Philip Schoenfeld

Philip Schoenfeld is the founder and medical director of Renu by Dr. Schoenfeld, a facial plastic surgeon whose work centers on the face and neck. He is double board certified in otolaryngology, head and neck surgery, and in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, and the site also states he holds board certification from the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He serves on the written board review committee and as an oral board examiner for the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and he teaches future practitioners in facial plastics. He is a clinical associate professor of surgery at Georgetown University School of Medicine and practices at Washington Hospital Center, Georgetown University Hospital and Sibley Memorial Hospital. He earned an undergraduate degree in chemistry at Hobart College, then his medical degree at New York Medical College, and completed residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He served 10 years in the U.S. Army, five of them with the 82nd Airborne Division, and was Chief of the Department of Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery at Fort Bragg, NC. He has practiced in Washington, DC and Maryland since 1998, and the site says he has worked across the Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia area for twenty years and has performed facelifts for over 20 years. Rhinoplasty and revision rhinoplasty are among his specialties, along with facial and eye rejuvenation, blepharoplasty (eyelid lift surgery), and liposuction using surgical and non-surgical techniques. The listed procedures also include deep plane and weekend facelifts, neck lifts, brow lifts, otoplasty, scar revision, fat injections and thread lifts, and he offers NeoGraft hair restoration and SlimLipo laser liposuction. He works with trauma patients, and patient reviews on the site mention septoplasty and sinus and breathing-related care. For secondary rhinoplasty he uses an open technique through a small incision at the base of the nose. He prefers general anesthesia for revision work, citing airway protection. In extreme revision cases he uses grafts from the scalp, ear and rib. In facelift surgery he treats the SMAS layer as the main point of tension. He plans contour, projection and symmetry using standardized photographs and measured vectors, and he explains the benefits, limitations, risks and expectations of each procedure. He believes facelifts should not be performed on patients younger than 40, though he says the upper age limit depends on physical and emotional status, having seen 75-year-olds do well after surgery. Patients travel from around the globe for first and second opinions. According to the site, he has been named a Top Doctor by DC Magazine, Washingtonian, Castle Connolly and Bethesda Magazine, and has been featured in the Washington Post and Parade Magazine. The site describes him as a well-respected facial plastic surgeon, and the practice says patients and peers recognize him as an expert.