Dr. Joseph M. Pober

Joseph M. Pober, MD, FACS, is an established plastic surgeon with his own private practice in New York City, New York. He is a summa cum laude graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Medical School. At Harvard University, he was specially distinguished by being chosen to simultaneously attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Graduate School. He then trained in both general surgery and plastic surgery at The New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia & Cornell Medical Centers. After serving as Chief Resident in Plastic Surgery at The New York Presbyterian Hospital- Columbia & Cornell Medical Center, he completed Double Fellowships: he subspecialized in cosmetic surgery with Dr. Thomas Rees at Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital of The NYU Institute of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; he further subspecialized in facial sculpting or Craniomaxillofacial Surgery with Dr. S. Anthony Wolfe at the University of Miami. Currently, in addition to his private aesthetic practice, Dr. Pober is on the clinical teaching faculty as an Associate Attending in Plastic Surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) and at St Luke's -Roosevelt Hospitals, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is a member of many regional and national medical societies, including the American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS), American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) and he is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Pober is Double Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the National Board of Medical Examiners. Named "New York's Top Park Avenue plastic surgeon", Dr. Pober has been the choice of many celebrities and is frequently asked to discuss his work in professional textbooks and lectures as well as with the media. The Consumers Research Council of America has selected Dr. Pober as America's Top Surgeon (2002-2005) and then as America Top Plastic Surgeon (2006-to date) every year consecutively! His innovative skills and natural looking results have made Dr. Pober world renowned for his cosmetic surgical procedures for enhancement of the face, eyes, nose, chin, neck, lips, and the breast as well as his techniques for body contouring (Liposculpture). Dr. Pober shares many of his techniques with other plastic surgeons by describing them in professional textbooks, such as the Textbook of Plastic, Maxillofacial and Reconstructive Surgery, 2nd Edition, where he discusses the latest cosmetic procedures for the face, neck, and brow. His lipocontouring techniques for the face and body were presented for teaching purposes in other textbooks, including Perspectives in Plastic Surgery. Dr. Pober has been invited to discuss his most advanced techniques of facial and body sculpting in the "Ultimate Plastic Surgery Symposium" in order to help spearhead plastic surgery into the 21st century. In addition to his textbook chapters, Dr. Pober's skills have been recognized in numerous magazines and highlighted on many radio and television shows.