Ritu Chopra

Ritu Chopra works at Plastic Surgery Institute in Beverly Hills as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who is board-certified. The site calls her one of the most in-demand plastic surgeons in Beverly Hills and describes her as a nationally recognized surgeon, teacher and industry leader. According to the site, she is listed as a Top Doctor by Castle Connolly, Vitals, Healthgrades, RealSelf, New Beauty and other review sites. She holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of California, Irvine and an MD from Boston University School of Medicine, where she graduated cum laude and was named the top surgical student in 1999. She completed residency at Cedars-Sinai in Beverly Hills, where she was named most outstanding resident in 2006, then trained in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Albert Einstein School of Medicine in New York. She has authored and co-authored peer-reviewed publications on surgical procedures. Her focus areas are advanced facelifts, breast surgery and facial rejuvenation. Her signature procedure is the DEFINE Deep Plane Facelift, which she spent 15 years researching and refining. It also treats the face, neck and brows, and the site states it causes less swelling and bruising than a standard facelift. Breast work includes revision, implant removal (including en bloc total capsulectomy) and breast restoration after cancer or trauma, and she is described as an expert on Breast Implant Illness. For implant removal, the site says existing breast tissue is maximized, often with fat grafts or a simultaneous breast lift, and Breast Implant Illness patients have a virtual consultation before in-person surgery. She directs the Keck Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship at USC, teaches other surgeons techniques including the DEFINE lift, and appears as a plastic surgery expert on the television program The Doctors.