Dr. Nassif’s distinguished background allows him to treat patients with even the most critical, complex cases, leading to him being known as the plastic surgeon who is “Trusted with Faces Worldwide®.” Specializing in revision rhinoplasty and ethnic rhinoplasty, Dr. Nassif assists patients in Beverly Hills, California.

Newsweek Names Dr. Nassif as One of America’s Best Plastic Surgeons in 2023

Dr. Nassif was recently honored with a position on this list as one of America's Best Plastic Surgeons for facelift, rhinoplasty, and eyelid surgery. America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2023 ranking, published by Statista and Newsweek, recognizes the top plastic surgeons in the US across five major categories, including breast augmentation, liposuction, facelift, rhinoplasty, and eyelid surgery, with some doctors being recognized for multiple procedures.

Between March and April 2023, an online survey was conducted in collaboration with Newsweek, inviting over 2,000 medical experts with expertise in plastic surgery, including doctors, surgeons, plastic surgery clinic managers, and other medical professionals. The survey received over 8,400 votes for each procedure, which were subsequently collected and analyzed. 

Dr. Paul Nassif with patient

The Skills of an Artist and a Highly-Regarded Plastic Surgeon

Dr. Nassif is also a recognized revision rhinoplasty specialist, helping patients who have had nose surgery once, twice or even five times in the past achieve the cosmetic results they desire with improved function of the nose. Most recently, his work as a revision rhinoplasty surgeon has been featured on Botched!, which follows world-renowned surgeon, Dr. Nassif, as he fixes the results of some of the most difficult-to-repair, poorly done nose surgeries.

Dr. Nassif prides himself on providing patients with the most natural looking rhinoplasty surgical results possible. Combining his skills as both an artist and a surgeon, Dr. Nassif shapes noses so that they will appear fully natural, with balance and harmony. His experience as an ethnic rhinoplasty specialist also allows him to create natural-looking noses for people of all races. The results of his work are invariably aesthetically pleasing and completely functional.

A Leader in the Field of Plastic Surgery

Dr. Paul Nassif is affiliated with top medical schools and hospitals in California, including Los Angeles County, University of Southern California Medical Center, and Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He has authored several peer-reviewed articles on cosmetic surgery and has been called upon to lecture on the latest surgical techniques.

He has also been featured in the media on several occasions to promote a greater understanding of cosmetic surgery. His work, including his revision rhinoplasty procedures and his “Anti-Gravity Facelift” also known as the Beverly Hills Facelift®, have been featured on Entertainment Tonight, Good Morning America, People Magazine, USA Today, The Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, and The Wall Street Journal.

Dr. Nassif may also be recognized for his role on E! Entertainment’s Dr. 90210 and E!’s Botched.

Dr. Nassif remains dedicated to helping others in need of reconstructive and plastic surgery through his charitable work. He participates in Face to Face, an organization that offers plastic surgery to victims of domestic violence, along with the Race to Erase MS, the Lymphoma Research Foundation of America, Portraits of Hope, Coach for Ks, and the Arthritis Foundation.

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Curriculum Vitae

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Education

December 1984 

Undergraduate: 
University of Southern California Los Angeles, California B.S. Business

1988-1989

Medical School: 
University of Health Sciences Chicago Medical School 3333 Green Bay Road
North Chicago, Illinois 60064

1989 – 1992

University of Southern California School of Medicine
2025 Zonal Avenue, KAM-100B Los Angeles, California 90033 M.D.

Post Graduate Training

1992 - 1993

General Surgery 
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

1993 - 1996

Resident 
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

1996 – 1997

Chief Resident
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

1997 – 1998

Fellowship
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery J. Regan Thomas, M.D., Preceptor St. Louis University School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery St. Louis, Missouri

May, 1998

Board Certification
American Board of Otolaryngology

June, 2000 

Board Certification
American Board of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 

1997 – 1998

Instructor 
St. Louis University School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery St. Louis, Missouri

1998

Clinical Assistant Professor 
University of Southern California School of Medicine Division of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Los Angeles, California

1998

Attending 
VA Medical Center Division of Facial Plastic &; Reconstructive Surgery Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery West Los Angeles, California

1998

Clinical Assistant Professor 
University of California-Los Angeles School of Medicine Division of Facial Plastic Reconstructive Surgery Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Los Angeles, California

Hospital Affiliations 

Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Medical Center

Honors and Awards

Undergraduate 
Dean's List for Six Semesters 
Award for Academic and Extracurricular Activities

Medical School 
Dean's Scholar - Years, I-IV 
Alpha Omega Alpha, Elected Year III 
Graduated Summa Cum Laude 

Extracurricular Activities Undergraduate 
Clinical Preceptorship - Years, I-IV 
House Ear Clinic, Los Angeles California

