William Numa, MD, FACS

Practicing in Boston, Massachusetts, William Numa, MD, FACS, works as a facial plastic surgeon holding two board certifications. He has been in private practice in Massachusetts since July 2008 and has been managing director of a facial plastic surgery private practice in Boston since July 2009. He has been a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School since October 2009, and holds associate staff positions at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Tufts Medical Center and Winchester Hospital, along with courtesy staff status at Boston Center for Plastic Surgery.

His medical training began with an M.D. from Universidad Javeriana School of Medicine, completed between 1992 and 1998. In 1998 he was a William J. Harrington Scholar at the University of Miami, where he also directed the Harrington Weekly Academic Meeting. He then completed surgery internships at Mount Sinai Medical Center and Tufts Medical Center, followed by a head and neck surgery residency at Tufts Medical Center in Boston from 2001 to 2006, where he received the Collin Karmody Resident Achievement Award in 2006. He finished a subspecialty fellowship in facial plastics and reconstructive surgery at Tulane University and the Hedgewood Surgical Center in 2007 and 2008.

His work centers on aesthetic facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and skin care. His named specialties include facelift, eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty, chin implants and otoplasty, and he works on rejuvenation of the aging face, neck and eyes. He also treats reconstructive cases. He speaks English and Spanish.

He co-edited the textbook Master Techniques in Rhinoplasty and has written a number of articles and book chapters on cosmetic facial plastic surgery, a subject he also lectures on. He is referenced as the doctor who wrote the book on rhinoplasty. He lectures residents at Tufts University and Boston University Medical School. He served on the Rhinology and Paranasal Sinus Committee of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, from 2006 to 2009, and on the Membership and Residency Relations Committee of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery from 2006 to 2010. He has also served on that academy's Industry Relations, Emerging Trends and Technology, Multimedia and Public Information committees.