In plain English
Plastic and reconstructive surgery covers reconstruction after cancer, trauma or burns, hand surgery, craniofacial work, and elective cosmetic procedures. The training is one specialty; a given practice usually leans one way or the other.
The reconstructive half is hospital work, referred and insured. The cosmetic half is elective, marketed directly to the public, often paid out of pocket, and frequently done in an office-based surgical suite the surgeon owns. A list that treats the two as one audience will misread both.
Cosmetic procedures are also performed by physicians from other specialties and by advanced practice providers, so plastic surgeons are not the whole aesthetics market - they are the part of it with plastic surgery training.
Training and credentials
Either an integrated plastic surgery residency of about six years, or general surgery followed by a plastic surgery fellowship, then board certification.
Where they practise
Hospital reconstructive services and cancer centres, academic departments, private cosmetic practices and office-based surgical suites.
Plastic surgeons on the public record
Counted from what providers file about themselves, with suppression applied before anything is counted, refreshed 2026-10-05. Names, specialties and practice locations are public; work email and phone are for signed-in customers.
| State | On record | With work email | With practice phone |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,464 | 877 60% | 1,463 |
| Florida | 919 | 512 56% | 919 |
| New York | 770 | 453 59% | 770 |
| Texas | 724 | 409 56% | 724 |
| Pennsylvania | 385 | 227 59% | 385 |
| Illinois | 353 | 218 62% | 353 |
| New Jersey | 342 | 180 53% | 342 |
| Ohio | 337 | 235 70% | 337 |
Closely related, and where to find them.
Closely related
- General surgeon The broad abdominal and trauma specialty, and the classification other surgery is filed against.
- Dermatologist Skin medicine, skin surgery and cosmetic work in one small specialty.
- Otolaryngologist (ENT) Medical and surgical care of the ear, nose, throat, head and neck.
Find them
- Plastic surgeons list counts by state, the fields a record carries, a sample record.
- Physicians physician data by specialty, state and employer.
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