President, USC Ski Club 1980 - 84
USC Ski Club 

Treasurer, 1983 - 84 
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity 

President 1984 - 85
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity 

Medical School: 
Secretary 1991 - 92
Alpha Omega Alpha 

Research/Clinical Preceptorship 1990
House Ear Clinic Los Angeles, California 

Interviewer for USC School of Medicine Admissions Committee 1990 - 91

Vice-President 1988 - 89
Medical School Class

President 1988 - 89
American Medical Student Association

Residency 
Resident Representative
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Private Practice

Membership Chairmen October 1999 - 2004 
California Society of Facial Plastic Surgery

Member
New Technologies and Devices Committee, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Chairmen 2002 - 2005 
Young Physicians Committee, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Member 
Ethics Committee, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Member 2000 to Present
Face to Face (Anti-Domestic Violence) Committee, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Member
Strategic Development Committee, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Editorial Advisory Board 
September 2002 - 2005 
Plastic Surgery Products Magazine

Chairman 2009 - Present 
Public Information Committee, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Memberships and Organizations

Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Society 

American Medical Association 

Salerni Collegium, USC School of Medicine 

Fellow, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Fellow, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Los Angeles Society of Otolaryngologists

California Society of Facial Plastic Surgery

Poster Presentations

"Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emissions in Otology Patients with Tinnitus" 
April 28, 1991
Third Annual Convention, American Academy of Audiology, Denver, Colorado

"Epidermal Growth Factor & Transforming Growth Factor – alpha in Middle Ear Effusion"
September 15, 1997
American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, San Francisco, California

Presentations

"Hearing Preservation: A Realistic Goal in Surgical Removal of Meningiomas Affecting the Temporal Bone"
June 18, 1991
75th Annual Meeting, Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society, Monterey, California

"Interleukin-8 Concentration Predicts the Neutrophil Count in Middle Ear Effusion"
October 25, 1996
International Congress on Immunological Diseases of the Middle Ear, Positano, Italy

"Interleukin-8 Concentration Predicts the Neutrophil Count in Middle Ear Effusion"
January 11, 1997
Western Section of the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc., Tucson, Arizona

"Growth Factors & Cytokines in Human Middle Ear Effusions"
November 1977
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St.Louis, Missouri

"Comparison of Subperiosteal vs Subgaleal Elevation Techniques Used in Forehead Lifts"
September 10, 1998
American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Annual Fall Meeting, San Antonio, Texas

"Nasal Analysis"
October 26, 1999
Department of Otolaryngology-Head  Neck Surgery, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

"Microdermabrasion & Platelet Gel in Facial Plastic Surgery"
May 12, 2000
for New Technologies and Devices Masters Seminar, Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting of the American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Orlando, Florida

"How to Start a Facial Plastic Surgery Practice"
September 22, 2000
Breakfast Symposium, American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Annual Fall Meeting, Washington,DC

"How to Start a Facial Plastic Surgery Practice"
September 23, 2000
Masters Seminar, American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Annual Fall Meeting,Washington, DC

Publications

Nassif PS, Shelton C, Arriaga MA: Hearing Preservation:
A Realistic Goal in Surgical Removal of Meningiomas Affecting the Temporal Bone.
1991
Trans Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmological Society, 72:105-107

Nassif PS, Feldon SE:
Orbital Lymphoma in a Patient with Felty’s Syndrome.
1992
Br J Opthalmol

Nassif PS, Shelton C, Arriaga MA:
Hearing Preservation Following Surgical Removal of Meningiomas Affecting the Temporal Bone.
1992
Laryngoscope, 102(12): 1357-1362

Nassif PS, Shelton C, House HP:
Otosclerosis: Treating Progressive Hearing Loss in Young Adults.
1992
Postgrad Med, 91(8): 279-295

Arriaga MA, Shelton C, Nassif PS, et al.:
Selection of Surgical Approaches for Meningiomas Affecting the Temporal Bone.
1992
Otolaryngology Head Neck Surg, 107(6): 738-744

Nassif PS, Hankinson HL, Horn KL:
The Middle Fossa Transpetrous Approach: Experience with 13 cases.
1997
Skull Base Surg, 7(1): 5-14

Nassif PS, Simpson SQ, Izzo AA, et al.:
Interleukin-8 Concentration Predicts the Neutrophil Count in Middle Ear Effusion.
1997
Laryngoscope, 107:1223-1227

Nassif PS, Simpson SQ, Izzo AA, et al.:
Epidermal Growth Factor & Transforming Growth Factor?
1998
alpha in Middle Ear Effusion. Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery, 119(6):564-568

Chapter, "Nasal Tip: Skin Grafts", Branham GH & Nassif PS (co-authors)
Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Toriumi DT, Sykes JM, Larrabee WF, et al.
1997
(ed.), Lippincott- Raven publ. (projected)

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