Dr. John Sherman, MD, FACS

Dr. John E. Sherman is a plastic surgeon certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery who practices on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. His practice centers on cosmetic surgery, facial rejuvenation and body contouring, including facelift, eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty, breast surgery, tummy tuck and liposuction. He was one of the first plastic surgeons in the United States trained in ultrasonic-assisted liposuction and one of the original surgeons chosen for the FDA studies of Allergan’s 410 cohesive gel breast implants.

He earned his medical degree at New York Medical College in 1975, completed a general surgery residency at Montefiore Medical Center and a plastic surgery residency at New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center, where he was chief resident, then a fellowship in reconstructive plastic surgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He co-authored the textbook Surgery of Facial Bone Fractures and has written or co-written more than 25 articles and book chapters.

Dr. Sherman teaches cosmetic surgery and maxillofacial trauma to residents at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and holds a faculty appointment in surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is a former chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at St. Barnabas Hospital in New York City and a past president of the New York State Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. He has been a consultant to the New York City Police Department for more than 25 years and is a surgeon to the Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Field Division. Castle Connolly has listed him as a Top Doctor since 1999.