side
Dr. Lara Devgan is board-certified in plastic surgery and runs one of the most well-known practices on Park Avenue. Her public profile, built across television, the press, and a substantial editorial presence of her own, is unusual for a surgeon at her seniority. The underlying work, which is what the public profile is in service of, is consistent: facial surgery, breast surgery, and an unusually high volume of non-surgical injectable work for a board-certified plastic surgeon.
What is distinctive about her practice is the editorial sensibility she brings to consultations. Her writing on non-surgical procedures, on second opinions, and on the difference between marketing claims and surgical reality is the cleanest writing on these subjects in the New York market.
Facial Plastic Surgery
Dr. Andrew Jacono
The New York Center for Facial Plastic and Laser Surgery · Manhattan and Great Neck
Dr. Andrew Jacono is double-board-certified in facial plastic surgery and otolaryngology, and operates from two locations: a Manhattan practice and a primary surgical facility in Great Neck. He has written one of the more widely cited monographs on the deep-plane facelift, and his patient volume on the procedure is among the highest in the country.
What sets his work apart in the Manhattan market is his approach to the lower face and neck. His before-and-afters tend to show a jawline that has been restored rather than reconstructed, with skin that moves the way it should rather than the way a forty-year-old's would. He publishes academic work continuously and lectures at the major society meetings.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Dr. Daniel Maman
Maman Plastic Surgery · Madison Avenue, Upper East Side
Dr. Daniel Maman is a Harvard fellowship-trained, board-certified plastic surgeon practicing on Madison Avenue. His reconstructive surgery training is the foundation underneath the aesthetic work, which tends to produce more conservative outcomes than the Manhattan average. The patient base reflects that: a high proportion of physicians, attorneys, and patients on second-opinion consultations.
His reputation is built primarily on body contouring and breast aesthetic surgery, with a notable specialization in revision work. The practice's results gallery is one of the more rigorously documented in the city, with consistent photography that lets you evaluate the work rather than admire the lighting.
Also worth knowing
- Dr. Sherrell Aston. Long-established Upper East Side plastic surgeon and a Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital legacy.
- Dr. Z. Paul Lorenc. Park Avenue practice with a focus on facial aesthetic surgery and injectable work.
- Dr. Sam Rizk. Madison Avenue facial plastic surgeon, rhinoplasty specialist with an extensive revision practice.