Boston Plastic Surgery

Dr. Samuel Lin is a double board-certified plastic surgeon and the founder of Boston Plastic Surgery in Boston, Massachusetts. He specializes in breast reconstruction, rhinoplasty (including revision rhinoplasty), and body contouring surgery after weight loss and pregnancy. Dr. Lin was awarded as America's Best Plastic Surgeon - Rhinoplasty for 2021 by Newsweek and is the Author of Neck Rejuvenation, Surgical and Non-Surgical techniques that is coming to print in 2024 “I enjoy taking care of a variety of patients with different clinical challenges,” he says. “It is the combination of improving patients’ quality of life and problem solving that makes plastic surgery so interesting.” Given his expertise in both reconstructive and aesthetic surgery, Dr. Lin enjoys applying aspects of reconstructive surgery to produce cosmetic results that his patients will love, while maximizing their safety. “My practice goals are devoted to providing safe, consistent, high-quality plastic surgery care to my patients, utilizing techniques that are time-proven and effective,” he says. Dr. Lin earned his medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. His postgraduate career included residencies in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, and in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. He was then selected for a fellowship in Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, where he studied the latest techniques in cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery. Board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Dr. Lin is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, the American Surgical Association, the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, and the Rhinoplasty Society. He is also a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Lin is an Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and has received a Harvard Medical School Mentoring Award for his commitment to teaching medical students and fellows at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, where he holds appointments as an attending Plastic Surgeon as one of Harvard Medical’s Faculty Physicians. Dr. Lin is the author of a multitude of scientific papers and articles on the topic of plastic surgery and serves as an editor for medical textbooks. He is the recipient of Vitals Patients’ Choice Award for 2012 and 2015, as well as a multiple award winner for Boston Magazine’s Top Docs. In addition to his native English, Dr. Lin speaks French, Arabic, German, Spanish, and Italian.