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Top 500
#128
Score
34/100

Dr. Nolan Karp, MD

Nolan Karp, MD is a plastic surgeon at 305 East 47th Street, New York, and Professor of Plastic Surgery at NYU Langone, where his bio states he has been full-time employed faculty for the last 6 years after private practice at NYU (bio). His site's facelift page describes a traditional full facelift and a neck lift, performed under IV sedation or general anesthesia (facelift).

Practice
305 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017
Phone
(212) 355-5779
Website
nolankarp.com
Specialty
Plastic surgery
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Training and board certification

Source for all items: bio

Stage Detail
Medical school Northwestern University School of Medicine, 1983
Residency General surgery, plastic surgery and microsurgery training, NYU
  • Board certification, as the site states it: the bio heading reads "Board Certified NYC Plastic Surgeon"; he has been an examiner for the American Board of Plastic Surgery for the last 10 years.
  • Professor of Plastic Surgery and Vice Chairman of Clinical Operations, Hansjörg Wyss Department of Plastic Surgery; Plastic Surgery Service Chief, Tisch Hospital.
  • In practice at NYU Langone Medical Center for 28 years.
  • Board of Directors, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery; member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
  • Stated current interests: breast plastic surgery and facial aesthetic surgery. He reports over 1500 short-scar vertical breast reductions and is a principal investigator in the FDA trial for Motiva breast implants.

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Traditional facelift. Fat sculpting, lifting and repositioning of muscle and deeper tissues, and skin trimming; incision from the temples in front of the ear, around the earlobe and behind the ear to the lower scalp, sometimes with an incision under the chin (facelift).
  • Neck lift. Addresses jowls, loose neck skin and fat under the chin through an incision around the earlobe and behind the ear (facelift).
  • Setting. Certified office facility or hospital; IV sedation or general anesthesia; about two to four hours.
  • Recovery, per the facelift page. Drains, if placed, out the next day; clips and stitches out at one week; swelling, bruising and tightness mostly resolve within 2 to 3 weeks; many patients return to work by the third week.
  • Technique names. No deep plane or SMAS terminology appears on the facelift page.
  • Prices. None published.
  • Gallery. Facelift gallery with 4 cases (facelift gallery).

Other facial procedures

Blepharoplasty of the upper and/or lower eyelids, rhinoplasty, Botox and dermal fillers (eyelid). Blepharoplasty gallery with 3 cases (eyelid gallery).

Practice

Field Value
Practice Nolan Karp, MD (bio: full-time employed faculty, NYU Langone)
Address 305 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017 (contact)
Phone (212) 355-5779
Website https://www.nolankarp.com/
Social None found on the pages read

Not verified: the site does not name the certifying board in a sentence about his own certification; whether 305 East 47th Street is an NYU Langone office is not stated on the site.

Practice location and recovery

From nolankarp.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
Drains"may place drainage tubes behind the ears. The tubes will be taken out the next day" Source1
Sutures out"If surgical clips are used to hold the incisions closed, they will be removed one week after the facelift along with your stitches." Source7
Swelling"Most of these symptoms usually resolve within 2-3 weeks, and sensation typically returns to normal within a few months." Source21
Back to work"Many patients return to work by the third week." Source21

Why #128: the score, line by line

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

SignalPointsOfSource
Research0300 facelift and neck lift papers in PubMed, 0 since 2021
Teaching0250 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work2020facelift page; before-and-after gallery
Leadership815The Aesthetic Society, Treasurer 2024-2025; The Aesthetic Society, Vice President 2025-2026
Recognition610Newsweek facelift list 2024, 2025
Score34100#128 in the Top 500