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Top 500
#107
Score
37.6/100

Dr. Marco Ellis, MD

Marco Ellis, MD is a plastic surgeon with Northwestern Plastic Surgery at 259 E Erie St, Suite 2060, Chicago, and a faculty member in plastic surgery at Northwestern (about, contact). His site describes face and neck lift surgery using deep-plane and multi-vector techniques that reposition the SMAS and platysma (face and neck lift).

Practice
259 E Erie St, Floor 20, Suite 2060, Chicago, IL 60611
Phone
(312) 695-6022
Website
marcoellismd.com
Specialty
Plastic surgery
Newest paper
J Craniofac Surg, 2026
A smiling woman enjoying the outdoors

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: marcoellismd.com/about-dr-ellis/

Stage Detail
College University of Virginia, BS 2001
Medical school Harvard Medical School, MD 2005
Research fellowship Shriners Hospital of Chicago, congenital and adult jaw surgery, 2009
Residency Integrated plastic and reconstructive surgery, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 2012
Fellowship Craniofacial surgery and microsurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital and University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, 2013
  • Board certification, as the site states it: "a Diplomate of the American Board of Plastic Surgery"; Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Associate Professor and Program Director since March 2013, per the appointments list; the page text says assistant professor at the Feinberg School of Medicine.
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor and Chief of Microsurgery, University of Illinois Chicago Medical Center, 2014-2019.
  • Committee Chairman, The Aesthetic Society.

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Face and neck lift. Deep-plane and multi-vector techniques; the stated aim is to reposition the SMAS and platysma rather than tighten skin alone. Incisions sit in the contours of the ear and hairline (face and neck lift).
  • Recovery, as his site states it. Swelling and tightness over the first 7 to 10 days; social engagements and non-strenuous work within two weeks.
  • Group facelift page. The Northwestern Plastic Surgery facelift page lists 2 to 4 hours of surgery, a stay of about 24 hours, drains out at 1-2 days, stitches and staples out at 8-14 days (5-7 days in its summary box), return to work at 10-14 days, and an optional incision under the chin (group facelift page).
  • Price. The group page prints "Cost of Facelift: $3,800 to $21,000." It does not name a surgeon.
  • Galleries. Face and neck lift (2 cases) and brow and eyelid.

Other facial procedures

Eyelid and brow lift (eyelid and brow lift), rhinoplasty, chin augmentation, non-surgical facial treatments, facial reconstruction (facial nerve repair, facial trauma, Mohs reconstruction) and facial feminization and masculinization.

Practice

Field Value
Practice Northwestern Plastic Surgery (seven surgeons listed on the group site)
Address 259 E Erie St, Floor 20, Suite 2060, Chicago, IL 60611 (contact)
Phone (312) 695-6022
Website https://marcoellismd.com/
Group website https://northwesternplasticsurgery.com/
Instagram instagram.com/marcoellismd

URL correction: the queue listed northwesternplasticsurgery.com; his own site is marcoellismd.com.

Practice location, prices and recovery

From marcoellismd.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.

Top facelift surgeons in Illinois

Published prices

ProcedureAs publishedSource
FaceliftCost of Facelift: $3,800 to $21,000northwesternplasticsurgery.com/facial-procedures-chicago/facelift

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Drains"The drainage tube(s) will be removed 1-2 days after surgery." Source2
Swelling"Patients typically experience mild-to-moderate swelling and tightness during the first 7 to 10 days, which subsides steadily." Source10
Back to work"Most individuals feel comfortable returning to social engagements and non-strenuous work within two weeks." Source14
Sutures out"Stitches and staples are removed 8-14 days after surgery." Source14

Why #107: 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, 2 since 2021
Teaching0250 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work2020facelift page; before-and-after gallery
Leadership015none on the society pages read
Recognition610Newsweek facelift list 2024, 2025
Score37.6100#107 in the Top 500

Facelift and neck research

Papers with Dr. Marco Ellis as an author, newest first. Search PubMed.