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Top 500
#96
Score
39.6/100

Dr. Anita Sethna, MD, FACS

Anita Sethna, MD, FACS is a facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon at 3200 Downwood Cir NW, Atlanta, Georgia, and an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at Emory University School of Medicine (about). Her site describes facelift, mini facelift and neck lift surgery, often combined, under a single "Lower Face & Neck Lifting" page (lower face and neck lifting).

Practice
3200 Downwood Cir NW, Atlanta, GA 30327
Phone
404-778-6880
Website
anitasethnamd.com
Specialty
Facial plastic surgery
Newest paper
Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med, 2026
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Training and board certification

Source for all rows: anitasethnamd.com/about/

Stage Detail
Medical school Emory University School of Medicine, MD, 2004
Internship Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, 2005
Residency Otolaryngology, Emory University School of Medicine, 2009; Administrative Chief Resident, 2008-2009
Fellowship Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, VCUHS, Richmond, Virginia, under Dr. Michael Godin
  • Board certification, as the site lists it: "Otolaryngology American Board of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2010" and "Board Certification in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery by ABFPRS."
  • Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, teaching there since 2011.
  • Hospital affiliations: Grady Memorial Hospital, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
  • Memberships: American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and American Academy of Otolaryngology (2004 to present), American Medical Association, Medical Association of Atlanta, Atlanta Women's Medical Association.
  • Book chapters on rhinology and rhytidectomy; AOA Research Award (2004); Resident Teaching Award (2013).

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Lower face and neck lifting. The page covers facelift, mini facelift and neck lift, and states she often combines facelift and neck lift. Surgery is performed under general anesthesia; incisions are placed in hidden areas, the underlying tissue is reshaped and loose skin is removed (lower face and neck lifting).
  • Recovery, as the site states it. No overnight stay is typically required; most patients return to work within two weeks; the page lists initial results at 2 weeks and final results at 3 months (lower face and neck lifting). A blog post states sutures are out within a week to 10 days (mini facelift post); another says recovery usually takes about 10-14 days and advises avoiding important events for the first 6 weeks (facelift post).
  • Operating time. A mini-lift may take 1.5-2 hours; a standard lower face and neck lift may take 3 hours or more (facelift post).
  • Gallery. The gallery has no facelift category. Its Facial Rejuvenation set includes one case labeled "Upper and lower bleph, laser resurfacing, lower face/necklift" (gallery).
  • No prices are published on the pages checked.

Other facial procedures

The site offers upper and lower eyelid lift (blepharoplasty), facial fat grafting (fat grafting), lip lift and lip reduction (lip lift), rhinoplasty, laser resurfacing (laser), Botox and fillers, plus reconstructive work: facial paralysis surgery, ptosis repair, scar revision and Mohs reconstruction.

Practice

Field Value
Practice Anita Sethna, MD, FACS (no separate practice name on the site)
Address 3200 Downwood Cir NW, Atlanta, GA 30327; Palisades Medical Building, 6th floor (contact)
Phone 404-778-6880
Website https://anitasethnamd.com/
Instagram instagram.com/anitasethnamd
YouTube YouTube playlist

The contact page refers to the Emory Aesthetic Center and to Emory Healthcare visitor and masking policies. Some consultation blocks on the site print 360.223.7530 instead of 404-778-6880.

Not verified: the queue lists MD only; the site prints MD, FACS. Whether the office is an independent private practice or part of Emory Healthcare is not stated directly.

Practice location and recovery

From anitasethnamd.com, read 2026-09-30. Prices and recovery times are quoted as the practice publishes them.

The marker carries the surgeon's Top 500 rank and sits on the practice's street address. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Sutures out"Within a week to 10 days, all sutures are out and significant swelling and bruising have begun or mostly resolved." Source10
Back to work"Most lower face and neck surgery patients are able to return to work within two weeks of surgery." Source14
Swelling"Recovery usually takes about 10-14 days, though even after that time you may still experience swelling in the facial and neck tissues" Source14
Final result"Most patients are fully healed at about 2-3 months" Source90
Exercise"Most patients feel well even the next day, though activity is usually restricted to light walking to avoid complications." Source

Why #96: the score, line by line

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

SignalPointsOfSource
Research11.6302 facelift and neck lift papers in PubMed, 1 since 2021
Teaching0250 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work2020facelift page; before-and-after gallery
Leadership815AAFPRS Foundation fellowship, Fellowship Director
Recognition010not on the Newsweek facelift lists
Score39.6100#96 in the Top 500

Facelift and neck research

Papers with Dr. Anita Sethna as an author, newest first. Search PubMed.

2026
Facelift Photo Quality on Social Media: Prevalence of Potentially Misleading Before-and-After Images
Mehta MP, Eskandari S, Long WE, Neptune N, Sethna AB, Chou DW · Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med · PMID 40351156
2020
Readability Assessment of Online Rhytidectomy Patient Information
Ballestas SA, Soriano RM, Sethna AB · Plast Surg Nurs · PMID 32852441