Blepharoplasty in Massachusetts: the top 76 eyelid surgeons
These are the 76 highest-scored eyelid surgeons of the 76 listed in Massachusetts. Each score adds Medicare eyelid operations, eyelid papers in PubMed, specialty training and the eyelid work the practice publishes; the method is public.
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 Massachusetts list
Sorted by score. The name opens the practice's eyelid page; Medicare eyelid operations are 2022 to 2024.
| # | Surgeon | Medicare eyelid ops | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Aaron Fay, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · longwoodeye.com · Top 500 #21 | 47 | 73.5 |
| 2 | Dr. Steven Covici, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · drstevencovici.com · Top 500 #53 | 323 | 67.6 |
| 3 | Dr. Michael Yoon, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · masseyeandear.org · Top 500 #119 | 271 | 58.6 |
| 4 | Dr. Suzanne Freitag, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · eye.hms.harvard.edu | 192 | 58.2 |
| 5 | Dr. Daniel Townsend, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · eyehealthvision.com · Top 500 #136 | 288 | 57.6 |
| 6 | Dr. Victoria North, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · masseyeassociates.com · Top 500 #273 | 175 | 50.2 |
| 7 | Dr. Jeffrey Spiegel, MD Facial plastic surgeon · drspiegel.com · Top 500 #313 | – | 48.5 |
| 8 | Dr. Samuel Lin, MD Plastic surgeon · linplasticsurgery.com · Top 500 #336 | – | 47.5 |
| 9 | Dr. Isaiah Giese, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · dambrosio-eye-care-boston.com · Top 500 #349 | 111 | 46.9 |
| 10 | Dr. Mark Hatton, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · doctoryouneed.org · Top 500 #377 | 102 | 46.2 |
| 11 | Dr. Gary Borodic, MD Ophthalmologist · drborodic.com · Top 500 #378 | 102 | 46.2 |
| 12 | Dr. Scott Corin, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · 2020aec.com · Top 500 #412 | 55 | 44.9 |
| 13 | Dr. Victoria Starks, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · neos-eyes.org · Top 500 #433 | 390 | 44.1 |
| 14 | Dr. Ioannis Glavas, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · revisionandrecovery.com · Top 500 #453 | 342 | 43.3 |
| 15 | Dr. John Lee, MD Ophthalmologist · bostonvision.com · Top 500 #455 | 184 | 43.3 |
| 16 | Dr. Michael Yaremchuk, MD Plastic surgeon · dryaremchuk.com | – | 39.2 |
| 17 | Dr. Ramsey Alsarraf, MD Facial plastic surgeon · thenewburycenter.com | – | 38.8 |
| 18 | Dr. Gregory Hofeldt, MD Ophthalmologist · center-for-sight.com | 56 | 38 |
| 19 | Dr. Nancy Kim, MD Ophthalmologist · shieldsmedford.com | 436 | 37.8 |
| 20 | Dr. Lois Townshend, MD Ophthalmologist · pinehillseyecenter.com | 51 | 37.5 |
| 21 | Dr. Akshay Sanan, MD Facial plastic surgeon · drsanan.com | – | 37 |
| 22 | Dr. Ashley Lonergan, MD Plastic surgeon · bostoncenterforplasticsurgery.com | – | 37 |
| 23 | Dr. Christopher Lee, MD Plastic surgeon · clareoplasticsurgery.com | – | 37 |
| 24 | Dr. Cynthia Poulos, MD Plastic surgeon · drpoulos.com | – | 37 |
| 25 | Dr. Erwin Bulan, MD Plastic surgeon · drerwinbulan.com | – | 37 |
| 26 | Dr. Fouad Samaha, MD Plastic surgeon · bostonplastic.com | – | 37 |
| 27 | Dr. Frank Fechner, MD Facial plastic surgeon · drfechner.com | – | 37 |
| 28 | Dr. George Chatson, MD Plastic surgeon · drchatson.com | – | 37 |
| 29 | Dr. Jacob Tower, MD Facial plastic surgeon · drspiegel.com | – | 37 |
| 30 | Dr. Jeffrey Lee, MD Plastic surgeon · jlplasticsurgery.com | – | 37 |
| 31 | Dr. Jonathan Hall, MD Plastic surgeon · drjhall.com | – | 37 |
| 32 | Dr. Marc Fater, MD Plastic surgeon · ccplasticsurgery.com | – | 37 |
