Rod Rohrich
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|8|5}}
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|occupation = Plastic surgeon
|employer = Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute
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|known_for = Dallas Rhinoplasty and Navigate Your Beauty
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Rod J. Rohrich ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|r|ɔː|r|ɪ|k}} {{Respell|RAW|rik}}{{cite web|url=https://www.plasticsurgery.org/md/drrohrich.html|title=Meet Dr. Rod Rohrich|accessdate=27 June 2020}}), F.A.C.S. is a Dallas-based plastic surgeon, author and educator.{{cite web|url=https://www.newbeauty.com/blog/dailybeauty/12647-facelifts-in-your-40s/|author=Edgar, Jolene|title=Why More 40-Somethings Than Ever Want Facelifts|website=Newbeauty.com|date=February 14, 2019|accessdate=October 29, 2019}} He is former the editor-in-chief of the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, a founding member of the Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute, a founder of the Alliance in Reconstructive Surgery, Chair of the Dallas Rhinoplasty and Cosmetic Meeting, and has served as President of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons among other honors.{{cite web|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/health-fitness/a23726346/breast-cancer-reconstruction-cost-affordability/|title=What Happens When You Can't Afford Breast Cancer Reconstruction?|author=Gaynes Levy, Sara|date=October 16, 2018|accessdate=October 29, 2019}}
Dr. Rohrich is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.{{cite web|title=Rodney Rohrich|url=https://health.usnews.com/doctors/rodney-rohrich-10154|publisher=U.S. News & World Report: Healthcare: Doctors|accessdate=October 29, 2019}} A June 2014 journal article in Annals of Plastic Surgery recognized Rohrich as one of the "10 most influential surgeons of the current era" after surveying the American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons (ACAPS) and the Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (SESPRS).{{cite journal |last1=Hultman |first1=Charles Scott |last2=Friedstat |first2=Jonathan S |date=June 2014 |title=The ACAPS and SESPRS Surveys to Identify the Most Influential Innovators and Innovations in Plastic Surgery: No Line on the Horizon|url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1097%2FSAP.0000000000000089 |journal=Annals of Plastic Surgery |volume=72 |issue=6 |pages=S202–S207 |doi=10.1097/SAP.0000000000000089 |pmid=24835875 |s2cid=28465845 |access-date=18 January 2020|url-access=subscription }} From 2021 to 2024, Newsweek recognized Dr. Rohrich as the top ranked plastic surgeon in the United States for both rhinoplasty surgery and facelift surgery.{{Cite web|last=Newsweek|date=2021-06-15|title=America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2021 - Rhinoplasty|url=https://www.newsweek.com/americas-best-plastic-surgeons-2021/rhinoplasty|access-date=2021-07-21|website=Newsweek|language=en}}
Early life and education
Rohrich grew up in rural North Dakota.{{cite journal|author=Rohrich, RJ|title=Mentors in medicine |journal=Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery|date=15 September 2003|volume=112|issue=4|pages=1087–8 |doi=10.1097/01.PRS.0000080319.87331.9F|pmid=12973228|doi-access=free}} He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate education at North Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota, then earned his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine.{{cite news|author=Shermak, Michelle|title=The Leading Edge|newspaper=Plastic Surgery News|date=August 2010}} After general surgery and plastic surgery residencies at the University of Michigan Medical Center, he did further training in pediatric plastic surgery at Oxford University in England, and a hand and microvascular fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School.{{cite web|url=https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/medical-school/departments/plastic-surgery/history.html|title=History of the UT Southwestern Plastic Surgery Department|date=January 1, 2012|website=Utsouthwestern.edu|accessdate=October 29, 2019}}
Career
Rohrich joined the Division of Plastic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 1986 and succeeded Fritz E. Barton as department chair in 1991. In 2003 he was elected president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons for the year 2004.{{cite web|title=Current and Past Presidents|url=https://www.plasticsurgery.org/about-asps/leadership/current-and-past-presidents?sub=2000s|publisher=American Society of Plastic Surgeons|accessdate=October 29, 2019}} In 2005, Rohrich was appointed editor-in-chief of the journal, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/plastic-surgeons-often-miss-patients-mental-disorders/|title=Plastic surgeons often miss patients' mental disorders|publisher=CBS News|date=January 18, 2017|accessdate=October 29, 2019}}
