Dr. Anil R. Shah

Dr. Anil R. Shah is a surgeon with MD and FACS credentials who practices at the Chicago office of Anil Shah MD FACS, a facial plastic surgery practice. He is board certified in facial plastic surgery and in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery. He trained first in a surgical internship and residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago, then in a fellowship in facial plastics and reconstructive surgery at Bellevue Hospital in New York. He has also trained at New York University and Cornell. His surgical work covers the nose, face and neck. He performs revision, preservation and scarless rhinoplasty, along with facelifts, neck lifts and eyelid surgery, and the site describes rhinoplasty, facelift and eyelift work as his signature areas. He developed the Five Layer Neck Lift technique. On the non-surgical side, he provides dermal fillers and laser skin resurfacing. The site credits him with pioneering the five-layer neck procedure, 5D rhinoplasty and no-narcotics recovery in rhinoplasty surgery, and it describes him as one of the best plastic surgeons in Chicago. He has written a rhinoplasty book and contributed to more than 50 scientific articles, three of them about facial anatomy. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and is recognized in Marquis Who's Who in America. The site says Best of US has named him one of the best facial plastic surgeons in the world. Patients whose work depends on their appearance, including models and actresses, are among those he treats. He performs minimally invasive facial plastic surgery, which the site says can shorten recovery time. He aims for natural-appearing results and for balance suited to each patient's ethnicity, personality and goals. He takes time to understand each patient's own perspective and aesthetic goals, and he does not sacrifice function or a normal appearance in pursuit of aesthetic change.