Practice Information

Darren M. Smith, MD, FACS is a plastic surgeon in New York City.

• Board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
• Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
• Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and The Aesthetic Society.
• Areas of practice: mommy makeover, breast augmentation including the Preservé technique, breast lift, tummy tuck, Lipo 360, and body contouring after weight loss.

Solo private practice. The building is the Ritz Tower.

• 111 East 57th Street, Ground Floor, New York, NY 10022
• (212) 633-0627
• dmsmith@darrensmithmd.com

Surgery is performed in the practice's own QUAD A accredited operating room inside the office. Anesthesia for cases that require it is administered by a board-certified anesthesiologist.

• Brown University. BA, Human Biology with Honors, 2001, Program in Liberal Medical Education.
• The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. MD, 2005.
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Plastic surgery residency, 2007 to 2014, including a dedicated research year. Administrative Chief Resident.
• The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. Craniofacial surgery fellowship, 2014 to 2015.
• Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. Aesthetic surgery fellowship, 2015 to 2016.

President of the New York Regional Society of Plastic Surgeons for the 2025 to 2026 term. Previous roles in the same society:

• Secretary, 2021 to 2022
• Treasurer, 2022 to 2023
• Vice President, 2023 to 2024
• President-Elect, 2024 to 2025

Over 200 peer-reviewed publications, lectures and book chapters.

United States Patent 7,953,260 B2, Predicting Movement of Soft Tissue of the Face in Response to Movement of Underlying Bone, granted 31 May 2011.

Publication record and citation counts: Google Scholar profile.

Research & Publications: the September 2026 CV’s academic bibliography, organized for patients with source links.

• Newsweek, America's Best Plastic Surgeons, 2026
• The Hollywood Reporter, The 49 Best Cosmetic Doctors and Aesthetic Gurus in America, 2026
• New York Post, NYC's Best New Plastic Surgeons, 2025

• About Dr. Smith, including training, credentials and selected publications.
• Press and media record.
• Mommy makeover
• Breast augmentation
• Body contouring after GLP-1 weight loss
• Facelift
• Lipo 360
• Research and publications, including the categorized academic bibliography, patent and forthcoming work.

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