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Dr. Christopher Knotts, MD, FACS

Plastic Surgery Institute of New Mexico breast augmentation result — Albuquerque, NM
Plastic Surgery Institute of New MexicoBreast augmentation · Albuquerque, NM
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Plastic Surgery Institute of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

Cosmetic Surgery

  • Three board-certified surgeons
  • Since 1996
  • Certified by AAAASF
  • Financing available
399 results10 procedures
  • No.1IN NEW MEXICOMost breast augmentation results, and 4 moreMore published results on Afters than any other practice in New Mexico for breast augmentation (226), tummy tuck (99), liposuction (20), mommy makeover (12) and body lift (11).

Dr. Christopher Knotts, MD, FACS

Plastic Surgery · 13+ years

Board certified

Dr. Christopher Knotts is a board-certified plastic surgeon and partner at Plastic Surgery Institute of New Mexico who performs cosmetic surgery of the face, breast and body. His most requested operations are liposuction with Brazilian butt lift, mommy makeover procedures, tummy tuck, facelift and neck lift, and body, arm and thigh lifts after weight loss.

A native New Mexican, he earned his medical degree at the University of New Mexico and completed his plastic surgery training at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He then did a fellowship in cosmetic and aesthetic surgery at the Hunstad-Kortesis Center for Cosmetic Surgery in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before joining the practice he spent seven years as a partner at Austin-Weston Center for Cosmetic Surgery in the Washington, DC area.

He has contributed book chapters and peer-reviewed articles on body contouring and is an attending physician in the University of New Mexico Department of Surgery, where he teaches plastic surgery residents. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and a past president of the National Capital Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Credentials & affiliations

  • American Board of Plastic Surgery
  • Fellowship in Cosmetic and Aesthetic Surgery, Hunstad-Kortesis Center for Cosmetic Surgery
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • Member, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Publications & press

Plastic surgeons

  • Dr. Neil Chen

    MD · 30+ years

    Board certified

    Dr. Neil Chen is a board-certified plastic surgeon and the founder and president of Plastic Surgery Institute of New Mexico, which he opened in Albuquerque in 1996. Since 2010 he has practiced cosmetic surgery exclusively. He is also medical director of Sandia Surgery Center.

  • Dr. Jeffrey Wu

    MD

    Board certified

    Dr. Jeffrey Wu is a board-certified plastic surgeon at Plastic Surgery Institute of New Mexico. He joined the practice after nine years at the University of New Mexico, where he focused on breast reconstruction for women with breast cancer and trained future plastic surgeons. He remains an associate professor of surgery there.