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Top 500
#75
Score
44.6/100

Dr. Ross A. Clevens, MD, FACS

Ross A. Clevens, MD, FACS is a facial plastic surgeon and founder of Clevens Face and Body Specialists, with offices in Melbourne, Merritt Island and Orlando, Florida (bio, home). His site offers deep plane, S-Lift and mini facelifts, and two neck lifts he designed, the Laser-Assisted Weekend Neck Lift and the Signature Profile Neck Lift (weekend neck lift).

Practice
707 W Eau Gallie Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32935
Phone
321-727-3223
Website
drclevens.com
Specialty
Facial plastic surgery
Teaches at
Reaching New Peaks in Facial Plastic Surgery: Winter Symposium 2026
Newest paper
Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am, 2009
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Group practice

Clevens Face and Body Specialists is a group practice: drclevens.com lists 4 surgeons. Different surgeons at the practice do different operations, so ask for the surgeon who does facelifts by name. The practice's facelift pages name Dr. Ross A. Clevens and Dr. Phillip Barbee. The facelift page says Drs. Clevens and Barbee specialize in facelift techniques; the practice also lists Dr. Christopher L. Hess, Dr. Jennifer Matthesen and two facial plastic surgery fellows, and facelift gallery cases name no surgeon. Source

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: bio

Stage Detail
College Yale University, B.S. summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1985
Medical school Harvard Medical School, M.D. magna cum laude, 1990; Harvard M.P.H., 1990
Internship General surgery, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1990-91
Residency Otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, University of Michigan, 1991-95; chief resident 1994-95
Fellowship Facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, University of Michigan, 1995-96
  • Board certification as listed: American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (1996); American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (1998).
  • Past President, Florida Society of Facial Plastic Surgeons; Fellow, AAFPRS; Fellow, American College of Surgeons.
  • Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, 2006-present.
  • Course director, AAFPRS aging-face symposia (2006, 2008, 2010) and AAFPRS Annual Fall Meeting (2024).
  • Practice history: Center for Facial Cosmetic Surgery, Melbourne, 1996-2009; Clevens Face and Body Specialists, 2010-present.
  • Author, Your Plastic Surgery Companion (Telemachus Press, 2016).

Facelift and neck lift work

  • Deep plane facelift. Lifts and repositions muscle, fat and connective tissue through incisions along the hairline and around the ears; most patients return to work within two weeks and to unrestricted activity within four weeks (deep plane facelift).
  • Facelift. Two to three hours, general anesthesia or local with sedation given by an MD anesthesiologist; the page names Dr. Clevens and Dr. Barbee as surgeons. Published price: "A Facelift at Clevens Face and Body Specialists begins at $15,000" (facelift).
  • S-Lift and mini facelift. S-shaped incision in front of the ear, done in an accredited surgery center, not in the office (S-Lift); mini facelift.
  • Laser-Assisted Weekend Neck Lift. Created by Dr. Clevens; a small incision under the chin, laser energy, liposuction, muscle tightening and sometimes a chin implant, under local anesthesia with sedation; most patients back to work in a few days (weekend neck lift).
  • Signature Profile Neck Lift. Designed by Dr. Clevens; muscle tightening and skin removal in the office under local anesthesia (profile neck lift). General neck lift page.
  • Galleries. Facelift, profile neck lift, weekend neck lift. Cases are not attributed to a named surgeon.

Other facial procedures

The site offers eyelid surgery, brow lift, lip lift, chin and cheek augmentation, rhinoplasty, otoplasty and laser skin resurfacing. Galleries: eyelid, brow lift.

Practice

Office Address
Melbourne 707 W Eau Gallie Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32935
Merritt Island 450 E Merritt Island Causeway, #100, Merritt Island, FL 32952
Orlando 6900 Tavistock Lakes Blvd, Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32827

Not verified: which surgeon performed each gallery case; separate phone numbers for the Merritt Island and Orlando offices.

Practice location, prices and recovery

From drclevens.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 Florida

Published prices

ProcedureAs publishedSource
FaceliftA Facelift at Clevens Face and Body Specialists begins at $15,000.drclevens.com/face/facelift

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Back to work"Most of our patients return to work and social activities within two weeks of The Deep Plane Facelift." Source14
Exercise"Patients typically resume light activities within this timeframe and return to unrestricted activities within four weeks." Source28
Back to work"Following a short recovery period of just a few days, most patients return to normal work and play." Source

Why #75: the score, line by line

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

SignalPointsOfSource
Research13.3304 facelift and neck lift papers in PubMed, 0 since 2021
Teaching8.3252 meetings taught from 2023 on
Published work2020facelift page; before-and-after gallery
Leadership015none on the society pages read
Recognition310Newsweek facelift list 2026
Score44.6100#75 in the Top 500

Meetings taught

Facelift, neck and facial rejuvenation sessions Dr. Ross A. Clevens taught to other surgeons, newest first.

2026
Reaching New Peaks in Facial Plastic Surgery: Winter Symposium 2026
, USA · Surgical Nuances in Deep Plane Facelift: Technical Pearls to Achieve Excellence and Avoid Complications
2024
AAFPRS Rhinoplasty & Facial Rejuvenation Meeting 2024, speaker
The Direct Neck Lift: An Often Overlooked, But Great Technique!
2024
AAFPRS Rhinoplasty & Facial Rejuvenation Meeting 2024, speaker
Mastering Lip Lift: What I Have Learned About Lip Lifting after 25 Years of Experience

Facelift and neck research

Papers with Dr. Ross A. Clevens as an author, newest first. Search PubMed.

2009
2009
Reflections on aesthetic facial surgery in men
Clevens RA, Prendiville S · Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am · PMID 19900666
2008
Rejuvenation of the male brow
Clevens RA · Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am · PMID 18620981
1995
Plastic and reconstructive surgery of the earlobe
Clevens RA, Baker SR · Facial Plast Surg · PMID 9046618