| 33 | Dr. Michael Tantillo, MD Plastic surgeon · clareoplasticsurgery.com | – | 37 |
| 34 | Dr. Richard Bartlett, MD Plastic surgeon · richardabartlettmd.com | – | 37 |
| 35 | Dr. Roger Salisbury, MD Plastic surgeon · penplasticsurgery.com | – | 37 |
| 36 | Dr. Russell Babbitt, MD Plastic surgeon · plasticsurgerysne.com | – | 37 |
| 37 | Dr. Stephen Delia, MD Plastic surgeon · stephendelia.com | – | 37 |
| 38 | Dr. Vickram Tandon, MD Plastic surgeon · doctortandon.com | – | 37 |
| 39 | Dr. Waleed Ezzat, MD Facial plastic surgeon · drezzatmd.com | – | 37 |
| 40 | Dr. William Numa, MD Facial plastic surgeon · drwilliamnuma.com | – | 37 |
| 41 | Dr. Helen Moreira, MD Ophthalmologist · golasik.net | 36 | 35.8 |
| 42 | Dr. Li-Wei Lin, MD Ophthalmologist · findadoc.bidmc.org | 48 | 27.2 |
| 43 | Dr. Ashley Boustany, MD Plastic surgeon · drboustany.com | – | 27 |
| 44 | Dr. Christine Diedwardo, MD Plastic surgeon · christinehamori.com | – | 27 |
| 45 | Dr. Christine Hamori, MD Plastic surgeon · christinehamori.com | – | 27 |
| 46 | Dr. Daniel Delvecchio, MD Plastic surgeon · plasticsurgeryinflorida.com | – | 27 |
| 47 | Dr. Dax Guenther, MD Plastic surgeon · bostoncoastalplasticsurgery.com | – | 27 |
| 48 | Dr. Donald Morris, MD Plastic surgeon · lpsmd.com | – | 27 |
| 49 | Dr. Douglas Rothkopf, MD Plastic surgeon · cosmeticsurgicenter.com | – | 27 |
| 50 | Dr. Jaimie Derosa, MD Facial plastic surgeon · derosaclinic.com | – | 27 |
| 51 | Dr. Jeffrey Darrow, MD Plastic surgeon · darrowplasticsurgery.com | – | 27 |
| 52 | Dr. John Lazor, MD Facial plastic surgeon · drlazor.com | – | 27 |
| 53 | Dr. Katherine Hein, MD Plastic surgeon · accurateaesthetics.com | – | 27 |
| 54 | Dr. Mark Markarian, MD Plastic surgeon · plasticsurgeryofboston.com | – | 27 |
| 55 | Dr. Melissa Johnson, MD Plastic surgeon · pioneervalleyplasticsurgery.com | – | 27 |
| 56 | Dr. Michael Loffredo, MD Plastic surgeon · capeplasticsurgery.com | – | 27 |
| 57 | Dr. Richard Montilla, MD Plastic surgeon · montillaplasticsurgery.com | – | 27 |
| 58 | Dr. Richard Silverman, MD Plastic surgeon · ricksilverman.com | – | 27 |
| 59 | Dr. Seth Jones, MD Plastic surgeon · capeplasticsurgery.com | – | 27 |
| 60 | Dr. Swapnil Kachare, MD Plastic surgeon · kachareplasticsurgery.com | – | 27 |
| 61 | Dr. Terri Silver, MD Plastic surgeon · drterrisilver.com | – | 27 |
| 62 | Dr. David Moverman, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · buea.net | – | 25 |
| 63 | Dr. Lauren Colwell, MD Oculofacial plastic surgeon · buea.net | – | 25 |
| 64 | Dr. Bernard Lee, MD Plastic surgeon · findadoc.bidmc.org | – | 22.5 |
| 65 | Dr. Frank Lau, MD Plastic surgeon · visionsource-drlau.com | – | 22 |
| 66 | Dr. Helena Taylor, MD Plastic surgeon · massplasticsurgeons.com | – | 22 |
| 67 | Dr. Janice Lalikos, MD Plastic surgeon · cosmeticsurgicenter.com | – | 22 |
| 68 | Dr. John Castle, MD Plastic surgeon · cosmeticsurgicenter.com | – | 22 |
| 69 | Dr. Joyce Mcintyre, MD Plastic surgeon · cosmeticsurgicenter.com | – | 22 |
| 70 | Dr. Mostafa Noury, MD Plastic surgeon · greaterbostonplasticsurgery.com | – | 22 |
| 71 | Dr. Mustafa Akyurek, MD Plastic surgeon · cosmeticsurgicenter.com | – | 22 |
| 72 | Dr. Paul Costas, MD Plastic surgeon · concordplasticsurgery.com | – | 22 |
| 73 | Dr. Ramon Arscott, MD Plastic surgeon · arscottplasticsurgery.com | – | 22 |
| 74 | Dr. Raymond Dunn, MD Plastic surgeon · cosmeticsurgicenter.com | – | 22 |
| 75 | Dr. Roger Allcroft, MD Facial plastic surgeon · allcroftsurgery.com | – | 22 |
| 76 | Dr. Stephen Sullivan, MD Plastic surgeon · massplasticsurgeons.com | – | 22 |
Eyelid surgeons by city in Massachusetts
Cities with a page have 10 or more listed surgeons.
