Dr. Kevin Small, a board-certified plastic surgeon, is a well-known innovator and an educator in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery. He has received many honors and awards citing his excellence in academics, teaching, and research from prestigious organizations such as the American Society of Plastic Surgery, the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation.
Dr. Small was the former assistant professor at Weill...Read More
Dr. Kevin Small, a board-certified plastic surgeon, is a well-known innovator and an educator in the field of plastic and reconstructive surgery. He has received many honors and awards citing his excellence in academics, teaching, and research from prestigious organizations such as the American Society of Plastic Surgery, the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation.
Dr. Small was the former assistant professor at Weill Cornell Medical College and attending plastic surgeon at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He was recently appointed as the Director of Plastic Surgery for New York Bariatric Group. Dr. Small has presented his innovative research at local, national, and international meetings; he has innumerable original manuscripts and book chapters in multiple peer-reviewed collections including Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Aesthetic Surgery Journal.
Dr. Small is from Nashville, Tennessee, and received his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in New York City. He completed his plastic surgery residency at New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center and also an aesthetic surgery fellowship at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Small is married to Stephanie Kalikow Small with two small children - Lucas Ryan Small & Remy Paige Small.
Every year, The American Registry catalogs the accolades of physicians across the United States and reviews the ratings and awards given to them by their peers, professional organizations, the media, and their own patients. Among the top physicians are those relative few who are recognized more widely than all others and who are thus officially titled America’s Most Honored Doctors, a distinguished selection that places these doctors among the best of the best. Dr. Kevin Small is proud to have been recognized as one of America’s Most Honored Doctors for 2021.
Tepper OM, Small KH, Rudolph L, Choi M, Karp N. Virtual 3D-Modeling as a Valuable Adjunct to Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery. American Journal of Surgery. 2006 Oct;192(4):548-51.
Rudolph L, Tepper OM, Small KH, Choi M, Karp...Read More
Tepper OM, Small KH, Rudolph L, Choi M, Karp N. Virtual 3D-Modeling as a Valuable Adjunct to Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery. American Journal of Surgery. 2006 Oct;192(4):548-51.
Rudolph L, Tepper OM, Small KH, Choi M, Karp N. Three-Dimensional Imaging as a Novel Approach to Breast Cancer Reconstruction. Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal. 2007, Apr; 2(1):44-48.
Tepper OM, Choi M, Small K, Unger J, Davidson E, Rudolph L, Pritchard A, Karp NS. An innovative three-dimensional approach to defining the anatomical changes occurring after short scar-medial pedicle reduction mammaplasty. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 Jun;121(6):1875-85.
Small KH, Tepper OM, Unger JG, Kumar N, Feldman DL, Choi M, Karp NS. Re-defining pseudoptosis from a 3D perspective after short scar-medial pedicle reduction mammaplasty. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2008 Dec 15.
Tepper OM, Karp NS, Small K, Unger J, Rudolph L, Pritchard A, Choi M. Three-dimensional imaging provides valuable clinical data to aid in unilateral tissue expander-implant breast reconstruction. Breast J. 2008 Nov-Dec;14(6):543-50.
Choi M, Unger J, Small K, Tepper O, Kumar N, Feldman D, Karp N. Defining the kinetics of breast pseudoptosis after reduction mammaplasty. Ann Plast Surg. 2009 May;62(5):518-22.
Tepper OM, Small KH, Unger JG, Feldman DL, Kumar N, Choi M, Karp NS. 3D analysis of breast augmentation defines operative changes and their relationship to implant dimensions. Ann Plast Surg. 2009 May;62(5):570-5.
Tepper OM, Unger JG, Small KH, Feldman D, Kumar N, Choi M, Karp NS. Mammometrics: the standardization of aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Jan;125(1):393-400.
Quan M, Fadl A, Small K, Tepper O, Kumar N, Choi M, Karp N. Defining pseudoptosis (bottoming out) 3 years after short-scar medial pedicle breast reduction. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2011 Jun;35(3):357-64. Epub 2010 Nov 17.
Mihye Choi, MD. , Kevin H. Small, MD, Chaya Levovitz, BS, Christina Lee, BA, Ahmed Fadl MD, Nolan Karp, MD,.The Volumetric Analysis of Fat Graft Survival in Breast Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2013 Feb: 131(2): 185-191.
Kevin H. Small MD, Nolan Karp, MD, Oriana Petruolo MD, Mihye Choi, MD. Is There an Ideal Donor Site of Fat for Secondary Breast Reconstruction? ASJ. 2014 Mar 6.
Briar Dent M.D., Kevin H. Small, MD, Alexander Swistel, M.D., MD, Mia Talmor, MD. Nipple-Areolar Complex Necrosis After Nipple Sparing Mastectomy with Immediate Implant-Based Reconstruction: Risk Factors and the Success of Conservative Treatment. ASJ. 2014 Mar 28.
