What Are the Key Areas of Specialization and Experience for a Nose Surgeon to Have?

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How much experience would a surgeon have to be considered an expert in the field of rhinoplasty?

11 answers to What Are the Key Areas of Specialization and Experience for a Nose Surgeon to Have?

Best Rhinoplasty surgeon is the one who does noses you like.

Surgeon is the one who does noses you like. He should have a great deal of experience with different types of noses and good aesthetic judgement. However, if he has these and does unattractive noses then all of that is for naught.

Toby Mayer, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.bevhills.com

Key areas in specialization & experience for nose surgeon

An expert rhinoplasty surgeon has performed well in excess of 1000 successful rhinoplasties. A large percentage of the surgeon’s practice will be devoted to rhinoplasty and revision rhinoplasty. It is important to look for someone who understands the functional component of the nose, such as a surgeon with an ear, nose, and throat background.

William Portuese, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.seattlefacial.com

Surgical Experience

In my opinion at least 5-10 years of surgical experience after residency. I would also say a minimum of 300-500 rhinoplasty cases a year.

Richard Galitz, MD
Miami Facial Plastic Surgeon

Three factors make a nose surgeon: super-specialization, long experience, and a great esthetic sense.

Hello; Historically, the most accomplished nasal cosmetic surgeons are those who limit their practice almost exclusively to nasal surgery. That is very important. Secondly, it takes many, many years before a surgeon develops his abilities to the peak of his potential. Today, with more and more surgeons performing the operation, it is actually harder to find somebody who has a large volume of experience, but those surgeons are out there. Further, some... more

Robert Kotler, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Expert in Rhinoplasty Surgery

The obvious answer is to pick a surgeon who is board certified and specializes in rhinoplasty surgery. However it is more difficult than that. Experience is important, but just because somebody has done a lot of procedures does not mean they have done them well. The best way to find a surgeon, after verifying proper training, is to look at many of their results, especially nose like yours.

Richard W. Fleming, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

What makes a rhinoplasty expert?

I think expertise would be a better term then expert. "Experts" who teach and publish will often present how they developed a certain technique because of all the bad outcomes they had and observed with initial techniques used. This illustrates the principle that good rhinoplasty surgeons are always learning and evolving. Every good rhinoplasty expert develops expertise over time. It starts with training and certification, then interest in doing the procedure regularly and the... more

Michael L. Schwartz, MD
West Palm Beach Plastic Surgeon

www.palmbeachface.com

Nose

To keep for beimng an ad for myself, nose is the middle name in anyone treained in ent surgery. However, beauty is also part of the equation and you must find an experienced surgeon who is on the same page as you are. In Portland, i suggest Dr Ted Cook.

David A. Bray, Sr., MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

Expert in the field of rhinoplasty

Expertise is very important in rhinoplasty surgery. While many surgeons may be qualified due to their board specialities rhinoplasty is a procedure that takes many years of experience and a good aesthetic judgement and understanding of the nasal anatomy. I have been performing rhinoplasty surgery for over 25 years and each patients nasal anatomy is different as well as their facial structures. A good surgeon will keep all of this in mind and do the procedure in accordance to each specified... more

Michael Elam, MD
Orange County Facial Plastic Surgeon

What Are the Key Areas of Specialization and Experience for a Nose Surgeon to Have?

I have performed Rhinoplasty for over 20 years and IMHO the most important factor for a Rhinoplasty Surgeon, to have, is impeccable aesthetic judgement. This is not taught during any plastic and cosmetic surgery or Rhinoplasty training, IMO but is essential in order to know what to do to make the nose, face or body more attractive in a natural and reliable manner. Training and experience, in a Rhinoplasty Surgeon is a given however, experience that follows the wrong... more

Francis R. Palmer, III, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon

Rhinoplasty expert

An expert in rhinoplasty is a board certified plastic surgeon or ENT that has experience with rhinoplasty.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Expert in rhinoplasty

Having adequate experience and being an expert in a procedure are two very different things to me. Training and clinical experience are necessary to provide competence in an area. To be regarded as an expert in addition to the above I believe you should have published on the subject and given lectures to physicians ( not a group of perspective patients ) on the subject.