Training and board certification
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| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | Kent State University Honors College, Bachelor of Science, cum laude (combined six-year B.S./M.D.) |
| Medical school | Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine (1986) |
| Internship | General surgery, Health Science Center, Syracuse, New York (1986-1987) |
| Residency | Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Health Science Center, Syracuse, New York (1987-1991) |
| Fellowship | Facial plastic surgery, McCollough Reconstructive Plastic Surgery Clinic, Birmingham, Alabama (1991-1992) |
- Board certifications as printed: "American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery" and "American Board of Otolaryngology."
- Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, UGA School of Medicine (2025 to present) and the AU/UGA Medical Partnership (2020 to present).
- Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Alabama School of Medicine (1991-1996).
- Fellow of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.
- Author of more than 80 chapters and articles on facial plastic and reconstructive surgery.
- After fellowship he practiced with the McCollough Plastic Surgery Clinic before founding the Maloney Center.
Eyelid surgery work
- Upper eyelid surgery. Dr. Maloney marks the natural lines and creases of the lid, makes the incision there, removes excess fat, muscle and loose skin, and closes with fine sutures.
- Lower eyelid surgery. The incision runs along the lash line and smile creases of the lower lid; excess fat, muscle and skin are trimmed. Lower blepharoplasty takes about one hour.
- Transconjunctival blepharoplasty. For puffiness caused mainly by fat, the incision is made inside the lower lid and the sutures dissolve on their own.
- Fat transfer. Patients with a deep groove under the eye may have eyelid fat transferred to soften it.
- Surgery is outpatient, with local anesthesia, twilight sedation or general anesthesia. It can be combined with facelift, brow lift, CO2 laser or injectables.
- Brow lift. The site describes coronal, endoscopic, trichophytic (front hairline), temporal (lateral) and mid-forehead lifts, chosen by brow position, forehead height and hairline (source).
Galleries: the eyelid surgery gallery and the brow lift gallery each show 10 before-and-after cases on the first page (source, source). The site has no page for ptosis repair, double eyelid surgery or canthoplasty.
Other procedures
The site lists facelift, mini facelift, neck lift, facial fat transfer, rhinoplasty and revision rhinoplasty, facial implants, otoplasty, hair restoration, Mohs reconstruction, CO2 laser resurfacing and injectables, including tear trough filler (maloneycenter.com).
Insurance and cost
- Insurance: blepharoplasty at the practice is "performed exclusively for cosmetic purposes and is not covered by insurance." All eyelid procedures are elective and self-pay (source).
- Cost: the site publishes no price; it states cost varies with complexity and is set at consultation.
Recovery
- Iced compresses right after surgery; head elevation and cold compresses ease swelling.
- Sutures: removed three to five days after surgery; some dissolve on their own.
- Normal activities: most patients return within 7 to 10 days.
- Eye makeup: usually allowed at about 7 to 10 days, once incisions have healed.
- Swelling and bruising: improve over several weeks.
- Brow lift: about one week away from work (source).