Medicare eyelid surgery in Massachusetts, 2024
Medicare publishes every surgeon's billed operations by procedure code. Massachusetts surgeons billed 1,827 eyelid operations to Medicare in 2024; the listed surgeons billed 3,209 from 2022 to 2024. Medicare covers eyelid surgery only when excess skin or a low lid blocks vision, so these counts are the medical side of the work. Source: CMS, Medicare Physician and Other Practitioners by Provider and Service.
| Operation (CPT) | Surgeons | Operations | Medicare allowed, avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper blepharoplasty, skin weighting down the lid (15823) | 25 | 691 | $822 |
| Lower blepharoplasty with herniated fat (15821) | 1 | 13 | $502 |
| Ptosis repair, levator, external approach (67904) | 12 | 351 | $903 |
| Ptosis repair, Muller muscle resection (67908) | 6 | 137 | $539 |
| Ptosis repair, levator, internal approach (67903) | 3 | 47 | $634 |
| Brow ptosis repair (67900) | 3 | 64 | $652 |
| Canthoplasty (67950) | 1 | 24 | $350 |
Most Medicare eyelid operations in Massachusetts, 2022 to 2024: Dr. Nancy Kim, Medford (436); Dr. Victoria Starks, Boston (390); Dr. Ioannis Glavas, Boston (342); Dr. Steven Covici, Springfield (323); Dr. Daniel Townsend, Boston (288).
Who operates in Massachusetts
| Specialty | Listed |
|---|---|
| Plastic surgeon | 46 |
| Oculofacial plastic surgeon | 13 |
| Facial plastic surgeon | 10 |
| Ophthalmologist | 7 |
67 of the 76 practices publish an eyelid surgery page and 25 publish an eyelid before-and-after gallery. Most eyelid papers in PubMed: Dr. Suzanne Freitag (24); Dr. Michael Yoon (19); Dr. Aaron Fay (13); Dr. Michael Yaremchuk (9); Dr. Ramsey Alsarraf (8). Oculofacial plastic surgeons train in ophthalmology and then two years in eyelid, orbit and tear duct surgery; the specialty page compares the training paths.
Published eyelid surgery prices in Massachusetts
- Boston Eyelid Surgery, Wellesley: Upper blepharoplasty, "Upper eyelid surgery starts at $6,500 when done in an office setting using local anesthesia, or $8,500 in an operating room with IV sedation" source
- Boston Eyelid Surgery, Wellesley: Lower blepharoplasty, "Lower eyelid surgery starts at $8,500 using the transconjunctival approach, which already includes OR and anesthesia fees" source
- Boston Eyelid Surgery, Wellesley: Upper and lower blepharoplasty, "A combined upper and lower blepharoplasty starts at $12,500" source
- Plastic Surgery of Southern New England, Fall River: Blepharoplasty, "the surgeon's fee typically starting at $3,800" source
Median published starting price in Massachusetts: $5,150 (2 practices). National prices and Medicare amounts are on the cost page.
How the Massachusetts list is built
Every surgeon in Massachusetts who billed Medicare for eyelid operations from 2022 to 2024, or whose NPI record lists plastic, facial plastic or oculofacial plastic surgery and whose practice site has an eyelid page, is a candidate. A candidate is listed when a web search finds their own practice site or a hospital profile that names them. The score adds Medicare eyelid volume (35 points), eyelid papers (20), specialty training (15), the eyelid page and gallery on the practice site (25) and teaching at eyelid meetings (5). Map markers sit at the centre of the practice's ZIP code. Records can be corrected through the contact page.
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