Nathaniel Villanueva

Nathaniel Villanueva, M.D., works as a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Plastic Surgery Institute, seeing patients at the Beverly Hills and Rancho Mirage offices. According to the site, he is a leading expert in the Atlas and Atlantis Advanced Liposuction and Fat Transfer systems and practices them. The site also notes that he was among the top three plastic surgeons of 2022. He earned an undergraduate degree in kinesiology at the University of Southern California before completing his medical degree at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He worked as an anatomy teaching assistant throughout medical school and graduated first in his class, receiving the Harold Elster Memorial Prize for Highest Academic Standing. He completed a plastic and reconstructive surgery residency at UT Southwestern Medical Center, then the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Fellowship at USC, also called the MarinaRox fellowship. He has taken part in research on plastic surgery and patient safety and has published that work. Patient reviews on the site say he takes time to answer questions and explains options clearly. The site also says his results come with minimal recovery time.