Dr. Howard T. Bellin

Manhattan, New York City, New York

Dr. Howard T. Bellin is the founder, director, and sole cosmetic surgeon at CosMedica. He is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and has been practicing cosmetic surgery for more than 30 years. He has taught at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center and at New York Medical College, and has been Chief of Plastic Surgery at Cabrini Medical Center. Presently he devotes himself full time to CosMedica.

You may recognize him from one of the many national television programs that have featured him, including Oprah, Geraldo, Extra, CNN, MTV and 20/20. He has been written about extensively in national newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, The New York Post, The New York Daily News, People, Vogue, Time Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Harpers Bazaar and numerous other national publications.

In addition to his national media recognition, he is the author of the highly-regarded Dr. Bellin’s Beautiful You Book – an in-depth survey of the entire range of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery procedures. His follow-up book, BeautyScience, was published in England and Ireland.

Dr. Bellin has had extensive surgical experience, having performed almost 5000 rhinoplasties (nose surgeries), 2000 breast enlargements, 1500 eyelid rejuvenations, 1500 liposuctions and thousands of other common procedures. In all, he has performed over 12,000 operations in his lifetime. In addition, 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. You will not find a more talented and experienced plastic surgeon.

His expertise extends beyond plastic surgery, as Dr. Bellin is also a sculptor and an inventor. He has 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.”

His education

• College – Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
  BA Degree Class of 1957
• Medical school – New York Medical College, New York, N.Y.
  MD Degree Class of 1962
• Internship – University of California Hospital, San Francisco, California
  July 1962 – June 1963
• General surgery residency – Metropolitan Hospital, New York, N.Y.
  July 1963 – June 1966
• Plastic surgery residency – Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, N.Y. July 1968 – June 1970

Military experience

• Captain – U.S. Air Force Medical Corps, Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.
  July 1966 – June 1968

Academic appointments

• Assistant Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery – New York Medical College
  1975 – 1990
• Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology – New York Medical College
  1978 – 1985
• Clinical Instructor in Plastic Surgery – New York Medical College
  1970 – 1975
• Instructor in Plastic Surgery – Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
  1969 – 1970
• Assistant in Surgery – Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons
  1968 – 1969

His professional affiliations

• American Board of Plastic Surgery (Diplomat)
• National Board of Medical Examiners (Diplomat)
• American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
• International Congress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
• New York Academy of Medicine (Fellow)
• New York County Medical Society
• New York State Medical Society
• American Medical Association
• Pan-American Medical Association
• New York Academy of Science
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Academy of Physician Inventors
• Institute of Ecosystem Studies (Scientific Advisory Committee)

Diplomates

• American Board of Plastic Surgery – 1973 (Board Certification in Plastic Surgery)
• National Board of Medical Examiners – 1963

Licenses

• New York, Florida, California

Publications

• “Dr. Bellin’s Beautiful You Book” Prentice-Hall
• “BeautyScience – Advice From One of the World’s Leading Plastic Surgeons” Metropublish, London

Advisory

• Afghanistan – 1971 (Reconstructive surgery)
• Israel – 1973 (Yom Kippur War – acute casualties)
• Honduras – 1974 (Hurricane Fifi)
• Kenya – 1975 (Reconstructive surgery)
• Guatemala – 1976 (Earthquake)
• Ecuador – 1978, (Reconstructive surgery)
• USSR – 1979 (Reconstructive surgery)
• Ecuador – 1990 (Reconstructive surgery)
• Latvia – 1999 (Reconstructive surgery)
• Kosovo and Albania – 2001 (Reconstructive surgery)
• Tanzania – 2007 (Reconstructive surgery)

Print media

• Featured in:

  • The New York Times
  • The New York Daily News
  • The New York Post
  • People Magazine
  • Time
  • Newsweek
  • Esquire
  • Life
  • New York Magazine
  • Crains
  • Vogue
  • Woman’s Day
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Harpers Bazaar
  • and many other publications.

• Television

  More than 50 feature appearances on shows such as:

  • 20/20
  • Geraldo
  • Oprah
  • The CBS Morning News
  • America Alive (NBC National)
  • CBS Nightwatch (Charlie Rose)
  • CNN, Mid–morning LA
  • AM Chicago
  • Saturday Night Live
  • The Jackie Mason Show
  • Extra
  • MTV
  • Home Page (NBC National)
  • and numerous New York local news and talk show programs (NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox) , Wicker’s World (BBC – England) and the Nicky Campbell Show (BBC – England).

Please contact us to arrange your free cosmetic surgery consultation with Dr. Bellin today.