Dr. John Sherman, MD, FACS

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: nyplasticsurg.com/about/dr-john-e-sherman/

• Board certification, as the site states it: "Board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery." Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
• Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Weill Cornell University Medical College; teaches residents cosmetic surgery and maxillofacial trauma at New York Presbyterian Hospital.
• Former Chief of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and chief of the teaching program, St. Barnabas Hospital, New York City.
• Former President, New York State Chapter of the American College of Surgeons; President, Society of Police Surgeons.
• Co-author of the textbook Surgery of Facial Bone Fractures; over 25 articles and book chapters.
• Members listed: American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American Society of Maxillofacial Surgery.
• Operates in his accredited office facility or at New York Presbyterian - Weill Cornell Medical Center, Lenox Hill Hospital, Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital and Greenwich Hospital, Connecticut.

Facelift and neck lift work

• Facelift methods. The facelift page lists mini facelift, short-scar facelift, neck lift, coronal forehead lift and endoscopic forehead lift; facelifts take about 2 to 3 hours under general or IV anesthesia (facelift).
• Short-scar facelift. Also called a mini facelift or limited incision rhytidectomy; incisions along and behind the ear; the page states he has performed this technique for over 20 years (facelift, short scar facelift).
• Neck lift. Options: submental liposuction under local anesthesia in the office (35 to 40 minutes); platysmaplasty through an incision below the chin and sometimes behind the ears; direct midline excision of the platysma with submental liposuction and a z-plasty, with return to work in about one week (neck lift).
• Recovery. Drains, if used, removed 1 to 3 days after surgery; compression garment for about a week; return to normal activities and work within 1 to 2 weeks (facelift).
• Prices. The site publishes none; cost is discussed at consultation.
• Galleries. Facelift (26 cases listed), neck lift (1 case listed).

Other facial procedures

The site offers upper and lower blepharoplasty (eyelid; gallery, 27 cases listed), brow lift (brow lift), chemical and laser skin peels (peels), chin augmentation, rhinoplasty and otoplasty.

Practice

Not verified: years of experience; the page banner says 40 years and the bio text says 35 years.