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Richard Ellenbogen

General Surgery

Beverly Hills Body, Los Angeles, CA 900677831.16 miles

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About Richard Ellenbogen

Dr. Richard Ellenbogen is triple fellowship trained and board certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery. He is a Beverly Hills and Los Angeles Plastic Surgeon who has been practicing cosmetic plastic surgery for almost thirty-eight years. His specialties at this time include facial de-aging surgeries, such as rhinoplasty, facelift, eyelid surgeries, and neck and jawline rejuvenation. He is the go to guy for the revision of previous unsatisfactory surgeries for which he has been featured on television Prime Time. Dr. Ellenbogen is a former clinical instructor at the USC Department of Plastic Surgery and has recently won the Best Facial Plastic Surgery award from the Aesthetic Association in 2013. He has won numerous top doctors awards, including being Town and Country magazine 10 best plastic surgeons, Top Ten of America, and the Consumers Research Council of America, as well as the textbook of “Top Plastic Surgeons as selected by their peers.” He did his fellowships in Maxillofacial Surgery at the State University of New York and did a Hand Surgery Fellowship at the Hospital for Joint Disease in New York. He did a pediatric surgery Rode Kruis Ziekenhaus in The Hague Netherlands. He has been invited as visiting professor of both South Africa and Israel where he taught on his expertise to the doctors at that area. Dr. Ellenbogen has twice won the Physicians Recognition Award from the American Medical Association and won the Physicians Recognition Award from the California Medical Association.

Professional Title

MD

Top Procedures

  • Abdominoplasty
  • Blepharoplasty
  • Breast Augmentation with Implants
  • Brow Lift
  • Cheek Augmentation (Cheek Implants)
  • Chin Augmentation
  • Ear Surgery (Otoplasty)
  • Latisse®
  • Neck Lift
  • Otoplasty

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Board Certifications

  • American Board of Plastic Surgery

Years of Experience

46 years of experience

Education

  • Undergraduate School: University of Florida
  • Graduate School: UM Miller School of Medicine
  • Residency: General Surgery-Albert Einstein College Of Medicine, Hand Surgery-Hospital For Joint Disease New York, Pediatric Plastic Surgery-Hague Netherlands Red Cross Hospital, Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery-state University Of New York
  • Fellowship in General Plastic Surgery, Fellowship in Other

Languages

  • English
  • Dutch
  • Spanish

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Location

Credentials

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

  • Best Facial Plastic Surgery award
  • the Physicians Recognition Award

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