Kevin H. Small, MD, Kathleen Kelly, B.A., Alexander Swistel, M.D., MD, Briar Dent M.D., Mia Talmor, MD. Surgical Treatment of Nipple Malposition in Nipple Sparing Mastectomy Implant Reconstruction. PRS. 2014 Jan 17.
Gina Farias B.A., Kevin H. Small, MD, Alexander Swistel, M.D., Mia Talmor, MD. "A case report: Nipple-sparing mastectomy followed by immediate breast reconstruction for treatment of a large recurrent malignant phyllodes tumor" Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Journal. 2014 Jan 17.
Kevin Small, M.D., Kathleen M. Kelly, B.A., Henry M. Spinelli, M.D. Are Nurse Injectors the New Norm? Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 2014 June 20
Tara Huston, M.D., Kevin H. Small, MD, Alexander Swistel, M.D., Briar Dent M.D., Mia Talmor, MD. Nipple Sparing Mastectomy via an Inframammary Fold Incision for Patients with Scarring from Prior Lumpectomy. Ann Plast Surg. 2014 July 4.
Kevin Small, M.D., Ellie Brandon, Henry M. Spinelli, M.D. Evidence-Based Medicine in Aesthetic Medicine and Surgery? Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 2014 July 16.
Alexander Swistel, M.D., Kevin H. Small, MD, MD, Briar Dent M.D., Oriana Cohen, M.D., Lara Devgan, M.D., Mia Talmor, MD. A Novel Technique of Preserving Internal Mammary Artery Perforators in Nipple Sparing Breast Reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2014 Sep 8;2(8):e198.
Chang J, Small K, Choi M, Karp N. 3D Surface Imaging in Plastic Surgery: Foundation, Practical Applications, and Beyond. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Jan 21.
Austin Pitcher, B.A., Kevin Small, M.D., David Otterburn, M.D. Excision of Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa Lesions in a Patient with Hereditary Lymphedema—Case Report and Review of the Literature. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2014 Oct 16. pii: S1067-2516(14)00416-5.
Briar L. Dent, MD, Christina Cordeiro, M.D., Kevin Small, MD, Jessica A. Clemons, BS Alexander Swistel, MD, Mia Talmor, MD. Nipple-sparing mastectomy with implant-based reconstruction in patients with prior cosmetic breast surgery. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 2015 Apr 24. Pii: sju158.
Austin Pitcher, PhD, John Bast MD, Kevin H Small MD, David Otterburn MD, Suprascarpal Fat Pad Thickness May Predict Venous Drainage Patterns In Abdominal Wall Flaps. Microsurgery. June 2. doi: 10. 1002/micr. 22417.
Ronnie A. Pezeshk MD, Kevin Small MD, Ran Y. Stark MD, Jacob Unger MD, Rod J. Rohrich MD. Role of Autologous Fat Transfer to the Superficial Fat Compartments for Perioral Rejuvenation. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Sep;136(3):301e-9e.
Carey F. Campbell M.D., Kevin H. Small M.D., William P. Adams, Jr., MD, PA. Proactive Control of the Inframammary Fold in Primary Breast Augmentation. Aesthet Surg J. 2015 Sep 22.
Ronnie A. Pezeshk MD, Kevin Small M.D. , Rod J. Rohrich, M.D Filling the Facial Compartments during a Face lift. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Oct;136(4):704-5.
Oriana Cohen MD, Kevin Small MD, Christina Lee BA, Oriana Petruolo MD, Nolan Karp MD, Mihye Choi MD. Is Unilateral Implant or Autologous Breast Reconstruction Better in Obtaining Breast Symmetry? Breast J. 2015 Nov 3.
Dinah Wan, M.D., Kevin H. Small, M.D., Fritz E. Barton, M.D. CME: Face Lift. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Nov;136(5):676e-89e.
Nathaniel L. Villanueva, M.D., Kevin Small M.D., Rod J. Rohrich, M.D. Technical Refinements in Autologous Hand Rejuvenation. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Dec;136(6):1175-9.
Jacob Unger M.D., Jason Roostaeian, Kevin Small M.D, and Rod J. Rohrich, M.D. Alar Contour Grafts in Rhinoplasty: A Safe and Reproducible Way to Refine Alar Contour Aesthetics. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Jan;137(1):52-61.
Ziyad S. Hammoudeh, M.D., Kevin Small, M.D., Jacob G. Unger, M.D., Ran Stark, M.D., Rod J. Rohrich, M.D. Ear Lobule Rejuvenation in Face-Lifting: The Role of Fat Augmentation. PRSGo. 2016 Jan. 4(1): e597.
