Blepharoplasty in Rochester, MN: 16 eyelid surgeons
Every listed eyelid surgeon with a practice in Rochester, in score order. The name opens the practice's eyelid page, where the surgeon shows the work.
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 Rochester list
Sorted by score. The number is the rank among Rochester surgeons; each row carries the office, the Medicare eyelid work and the practice's eyelid pages.
- 1
Dr. Elizabeth Bradley, MD
Office: 200 1st St Sw, Rochester, MN 55905. Billed Medicare for 46 upper blepharoplasties, 65 ptosis repairs, 12 brow ptosis repairs from 2022 to 2024. 18 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest Eyelid and Brow Rejuvenation: Technical Pearls and Outcomes of Upper Blepharoplasty with or without Ptosis Correction and Brow Lift (Plast Reconstr Surg, 2024).
- 2
Dr. Andrea Tooley, MD
Office: 200 1st St Sw, Rochester, MN 55905. Billed Medicare for 53 upper blepharoplasties, 120 ptosis repairs, 11 brow ptosis repairs from 2022 to 2024. 8 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest Prospective study of blepharoptosis after plaque radiotherapy (Can J Ophthalmol, 2026).
- 3
Dr. Caroline Halbach, MD
Office: 200 1st St Sw, Rochester, MN 55905. Billed Medicare for 109 upper blepharoplasties, 57 ptosis repairs, 47 brow ptosis repairs, 51 lid position repairs from 2022 to 2024. 2 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest "Blue Scrub Lid Retraction": Changes in Eyelid Position on the Day of Surgery (Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 2024).
- 4
Dr. Gregory Griepentrog, MD
Office: 200 1st St Sw, Rochester, MN 55905. Billed Medicare for 85 upper blepharoplasties, 54 ptosis repairs, 76 brow ptosis repairs from 2022 to 2024.
- 5
Dr. Matthew Fahrenkopf, MD
Office: 200 1St St Sw, Rochester, MN 55905. 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 page on eliteplasticsurgerygr.com Eyelid before-and-after gallery
- 6
Dr. Minh-Doan Nguyen, MD
Office: 200 1St St Sw, Rochester, MN 55905. 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 page on cosmetic-plasticsurgeons.com Eyelid before-and-after gallery
- 7
Dr. George Bartley, MD
Office: 200 1St St Sw, Rochester, MN 55905. 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. 27 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest Obstructive Sleep Apnea Associated With Increased Failure Rate of Ptosis Repair (Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg, 2024).
- 8
Dr. Ali Charafeddine, MD
Office: 200 1St St Sw, Rochester, MN 55905. 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.
- 9
Dr. David Shafer, MD
Office: 200 1St St Sw, Rochester, MN 55905. 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 before-and-after gallery Practice site shaferplasticsurgery.com
- 10
Dr. James Knoetgen, MD
Office: 200 1St St Sw, Rochester, MN 55905. 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
Dr. Paul Petty, MD
Office: 200 1St St Sw, Rochester, MN 55905. 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
Dr. Steven Jacobson, MD
Office: 2518 Superior Dr Nw Ste 104, Rochester, MN 55901. 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.
- 13
Dr. Samir Mardini, MD
Office: 200 1st St Sw, Rochester, MN 55905. Billed Medicare for 13 upper blepharoplasties from 2022 to 2024.
- 14
Dr. Uldis Bite, MD
Office: 200 1St St Sw, Rochester, MN 55905. 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. 6 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest Effect of Facial Feminization Surgery (FFS) on Eyelid Anatomic Features (Facial Plast Surg, 2025).
- 15
Dr. Basel Sharaf, MD
Office: 200 1St St Sw Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905. 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. 4 eyelid papers in PubMed, the newest Effect of Facial Feminization Surgery (FFS) on Eyelid Anatomic Features (Facial Plast Surg, 2025).
- 16
Dr. Alexis Laungani, MD
Office: 200 1St St Sw, Rochester, MN 55905. 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 Rochester
Rochester surgeons on this page billed 799 eyelid operations to Medicare from 2022 to 2024, 24% of the listed Minnesota total. 8 of the 16 practices publish an eyelid surgery page, 3 an eyelid before-and-after gallery, and the surgeons have 65 eyelid papers in PubMed between them.
| Specialty | Surgeons |
|---|---|
| Plastic surgeon | 11 |
| Oculofacial plastic surgeon | 4 |
| Ophthalmologist | 1 |
Medicare claims from Rochester go to National Government Services, Inc. (NGS); its coverage rule is A52837. 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 Rochester; a city has a page at 10 or more listed surgeons. The methodology explains the score.