Training and board certification
Source for all rows: curriculum vitae
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | Syracuse University, BS, 1976 |
| Medical school | University of Guadalajara School of Medicine, MD, 1979 |
| Fifth Pathway | Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Elmhurst General Hospital, Queens, 1980 |
| Residency | General surgery, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, 1980-1982; Morristown Memorial Hospital, 1982-1984 |
| Residency | Oncology resident, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cornell University, 1984-1985 |
| Fellowship | Plastic surgery research fellow, University of Pittsburgh, 1985-1986 |
| Residency | Plastic surgery resident, State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1986-1988 |
- Board certification: "Diplomate of The American Board of Plastic Surgery" (docweinstein.com); the CV lists board certification in 1993.
- Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 1995. Member, American Association for Hand Surgery and American Association of Maxillofacial Surgeons, 1994; American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 1998.
- Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, Morristown Memorial Hospital, 2007-2008.
- Privileges at Morristown Medical Center, Overlook Medical Center (Summit), St. Barnabas Medical Center (Livingston) and Hackettstown Regional Medical Center (source).
Eyelid surgery work
- Blepharoplasty. The eyelid page describes removing excess skin, muscle or fat from the upper and lower lids to correct lower lid bags and upper lid drooping or hooding, which may interfere with vision. Patients choose all four lids or the upper or lower lids only (source).
- Technique. Incisions follow the natural lines of the eyelids: in the upper lid creases and just below the lashes in the lower lids, sometimes extending into the crow's feet. Excess fat is removed or repositioned, sagging skin and muscle are trimmed, and incisions are closed with fine sutures.
- Setting. Outpatient, under local anesthesia with oral or intravenous sedation; surgery takes about one to three hours.
- Consultation. A nurse or Dr. Weinstein examines eyelid function, fat displacement and gross vision. Patients with thyroid disease, dry eye, glaucoma or other listed conditions may need an ophthalmologist check first.
- Brow lift. The forehead lift page lists an endoscopic method with dissolvable plates, an incision behind the hairline, an incision in front of the hairline, and browpexy through an upper eyelid incision. It can be combined with eyelid surgery when upper lid skin overhangs (source).
- Galleries. The eyelid gallery spans three pages of cases, including lower blepharoplasty, upper blepharoplasty for hooding and loss of vision, and four-lid surgery (eyelid gallery). The brow lift gallery spans two pages, often combined with facelift and blepharoplasty (brow lift gallery).
The site has no separate page for ptosis repair, canthoplasty or revision eyelid surgery.
Other procedures
The site lists the Z-LIFT facelift, jowl lift, neck lift, rhinoplasty and otoplasty, plus breast, body and hand surgery, fillers, Botox and laser treatments (docweinstein.com).
Insurance and cost
- Medicare pays the practice directly; the patient pays any deductible and co-insurance, and the charges if Medicare denies the procedure (source).
- The office files private and group insurance claims. Only medically necessary procedures, determined at a consultation with Dr. Weinstein, are eligible for insurance reimbursement.
- The site publishes no prices for eyelid surgery.
Recovery
- Stitches are removed two days to a week after surgery.
- Reading or television after about three days; activities kept to a minimum for three to five days.
- No contact lenses for at least two weeks.
- Most people return to work or go in public after about 10 days.
- Strenuous activity avoided for at least three weeks.
- Scars may stay pink for longer than six months, then fade to a thin white line.