Dr.
Howard T. Bellin is certified by the
American Board of Plastic Surgery and has been practicing cosmetic
surgery for more than 30 years. He has taught at
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and at
New York Medical College, and has been Chief of Plastic Surgery at
Cabrini Medical Center.
You may recognize him from one of the many national television programs that have featured him, including Oprah, Geraldo, Extra, CNN, MTV and 20/20. He has been written about extensively in national newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, People, Vogue, Time Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Harpers Bazaar and numerous other national publications
In addition to his national media recognition, he is the author of the highly-regarded Dr. Bellin's Beautiful You Book – an in-depth survey of the entire range of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery procedures. His follow-up book, BeautyScience, was published in England and Ireland.
Dr. Bellin has had extensive surgical experience, having performed almost 5000 rhinoplasties (nose surgeries), 2000 breast enlargements, 1500 eyelid rejuvenations, 1500 liposuctions and thousands of other common procedures. In all, he has performed over 12,000 operations in his lifetime. In addition, he has developed several unique techniques, especially in the areas of nasal reconstruction, jaw enlargement and liposuction, and he has invented an instrument used in breast augmentation. You will not find a more talented and experienced plastic surgeon.
His expertise extends beyond plastic surgery, as Dr. Bellin is also a sculptor and an inventor. He has been awarded eight U.S. patents and has another pending on a new type of breast implant. Dr. Bellin is listed in "Who's Who in America," "Who's Who in Medicine," "Who's Who in the World" and "The Best Doctors in New York."
His procedures
All of the following procedures are performed at his
state-of-the-art operating facility in a beautiful private townhouse on
New York City's Upper East Side. He hires only the best nurses,
consultants, and office personnel to ensure your complete satisfaction.
Nasal surgery (rhinoplasty)
Liposuction and accusuction
Tummy tuck
Breast augmentation
Eyelid surgery
Face
lift
Ear surgery (otoplasty)
Lip enlargement
Chin and jaw surgery
His education
College –
Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
BA Degree Class of 1957
Medical school –
New York Medical College, New York, N.Y.
MD Degree Class of 1962
Internship –
University of California Hospital, San Francisco, California
July
1962 – June 1963
General surgery residency –
Metropolitan Hospital, New York, N.Y.
July 1963 – June 1966
Plastic surgery residency –
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, N.Y. July 1968 – June
1970
Military experience
Captain –
U.S. Air Force Medical Corps, Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.
July 1966 – June 1968
Academic appointments
Assistant Clinical Professor
of Plastic Surgery – New York Medical College 1975 – 1990
Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology – New York Medical College
1978 – 1985
Clinical Instructor in Plastic Surgery – New York
Medical College 1970 – 1975
Instructor in Plastic Surgery –
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons 1969 – 1970
Assistant in
Surgery – Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons 1968 – 1969
His professional affiliations
American Board
of Plastic Surgery (Diplomat)
National Board of Medical Examiners (Diplomat)
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
International Congress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
New York Academy of Medicine (Fellow)
New York County Medical Society
New York State Medical Society
American Medical Association
Pan-American Medical Association
New York Academy of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American
Academy of Physician Inventors
Institute of Ecosystem Studies (Scientific Advisory Committee)
Diplomates
American Board of Plastic Surgery –
1973 (Board Certification in Plastic Surgery)
National Board of
Medical Examiners – 1963
Licenses
New York, Florida,
California
Publications
"Dr. Bellin's Beautiful You Book"
Prentice-Hall
"BeautyScience – Advice From One of the World's
Leading Plastic Surgeons"
Metropublish, London
Advisory
Afghanistan – 1971 (Reconstructive
surgery)
Israel – 1973 (Yom Kippur War – acute casualties)
Honduras – 1974 (Hurricane Fifi)
Kenya – 1975
(Reconstructive surgery)
Guatemala – 1976 (Earthquake)
Ecuador – 1978, (Reconstructive surgery)
USSR – 1979
(Reconstructive surgery)
Ecuador – 1990 (Reconstructive surgery)
Latvia – 1999 (Reconstructive surgery)
Kosovo and Albania
– 2001 (Reconstructive surgery)
Tanzania – 2007 (Reconstructive
surgery)
Print media
Featured in:
The New York
Times
The New York Daily News
The New York Post
People Magazine
Time
Newsweek
Esquire
Life
New York Magazine
Crains
Vogue
Woman's Day
Cosmopolitan
Harpers Bazaar
and many
other publications.
Television
More than 50 feature appearances on
shows such as:
20/20
Geraldo
Oprah
The CBS Morning News
America Alive (NBC National)
CBS Nightwatch (Charlie Rose)
CNN, Mid–morning LA
AM Chicago
Saturday Night Live
The
Jackie Mason Show
Extra
MTV
Home Page (NBC National)
and
numerous New York local news and talk show programs (NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox) ,
Wicker's World (BBC – England) and the Nicky Campbell Show (BBC –
England).