CosMedica - The Plastic Surgery Center of New York Dr. Howard T. Bellin is the founder of CosMedica and is the Plastic Surgeon who performs all of the surgery. He is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and has been in the private practice of plastic surgery for more than 25 years. He has taught plastic surgery at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and at New York Medical College and has been Chief of Plastic Surgery at Cabrini Medical Center; however, he now devotes himself full time to CosMedica. Dr. Bellin has been featured on many national television programs including Oprah, Geraldo, Extra, MTV and 20/20, and has been written about extensively in the press including The New York Times, People, Time and Cosmopolitan. Eighteen years ago he wrote \"Dr. Bellin\'s Beautiful You Book,\" which described every known plastic surgery operation and is found in many libraries across America. His latest book, called \"BeautyScience - Advice from one of the World\'s Leading Plastic Surgeons\" has recently been published in England and is soon to be published in the United States. His expertise extends beyond plastic surgery, as Dr. Bellin is also a sculptor and an inventor, having 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.\" All surgery is performed at a new state-of-the-art, fully accredited operating room facility in a beautiful private townhouse located just off Park Avenue in New York City. The operating room is fully accredited by the Joint Commission. To assist him, Dr. Bellin has assembled a staff of highly experienced nurses, consultants and office personnel who are very knowledgeable and caring individuals and who place the concerns of the patient above all else. Dr. Bellin has had extensive surgical experience, having performed more than 5000 rhinoplasties (nose surgeries), 2000 breast enlargements, 1500 eyelid rejuvenations, 1500 liposuctions and similarly large numbers of other common procedures. In all, he has performed more than 12,000 operations in his lifetime. 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. Dr. Bellin achieves a very high degree of patient satisfaction. This is because he strives for excellence in an effort to meet the patient\'s desires and expectations, while providing them with a totally natural looking appearance.