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Plastic surgeon

Dr. Alan Matarasso, MD

Alan Matarasso, MD, FACS is a plastic surgeon at Alan Matarasso, MD, FACS, PC, 1009 Park Ave, New York, NY 10028. His site describes transconjunctival blepharoplasty (TCB) as his eyelid surgery technique of choice, covering upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty and ptosis repair.

Practice
1009 Park Ave, New York, NY 10028
Phone
212-249-7500
Website
alanmatarassomd.com
Plastic surgeonsFacial plastic surgeons

Dr. Alan Matarasso (large marker) and the top 24 eyelid surgeons in New York, numbered by state rank. Markers sit at the center of the practice's ZIP code. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Training and board certification

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College Boston University, magna cum laude
Medical school University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Residency General surgery, then plastic surgery (chief resident), Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Hospital
Fellowship Cosmetic surgery under Dr. Thomas D. Rees, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital/Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery-New York University Medical Center
  • Credential printed on site: "M.D., F.A.C.S."
  • Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (past rank); currently Clinical Professor of Surgery and Systems Chief of Cosmetic Surgery, Northwell Health System/Hofstra University, Zucker School of Medicine.
  • Past President, American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS, 2019); past President, The Plastic Surgery Foundation (2025, ASPS/PSF); past President, The Rhinoplasty Society (2009-2010); past President, New York Regional Society of Plastic Surgeons (2006-2007).
  • Currently assistant national secretary (USA), International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery; US delegate to ICOPLAST.
  • Co-editor, Neligan's 5th Edition Plastic Surgery, Volume 2-Aesthetic Surgery; site states over 363 articles and 89 book chapters authored.

Eyelid surgery work

  • Transconjunctival blepharoplasty (TCB). Incisions made inside the lower eyelids, no visible scars, no stitches; a laser tightens the lower lids; site states TCB does not injure the muscles under the eyelids (source).
  • Page states his expertise includes upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty, ptosis repair, and transcutaneous approaches, plus open and endoscopic reduction of glabellar lines and managing oculocardiac reflex as a complication.
  • Site states he analyzed indications and treatment in 100 lower eyelid blepharoplasty patients, published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, cited in the Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery yearbook and selected as an ASPS media release.
  • Site states he has lectured on aesthetic blepharoplasty techniques and led ASPRS teaching courses on upper facial rejuvenation and eyelidplasty.
  • No separate pages found for double eyelid surgery, canthoplasty, brow lift as a standalone eyelid page, or revision eyelid surgery.

Other procedures

Site lists other face procedures: buccal fat pad excision, short-scar facelift, endoscopic brow lift, short-scar temporal lift, cheek liposuction, chin augmentation, mid-face lift, neck lift, otoplasty, primary and secondary rhinoplasty, non-surgical nose, and FaceTite (face). Also offers breast and body procedures, laser procedures and non-surgical treatments per site navigation.

Insurance and cost

Pages checked (home, bio, face, TCB, contact) state nothing about insurance, Medicare coverage or eyelid surgery pricing.

Why #78: the score, line by line

Points come from sources read the same way for every surgeon. The method is on the methodology page.

SignalPointsOfSource
Before-and-after gallery32.140an eyelid before-and-after gallery on the practice site, scored on how many eyelid cases it shows
Eyelid procedure pages710eyelid surgery pages on the practice site, more for each further eyelid operation
Cosmetic society1515eyelid surgery listed in a cosmetic surgery society directory
Training1515Plastic surgeon
Eyelid research9.415eyelid surgery papers in PubMed
Teaching05eyelid sessions taught at medical meetings, 2023 on
Score78.5100Rank 78 of 500

Eyelid surgery papers

Papers in the PubMed eyelid record that list Dr. Alan Matarasso as an author, newest first. Search PubMed.

2025
Practice Patterns in Blepharoplasty: A 15-Year Review of Continuous Certification Tracer Data from the American Board of Plastic Surgery
Stein MJ, Stoehr JR, Harrast J, Zins JE, Matarasso A, Gosain AK · Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 39465659
2017
Optimizing Male Periorbital Rejuvenation
Scheuer JF, Matarasso A, Rohrich RJ · Dermatol Surg · PMID 29064985
2008
The use of modified sutures in plastic surgery
Matarasso A, Pfeifer TM · Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 18626389
2001
Effective use of botox for lateral canthal rhytids
Matarasso A, Glassman M · Aesthet Surg J · PMID 19331874
1994
Forehead-brow rhytidoplasty: reassessing the goals
Matarasso A, Terino EO · Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 8208804
1989
The oculocardiac reflex in blepharoplasty surgery
Matarasso A · Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 2911623

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