Total years in practice: 43

"Performing Plastic Surgery is a combination of brain, heart, and technical mastery. All three components must equally work in concert to produce a beautiful result. For the past 30 years, this has been the focus and reason for excellence in my practice." -Dr. Mehdi Balakhani

Mehdi Balakhani, D.D.S., M.S.D., M.D., F.A.C.S. is Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Christiana Care Systems and Director of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at St. Francis Hospital, Wilmington, Delaware. He has been selected by nurses and his peers as a “Top Doctor” in Delaware since 1992. Dr. Balakhani is Board Certified in both Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery since 1983. He has contributed more than 20 cosmetic surgery instructional exhibits to the Medical Society of Delaware over the past 20 years, and has provided more than 200 educational seminars for public education in the field of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.
Dr. Balakhani is recognized in Delaware specializing in all aspects of cosmetic surgery of the face and body with a special interest and expertise in the area of rhinoplasty, treatment of the aging face, body contouring, and cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery. He is well known for his beautiful natural looking results.

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Education

  Undergraduate: BA in Biology, University of Southern Illinois, 1964

  Dental: Meharry Medical College, 1968

  Medical: Hahnemann University, 1976

Postgraduate Education

  Residencies:

  Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Metropolitan Hospital New York Medical College, 1972

  General Surgery, Wilmington Medical Center, Wilmington, DE, 1979

  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Wilmington Medical Center, Wilmington, DE, 1981

  Fellowship: Head & Neck Surgery M.D. Anderson Hospital, Houston, TX, 1980

Board Certifications

  Board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery

Memberships

  American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS)

  American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)

  Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS)

Hospital Privileges

  Christiana Care Wilmington & Christiana Hospital. St. Francis Hospital and A.I. Dupont Children's hospital

Awards

  Delaware's Top Doc Nominee