Dr. Rick Silverman

Dr. Rick Silverman is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon whose aesthetic caseload includes patients who train for fitness and bodybuilders. Dartmouth College awarded him a bachelor of arts in German in 1981, and Pennsylvania State University granted his medical degree in 1985. He completed general surgery training at Hershey Medical Center of Penn State and at Maine Medical Center in 1990, then finished plastic and reconstructive surgery training at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester in 1992. He also took a traveling microvascular surgery fellowship at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei and the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Melbourne. Silverman has been on staff at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center since July 1993, where he is a Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery. He received board certification from the American Board of Plastic Surgery in November 1995. He entered practice with Dr. George Volpe after training alongside him at UMass. His work centers on plastic and reconstructive procedures, with particular attention to breast conditions in men and women and to body contouring. He has written articles on gynecomastia in bodybuilders for peer-reviewed journals and popular fitness magazines. He serves Brighton, Newton and the surrounding Boston area.