Douglas Steinbrech

Douglas Steinbrech, MD, practices as a plastic surgeon in New York and carries the FACS credential. He is board-certified in plastic surgery through the American Board of Plastic Surgery, which operates under the American Board of Medical Specialties. He holds New York State and California medical licenses and a United States DEA license. He has more than 30 years in practice. His training covered eight years of general surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery at New York University, followed by work at the NYU Institute of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. He also completed a craniofacial research fellowship and later worked as a plastic surgery resident at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery.

His work focuses on minimally invasive aesthetics across face and body plastic surgery, with an emphasis on body contouring. He performs facelifts using deep plane, short scar and mini techniques. The practice notes that most facelift patients are in their 40s to 60s, with some in their 70s and 80s. He regularly performs male plastic surgery, and the practice says a large share of his work is for men. He also performs breast augmentations, including increases of one or more cups and correction of asymmetry, selecting implant placement based on body type, requested size and chest musculature. For Botox, he treats chronic migraine by targeting identified trigger points, hyperhidrosis in the underarms, palms and feet, and masseter muscle spasms and temporomandibular joint disorders. He takes a conservative approach that keeps natural features and expression.

He founded Alpha Male Plastic Surgery in 2023, after serving as a founding partner at Gotham Plastic Surgery from 2006 to 2023. He was an attending surgeon at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital from 2004 to 2006 and has been an attending surgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital since 2004. He instructs NYU plastic and reconstructive surgery residents at Bellevue Hospital and fellows at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital. He is serving a second term on the board of The Aesthetic Society, which began in 2023. He was a visiting professor at The University of Texas at San Antonio in 2020 and has lectured at aesthetic surgery meetings in the United States and abroad, including Toronto, Paris, Milan and Guadalajara.

He is lead author of ten studies, and the site reports more than 80 peer-reviewed publications. He edited Aesthetic Plastic Surgery for the Male, published by Thieme in 2019, and wrote Male Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, also from Thieme, in 2020. He has presented research at national conferences and has received grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation. The site says he invented the BodyBanking technique and received a 2017 Chinese CACAPS Innovation Award for it. The practice describes him as one of New York's premier cosmetic surgeons, says he was selected as one of America's Top Plastic Surgeons by the Consumers' Research Council of America, and states he has been ranked among the top 10 plastic surgeons in NYC.