Haideh Hirmand

Dr. Haideh Hirmand practices aesthetic plastic surgery and holds an M.D. and F.A.C.S. She has been in private practice since 1999 and serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Weill-Cornell Medical College. Her focus is eyelid and facial rejuvenation, using both surgical and non-surgical treatments, and she has a particular interest in secondary breast surgery and body contouring. She is known for shape-preserving blepharoplasty, and she has pioneered safe injection techniques around the eyes.

She earned a B.S. in molecular biology from the University of California, Davis, in 1984, an M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1990 and a master's in public administration from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. She trained in general surgery at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center from 1990 to 1995 and returned to plastic surgery training at The New York Hospital in 1995. She then completed a subspecialty fellowship in eyelid and aesthetic surgery at Paces Plastic Surgery/Emory University in Atlanta, and a craniofacial and aesthetic fellowship at Necker Children's Hospital in Paris.

She is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and holds medical licensure in New York, New Jersey, California and Connecticut. She chairs the Leadership Development Committee of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, co-chairs the North American Chapter of the Aesthetic Multispecialty Society and serves on the Medical Board of Trustees of MTF Biologics. She has published and presented in peer-reviewed journals, conducts clinical research and received the Certificate of Achievement in Aesthetic Surgery from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery for that work. She teaches surgical and injection techniques nationally and internationally and appears as a media beauty expert on television, including ABC News, CBS and the Dr. Oz show. New York Magazine named her the field's sharpest new talent in its Top Cosmetic Doctors issue.