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Blepharoplasty in Denver, CO: 12 eyelid surgeons

Every listed eyelid surgeon with a practice in Denver, in score order. The name opens the practice's eyelid page, where the surgeon shows the work.

12
Eyelid surgeons
4
In the national Top 500
723
Medicare eyelid operations, 2022-2024
3
Eyelid galleries

Each marker carries the surgeon's rank on this list and sits at the centre of the practice's ZIP code. Markers that would cover each other spread into a ring and move back as you zoom in. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The Denver list

Sorted by score. The number is the rank among Denver surgeons; each row carries the office, the Medicare eyelid work and the practice's eyelid pages.

  1. 1

    Dr. Robert Fante, MD

    Oculofacial plastic surgeon · national Top 500 #19 · #1 in the state · score 73.9

    Office: 4500 E Cherry Creek South Dr, Denver, CO 80246. Billed Medicare for 54 upper blepharoplasties, 41 lid position repairs from 2022 to 2024. 9 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest Buccal fat pedicle flap with a delayed tarsoconjunctival flap for lower eyelid retraction: a new surgical methodology (Orbit, 2025).

  2. 2

    Dr. Alexandra Levitt, MD

    Oculofacial plastic surgeon · national Top 500 #218 · #4 in the state · score 53.2

    Office: 4500 Cherry Creek Dr. S Suite 550, Denver, CO 80246. Billed Medicare for 69 upper blepharoplasties, 12 ptosis repairs, 11 brow ptosis repairs, 29 lid position repairs from 2022 to 2024.

  3. 3

    Dr. Sumit Sitole, MD

    Ophthalmologist · national Top 500 #317 · #6 in the state · score 48.3

    Office: 55 Madison St 355, Denver, CO 80206. Billed Medicare for 14 upper blepharoplasties, 53 ptosis repairs, 14 brow ptosis repairs, 141 lid position repairs from 2022 to 2024.

  4. 4

    Dr. Brian Willoughby, MD

    Oculofacial plastic surgeon · national Top 500 #452 · #9 in the state · score 43.4

    Office: 3150 E 3rd Ave Ste 100, Denver, CO 80206. Billed Medicare for 27 upper blepharoplasties, 11 ptosis repairs from 2022 to 2024. 2 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest Buccal fat pedicle flap with a delayed tarsoconjunctival flap for lower eyelid retraction: a new surgical methodology (Orbit, 2025).

  5. 5

    Dr. Michael Hawes, MD

    Oculofacial plastic surgeon · #11 in the state · score 40.9

    Office: 3900 E Mexico Ave Ste 510, Denver, CO 80210. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there. 7 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest Silicone Scaffold Support Using a Bilayer Dermal Regeneration Matrix Template for Correction of Primary or Recurrent Eyelid Retraction (Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 2021).

  6. 6

    Dr. Manish Shah, MD

    Plastic surgeon · #26 in the state · score 37

    Office: 4545 E 9Th Ave Suite 490, Denver, CO 80220. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.

  7. 7

    Dr. Philippe Capraro, MD

    Plastic surgeon · #28 in the state · score 37

    Office: 4600 Hale Pkwy Suite 100, Denver, CO 80220. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.

  8. 8

    Dr. Robert Kersten, MD

    Ophthalmologist · #33 in the state · score 33.9

    Office: 2045 N Franklin St, Denver, CO 80205. Billed Medicare for 74 upper blepharoplasties, 48 ptosis repairs, 78 lid position repairs, 47 eyelid reconstructions from 2022 to 2024.

  9. 9

    Dr. Yash Vaishnav, MD

    Oculofacial plastic surgeon · #38 in the state · score 30

    Office: 1800 N Emerson St Ste 200, Denver, CO 80218. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.

  10. 10

    Dr. Christine Rodgers, MD

    Plastic surgeon · #41 in the state · score 27

    Office: 4600 Hale Pkwy Ste 330, Denver, CO 80220. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.

  11. 11

    Dr. Gary Snider, MD

    Plastic surgeon · #58 in the state · score 22

    Office: 1830 Franklin St Ste 470, Denver, CO 80218. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.

  12. 12

    Dr. Leela Mundra, MD

    Plastic surgeon · #61 in the state · score 22

    Office: 8158 E 5Th Ave Ste 200, Denver, CO 80230. No Medicare eyelid billing on record from 2022 to 2024; Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so cosmetic eyelid surgery does not appear there.

Eyelid surgery in Denver

Denver surgeons on this page billed 723 eyelid operations to Medicare from 2022 to 2024, 27% of the listed Colorado total. 10 of the 12 practices publish an eyelid surgery page, 3 an eyelid before-and-after gallery, and the surgeons have 18 eyelid papers in PubMed between them.

SpecialtySurgeons
Oculofacial plastic surgeon5
Plastic surgeon5
Ophthalmologist2

Medicare claims from Denver go to Novitas Solutions, Inc.; its coverage rule is L35004. Upper eyelid surgery and ptosis repair are covered when a visual field test and photographs show the lid blocks vision; see insurance.

A city page lists surgeons whose Medicare or NPI address is in Denver; a city has a page at 10 or more listed surgeons. The methodology explains the score.