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Top 500
#147
Score
31.5/100

Dr. Oren Friedman, MD

Oren Friedman, MD is a facial plastic surgeon who moved from academic medicine to private practice on July 1, 2025, with offices at 1920 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, and 1030 E Lancaster Ave, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (about, contact). His site describes facelift, mini facelift, mid-facelift, neck lift (including in-office neck lift under local anesthesia) and revision facelift (facelift).

Practice
1920 Chestnut St, Suite 201, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone
215-663-3223
Website
drorenfriedman.com
Specialty
Facial plastic surgery
Newest paper
Facial Plast Surg, 2021
A smiling woman with gray hair posing in studio

Training and board certification

Source: drorenfriedman.com/about

Stage Detail
College University of Pennsylvania
Medical school Thomas Jefferson University
Residency and fellowship Not named on the site
  • Board certification, as the site states it: "double board-certified cosmetic facial plastic surgeon"; the home page links to the ABFPRS certified-surgeon listing and to the American Board of Otolaryngology (home).
  • Former Director of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
  • Former Director of Facial Plastic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Penn Medicine.
  • The site states twenty-three years in academic medicine before private practice.

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Facelift. Incisions in front of the ears, under the earlobes, behind the ears and into the scalp; the muscles under the skin are tightened and excess skin trimmed (facelift). The second facelift page describes face and neck lifts on the lower two-thirds of the face, most often at ages 40 to 70 (more information).
  • Mini facelift. Called an endoscopic facelift on the site; done in the office or operating suite under local or general anesthesia, for patients under 45 with mild jowling.
  • Mid-facelift. Elevates the cheek fat pads.
  • Neck lift. Incision under the chin and possibly around the ears; fat and skin trimmed; the site states it can often be done in the office under local anesthesia.
  • Revision facelift. Stitches removed at 5 to 10 days; social activities at 2 to 3 weeks (revision).
  • Neck and facial liposuction. Under an hour, light sedation and local anesthesia; fat may be reused as micro-, milli- or nanofat grafts; recovery 7 to 10 days (liposuction).
  • Technique detail. The facelift page does not name a deep plane or SMAS technique.
  • Galleries. No before-and-after gallery was found on the site.

Other facial procedures

Upper eyelid surgery through the lid crease with trimming of muscle, fat and skin, plus lower eyelid surgery (eyelid); brow lift (described on the facelift page); rhinoplasty, preservation and revision rhinoplasty, otoplasty and skin care treatments.

Practice

Field Value
Practice Dr. Oren Friedman Facial Plastic Surgery
Philadelphia 1920 Chestnut St, Suite 201, Philadelphia, PA 19103 (Philadelphia)
Bryn Mawr 1030 E Lancaster Ave, Suite L11, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 (Bryn Mawr)
Phone 215-663-3223
Website https://www.drorenfriedman.com/
Instagram instagram.com/drorenfriedman
Facebook facebook.com/orenfriedmanmd

Not verified: residency and fellowship institutions; board names (the site links to board websites). No prices are published.

Practice location and recovery

From drorenfriedman.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 Pennsylvania

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Sutures out"Revision facelift: "Dr. Friedman typically removes your stitches 5-10 days after the procedure."" Source10
Swelling"Neck liposuction: "Recovery from facial liposuction typically takes between seven and ten days."" Source10
Back to work"Revision facelift: "Many patients can return to social activities within 2-3 weeks."" Source21

Why #147: the score, line by line

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

SignalPointsOfSource
Research18.5308 facelift and neck lift papers in PubMed, 1 since 2021
Teaching0250 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work520facelift page; no gallery found
Leadership815AAFPRS, Secretary 2025-2026; AAFPRS, Secretary-elect 2024-2025
Recognition010not on the Newsweek facelift lists
Score31.5100#147 in the Top 500

Facelift and neck research

Papers with Dr. Oren Friedman as an author, newest first. Search PubMed.

2020
Rhytidectomy: A Realself Social Media Analysis
Honeybrook A, Arnold M, Locketz G, Friedman O, Becker D, Bloom J · Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med · PMID 32228313
2013
2011
Evaluation of the midforehead brow-lift operation
Powell B, Younes A, Friedman O · Arch Facial Plast Surg · PMID 21931089
2007
Direct submentoplasty for neck rejuvenation
Bitner JB, Friedman O, Farrior RT, Cook TA · Arch Facial Plast Surg · PMID 17515496
2006
Facelift surgery
Friedman O · Facial Plast Surg · PMID 16847803
2005
Changes associated with the aging face
Friedman O · Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am · PMID 16085282 · Plain summary