Training and board certification
Source for all rows: source
| Stage | Detail |
|---|---|
| College | University of Delaware, biology, summa cum laude |
| Medical school | Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University; Sackler Award of Academic Excellence (valedictorian) |
| General surgery | Six years at Morristown Medical Center; Administrative Chief Resident in the final year |
| Plastic surgery residency | University of Texas Southwestern |
| Fellowship | One-year aesthetic surgery fellowship endorsed by the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, with Dr. Louis P. Bucky |
- Board certification: "double board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery."
- Academic appointment: Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Eyelid surgery work
- Blepharoplasty. The eyelid page describes removing excess skin and repositioning orbital fat rather than removing it. Upper lid incisions sit in the natural crease. Lower lids are often treated through a transconjunctival approach inside the lid, with a small incision below the lash line when skin needs removal. Surgery takes one to two hours in the practice's accredited surgical facility in Bryn Mawr, under local anesthesia with twilight sedation or general anesthesia (source).
- The same page states upper blepharoplasty can be done in the office under local anesthesia, and that lower blepharoplasty is often combined with fat grafting and laser treatment to blend the lid-cheek groove.
- Upper blepharoplasty. Removes excess skin, muscle and sometimes fat; fine sutures are usually removed within a week (source).
- Lower blepharoplasty. Fat is removed or repositioned and excess skin trimmed, through a transconjunctival or below-the-lash-line incision (source).
- Brow lift. The page lists direct, temporal, endoscopic, coronal and hairline brow lift techniques (source).
Galleries:
- Upper lid blepharoplasty: 3 patient cases (source).
- Lower lid blepharoplasty: 2 patient cases (source).
- Gallery cases do not name the operating surgeon.
The site has no page for ptosis repair, canthoplasty or revision eyelid surgery.
Other procedures
The site lists facelift, deep plane facelift, mini facelift, neck lift, rhinoplasty, facial fat grafting, buccal fat removal, otoplasty, chin augmentation and lip lift, plus breast and body surgery, injectables, lasers and skin treatments (source).
Insurance and cost
- Upper blepharoplasty is "generally not covered by insurance unless it is performed to correct vision problems" (source).
- Lower blepharoplasty is typically cosmetic and not covered unless performed to correct a medical issue (source).
- Pricing page ranges (surgeon's fee; anesthesia, facility and device fees may apply): upper eyelid surgery $5,500 to $7,500; lower eyelid surgery with fat grafting $6,500 to $9,250; brow lift $5,500 to $7,500 (source).
Recovery
- First 48 hours: mild to moderate swelling and bruising; head kept elevated (source).
- Sutures out: non-dissolvable sutures removed around day five or six.
- Back to work: most patients return to the office and video calls within 7 to 10 days.
- Makeup and contact lenses: avoided for about 10 to 14 days; glasses can be worn right away.
- Exercise: strenuous activity avoided for at least two weeks after lower blepharoplasty (source).
- Final result: emerges over a few months.