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Dr. Neil Chen, MD

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. Neil Chen, MD

Plastic Surgery · 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.

He earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School and a bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Haverford College. He completed residencies in general surgery and plastic surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was chief resident in plastic surgery, then a hand and microsurgery fellowship at UCLA Medical Center. He holds an added qualification in surgery of the hand.

As a clinical assistant professor at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine, he has taught medical students in plastic and cosmetic surgery since 2000, and he has served on the New Mexico Medical Review Commission panel for more than 12 years. He is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. Castle Connolly has listed him as a Top Doctor since 2004, and Albuquerque the Magazine’s Top Docs, voted by local physicians, has named him in plastic surgery in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2026.

Credentials & affiliations

  • American Board of Plastic Surgery
  • Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand
  • Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • Member, American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Publications & press

Plastic surgeons

  • Dr. Christopher Knotts

    MD, FACS · 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.

  • 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.