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Oculoplastic surgeon

Dr. John Fezza, MD

John Fezza, MD is a cosmetic facial surgeon at AMARA Aesthetic Surgery & Dermatology in Venice, FL, an affiliate practice of Center For Sight. He performs upper and lower blepharoplasty and brow lift as part of the practice's facial cosmetic surgery service.

Practice
1370 East Venice Avenue, Suite #205, Venice, FL 34285
Phone
941-499-7823
Website
amaramd.com
Plastic surgeonsFacial plastic surgeonsOculoplastic surgeons

Dr. John Fezza (large marker) and the top 23 eyelid surgeons in Florida, numbered by state rank. Markers sit at the center of the practice's ZIP code. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Training and board certification

Stage Detail
Bachelor's degree Duke University
Medical degree New York Medical College (president, Alpha Omega Alpha honor society)
Internship/residency General surgery internship and ophthalmology residency, Yale University
Fellowship Oculofacial plastic surgery (two years), Vanderbilt University
Fellowship Cosmetic surgery, sponsored by the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
  • Member: American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (ASOPRS), American Board of Ophthalmology.
  • Past President, American Board of Facial Cosmetic Surgery; past Treasurer, ASOPRS.
  • ASOPRS Research Award (2016); Henry Baylis Cosmetic Surgery Award (2019).
  • Member of the Center For Sight team since 1998; was an Associate Clinical Professor in Oculoplastics at the University of South Florida.
  • Holds multiple patents for treatment of dry eye disease and medical devices for facial fillers.

Eyelid surgery work

  • Upper blepharoplasty. Removes excess skin, muscle and sometimes fat from the upper eyelids; incisions hidden along the natural lid crease (source).
  • Lower blepharoplasty. Targets lower-eyelid bagging by removing or repositioning fatty tissue, most often through a hidden incision inside the lower lid to avoid a visible scar (same page).
  • Brow lift. Lifts the forehead, tightens skin, diminishes frown lines and elevates the brows using a minimally invasive technique; the page describes pairing it with eyelid surgery for a "full facial refresh" (same page).

The practice's page carries a before/after photo widget labeled "Upper/Lower Blepharoplasty" alongside facelift and filler cases (same page, checked 2026-09-30); it is not a separate gallery page.

Other procedures

Deep plane facelift, full-face CO2 laser skin resurfacing, and non-surgical injectables (BOTOX Cosmetic/Daxxify, dermal fillers); Dr. Fezza is described as a master injector with Allergan Aesthetics (source, source).

Insurance and cost

The practice site has no eyelid-surgery-specific insurance or price statement. The practice's Financing Options page offers to answer "questions about billing, insurance coverage, or ... payment options" but does not name Medicare or insurance coverage for any specific eyelid procedure (source). No procedure prices are published.

Medicare eyelid operations, 2022 to 2024

From CMS, Medicare Physician and Other Practitioners by Provider and Service, NPI 1184715187. Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so these are the medical cases. Cosmetic eyelid surgery is paid by the patient and is not in this record. CMS leaves out any code billed fewer than 11 times in a year.

OperationOperations, 2022-2024
Upper blepharoplasty607
Ptosis repair98
Lid position repair90
Eyelid reconstruction36
Total831

Why #43: 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 pages910eyelid surgery pages on the practice site, more for each further eyelid operation
Cosmetic society1515eyelid surgery listed in a cosmetic surgery society directory
Training1515Oculofacial plastic surgeon
Eyelid research8.215eyelid surgery papers in PubMed
Teaching05eyelid sessions taught at medical meetings, 2023 on
Score79.3100Rank 43 of 500

Eyelid surgery papers

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

2016
Autologous Fat Grafting for Treating Blepharoplasty-induced Lower Eyelid Retraction
Skippen B, Bernardini FP, Fezza J, Hartstein ME · Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open · PMID 28293531
2016
Stop Blaming the Septum
Schwarcz R, Fezza JP, Jacono A, Massry GG · Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 25719376
2015
Lower Eyelid Length
Fezza JP, Massry G · Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 26218388
2012
The sigmoid upper eyelid blepharoplasty: redefining beauty
Fezza JP · Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 23034681
2008
2003
Lip augmentation using eyelid tissue from upper blepharoplasty surgery
Fezza JP, Cartwright M, Mack W, Flaharty P · Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 12918559

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