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#79
Score
43.7/100

Dr. Lorne K. Rosenfield, MD

Lorne K. Rosenfield, MD is a plastic surgeon in private practice at 1750 El Camino Real, Suite 405, Burlingame, California, since 1987 (contact, CV). His site presents one facelift, the Pinch rhytidoplasty, a less invasive face and neck lift he published in 2014 as a "low SMAS" variation (facelift).

Practice
1750 El Camino Real, Suite 405, Burlingame, CA 94010
Phone
650-692-0467
Website
drrosenfield.com
Specialty
Plastic surgery
Teaches at
The Aesthetic MEET 2026
Newest paper
Plast Reconstr Surg, 2026
A professional woman smiling confidently in an

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: CV, July 2021

Stage Detail
Medical school University of Manitoba, Canada, 1976-1980
Internship Mt. Zion Hospital, San Francisco, 1980-1981
Residency General surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco, 1981-1985
Residency Plastic surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, 1985-1987
Special training Surgical oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, 1985; reconstruction, MD Anderson, 1986
  • Board certification as the CV lists it: "General Surgery, 1986" and "Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1989"; the boards are not named. The CV summary calls him a board-certified plastic surgeon.
  • Clinical Professor, UCSF Plastic Surgery (since 1990); Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford (since 2004); Adjunct Professor, Duke University Plastic Surgery (since 2020).
  • Senior Examiner and elected committee member of the cosmetic surgery subcommittee, American Board of Plastic Surgery, per the CV.
  • Former chair of the ASAPS Patient Safety Committee; author of a surgical safety checklist that the site says became the standard in the specialty (about).
  • Author of "The Pinch Rhytidectomy: A Safe, Effective, 'Low SMAS' Variation on the Theme," Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 2014 (paper).

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Pinch rhytidoplasty. The page contrasts it with a routine facelift that extensively undermines and tightens the face through incisions around the ears and neck, and describes the Pinch approach as less invasive face and neck surgery aimed at a result that does not look operated (facelift).
  • Neck. No separate neck lift page; the facelift page covers face and neck together.
  • Recovery and cost. The site does not state recovery times or prices.
  • Gallery. The photos page has tabs for facelift and blepharoplasty cases, with front and oblique before-and-after views.

Other facial procedures

The site offers the Pinch blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery), a Pinch brow lift that the page prefers over the endoscopic approach (brow lift), laser skin resurfacing, rhinoplasty, otoplasty and chin augmentation.

Practice

Field Value
Practice Dr. Rosenfield (Lorne King Rosenfield MD)
Address 1750 El Camino Real, Suite 405, Burlingame, CA 94010 (contact)
Phone 650-692-0467
Website https://drrosenfield.com/
Social None printed on the site

Not verified: current status of the academic and ABPS committee roles, which come from a CV dated July 2021.

Practice location

From drrosenfield.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 at the centre of the practice's city. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Top facelift surgeons in California

Why #79: the score, line by line

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

SignalPointsOfSource
Research15.7305 facelift and neck lift papers in PubMed, 2 since 2021
Teaching0250 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work2020facelift page; before-and-after gallery
Leadership815The Aesthetic Society, Member-at-Large 2024-2025
Recognition010not on the Newsweek facelift lists
Score43.7100#79 in the Top 500

Meetings taught

Facelift, neck and facial rejuvenation sessions Dr. Lorne K. Rosenfield taught to other surgeons, newest first.

2026
The Aesthetic MEET 2026 (Beauty Revealed)
Boston, MA, USA · 407 The Pinch Blepharoplasty: Simply Safer & Sounder

Facelift and neck research

Papers with Dr. Lorne K. Rosenfield as an author, newest first. Search PubMed.

2026
What I Do Now and What I Have Eliminated from My Facelifts: Proceedings of the 2025 ASPS Spring Meeting
Thomas C, Sergesketter AR, Shariati K, Nahai F, Zins J, Warren R, et al. · Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 41914963
2023
My Second Thoughts About Face and Neck Lifting: A Video Interview With Dr Mario Pelle-Ceravolo
Pelle-Ceravolo M, Rosenfield LK · Aesthet Surg J Open Forum · PMID 38425372
2008
Flash fires during facial surgery: reply
Rosenfield L · Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 18301021
2007
Flash fires during facial surgery: recommendations for the safe delivery of oxygen
Rosenfield LK, Chang DS · Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 17440416