Kevin Small M.D. and Sam T. Hamra, M.D. Cosmetic Body Lift. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Feb;137(2):453-61.
Kevin Small, MD; Ryan S. Constantine, BA; Monte Eaves, MD; Jeffrey M. Kenkel, MD. Lessons Learned after 15 years of Circumferential Body Lift Surgery. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 2016 Jan 28.
Sean Hill, M.D., Kevin Small M.D., Rod J. Rohrich, M.D. Short Scar Brachioplasty. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Sep;138(3):447e-50e.
Christopher Costa, M.D., Reza Kordestani, M.D., Kevin Small M.D., Rod J. Rohrich, M.D. Advances and Refinement in Hyaluronic Acid Facial Fillers. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Aug;138(2):233e-6e.
Lloyd Hoffman, M.D., Kevin H. Small, M.D., Mia Talmor, M.D. Reply: Use of Acellular Dermal Matrix in Postmastectomy Reconstruction: Are all Acellular Dermal matrices Created Equal. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, July 2016,138(1):148e-149e.
Reza Kordestani, M.D., Kevin Small M.D., Rod J. Rohrich, M.D. Advancements and Refinements in Facial Neuromodulators. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2016 Oct;138(4):803-6.
Carey F. Campbell M.D., Kevin H. Small M.D., William P. Adams, Jr., MD, PA. Response: Can We Really Control the Inframammary Fold (IMF) in Breast Augmentation?. Aesthet Surg J. 2016 Nov;36(10):NP317-NP320.
Thomas A. Imahiyerobo, Jr., M.D., Kevin H. Small, M.D., Robyn Sackeyfio, M.D., Alexander J. Swistel, M.D., Mia Talmor, M.D. Lessons learned in transition from round to shaped implants in immediate breast reconstruction surgery. Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2016 Dec 28.
Christopher Costa, M.D., Kevin H. Small M.D., William P. Adams, Jr., M.D. Bra Sizing and the Plastic Surgery Herd Effect: Are Breast Augmentation Patients Getting Accurate Information? Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 2017 Jan 17. pii: sjw221. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjw221
Shelly M. Xie, BS; Kevin Small, MD; Ran Stark MD; Ryan S. Constantine, BA; Jordan P. Farkas, MD; Jeffrey M. Kenkel, MD. A Novel Thighplasty Technique for Patients after Massive Weight Loss. Aesthet Surg J. 2017 Oct 16;37(10):1124-1135. doi: 10.1093/asj/sjx060.
Nathaniel L. Villanueva, M.D., Ronnie A. Pezeshk MD, Kevin Small MD, Rod J. Rohrich MD. The Implications of Facial Asymmetry in Rhinoplasty. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Sep;140(3):510-516. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000003606.
Krista Hardy, M.D.; Ran Stark MD; Kevin Small, MD; Jeffrey M. Kenkel, MD. An Alternative Treatment of Pseudogynecomastia in Male Patients After Massive Weight Loss. Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum. 19 April 2020. https://doi.org/10.1093/asjof/ojaa013
David Sieber, M.D., Kevin Small, M.D., John Hoopman, CLMSO, Fritz E. Barton, M.D.; Jeffrey M. Kenkel, MD. A Clinical Assessment of the Performance of a Fractional CO2 Laser System for treatment of perioral rhytides. In preparation.
Kevin Small, MD, Briar L. Dent, MD, Alexander Swistel, MD, Mia Talmor, MD. Nipple-sparing mastectomy with implant-based reconstruction in elderly patients: Is it safe? In preparation.
Sean Hill, M.D., Kevin H. Small, M.D., Fritz E. Barton, M.D. Technical Refinements in Lip Shortening. In preparation.
William J. Adams, M.D. and Kevin Small M.D. “The Process of Breast Augmentation with Special Focus on Patient Education, Patient Selection and Implant Selection.” Clinics in Plastic Surgery: Breast Augmentation. Edited by Bradley Bengston MD. Clin Plast Surg. 2015 Oct; 42(4):413-26.
Kevin Small M.D, Rod J. Rohrich, M.D., F.A.C.S., and Jamil Ahmad, M.D., F.R.C.S.C. The External and Internal Valve.” Secondary Rhinoplasty by the Global Master. Edited by Rod J. Rohrich, M.D., F.A.C.S., and Jamil Ahmad, M.D., F.R.C.S.C. November 2016.
Kevin Small, M.D. and Henry M. Spinelli, M.D. “Blepharoplasty” The Unfavorable Result in Plastic Surgery. Edited by Mimis Cohen, M.D. and Seth Thaller, M.D. 4th Edition. March 2018.
Kevin Small, M.D. and Jason Roostaeian, M.D. “Three Dimensional Imaging.” Breast Augmentation: Video Atlas. Edited by William J. Adams, M.D. 2nd Edition. January 2019.
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