Rohrich was chairman of the UT-Southwestern plastic surgery department when it became the largest plastic surgery department in the country, and helped to open an outpatient plastic surgery clinic.{{cite news|author=Schnurman, Mitchell|title=A Dallas hospital has reasons for offering plastic surgery|url=https://www.star-telegram.com/living/family/moms/article3826328.html|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|date=October 22, 2010|archivedate=May 30, 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530190008/http://www.star-telegram.com/living/family/moms/article3826328.html|url-status=dead}} Until 2014, Rohrich was one of highest paid state employees in Texas as a University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center faculty member. He stepped down as chairman of the Department of Plastic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center after "an allegation of unprofessional conduct."{{cite news|author=Gordon, Scott|title=Plastic Surgeon Steps Aside From Leadership Post|url=https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Plastic-Surgeon-Steps-Aside-From-Leadership-Post-264052541.html|work=NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth|date=June 20, 2014|accessdate=October 29, 2019}} In 2016, he resigned from UT Southwestern Medical Center,{{cite web|url=https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/medical-school/departments/plastic-surgery/history.html|title=History of the Department|website=Utsouthwestern.edu|accessdate=October 29, 2019}} and was later a founding partner at the Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute.{{cite web|url=https://www.allure.com/story/non-surgical-nose-job|author=Edgar, Jolene|date=August 29, 2018|title=Nonsurgical Rhinoplasty Is Everywhere These Days — But Are "Liquid Nose Jobs" Safe|magazine=Allure|accessdate=October 29, 2019}}
He is a clinical professor of plastic surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine and has been the president of the Association of Academic Chairs of Plastic Surgery, The Rhinoplasty Society, the Dallas Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons, as well as a chair on the Residency Review Committee for Plastic Surgery and American Board of Plastic Surgery.{{cite news|title=Maintaining a high bar of leadership for future generations|work=PSN|author=Loria, Keith|date=March 2020}}
Dr. Rohrich has been ranked as the top plastic surgeon in the United states by Newsweek in various surgical specialties. He was ranked number 1 in rhinoplasty from 2021 to 2024,{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/americas-best-plastic-surgeons-2021/rhinoplasty|title=America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2021|website=newsweek.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/americas-best-plastic-surgeons-2022/rhinoplasty|title=America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2022|website=newsweek.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/americas-best-plastic-surgeons-2023/rhinoplasty|title=America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2023|website=newsweek.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/americas-best-plastic-surgeons-2024-rhinoplasty|title=America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2024|website=newsweek.com}} and also ranked number 1 in facelift surgery from 2021 to 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/americas-best-plastic-surgeons-2021/facelift|title=America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2021|website=newsweek.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/americas-best-plastic-surgeons-2022/facelift|title=America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2022|website=newsweek.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/americas-best-plastic-surgeons-2023/facelift|title=America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2023|website=newsweek.com}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/americas-best-plastic-surgeons-2024-facelift|title=America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2024|website=newsweek.com}} Rohrich has been recognized as one of the top plastic surgeons in the United States by Castle Connolly's Top Doctor Program for over two decades.{{cite web|url=https://www.castleconnolly.com/top-doctors/rod-j-rohrich-plastic-surgery-80cc003268|title=Castle Connolly's Top Doctors|website=castleconnolly.com}}
He is author or coauthor of 900 scientific articles, 50 textbook chapters in plastic surgery, and editor of 5 plastic surgery textbooks or monographs.
Selected bibliography
- {{cite book|title=Facial Danger Zones: Staying safe with surgery, fillers, and non-invasive devices|author1=Rohrich, Rod J|author2=Stuzin, James|author3=Dayan, Erez|author4=Ross, Edward|year=2019|isbn=9781684200030|oclc=1684200032}}
- {{cite book|title=The Dallas rhinoplasty and Dallas cosmetic surgery dissection guide|author=Rohrich, Rod J|year=2018|isbn=9781626239920|oclc=1019834107}}
- {{cite book|title=Secondary rhinoplasty by the global masters|volume=1|author=Rohrich, Rod J|author2=Ahmad, Jamil|year=2017|isbn=9781482255782|oclc=1028712157}}
- Rohrich, Rod J; Adams Jr, William P; Ahmad, Jamil (2014). Rhinoplasty: Nasal Surgery by the Masters. pp. 1706.
- {{cite book|title=Facial topography: clinical anatomy of the face|author=Pessa, Joel E|author2=Rohrich, Rod J|year=2014|isbn=9781498716796|oclc=896909610}}
- {{cite book|title=Navigate your beauty: smart and safe surgical solutions|author=Rohrich, Rod J|author2=Crosland, Mary|year=2014|isbn=9781939758422|oclc=1011806748}}
- {{cite book|title=Ultrasound assisted liposuction Video|author=Rohrich, Rod J|author2=Beran, Samuel J|author3=Kenkel, Jeffrey M|year=1998|isbn=1576261107|oclc=1068744552}}
- {{cite book|title=Secondary rhinoplasty and nasal reconstruction|author=Rohrich, Rod J|author2=Sheen, Jack H|author3=Burget, Gary|year=1996|isbn=9780942219807|oclc=38312551}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://drrohrich.com}}
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Category:North Dakota State University alumni
Category:University of Michigan Medical School alumni
Category:Harvard Medical School people
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