Akshay Sanan
Specialty: Plastic Surgery
Hospitals
Primary Hospital: Boston Center for Plastic Surgery
About
Dr. Sanan is a highly skilled cosmetic and reconstructive facial plastic surgeon and is double board-certified in facial plastic surgery and head and neck surgery. Raised in the Boston suburbs, Dr. Sanan is a proud third-generation doctor. Dr. Sanan’s family ties originate in Punjab, a region in India known for its beauty, art, and culture. This early exposure to medicine and beauty contributed to Dr. Sanan’s decision to pursue a career as a facial plastic surgeon.
List the treatments and procedures you offer:
Deep Plane Face Lift, Deep Plane Neck Lift, Deep Plane Lip Lift, Brow Lift, Buccal Fat Pad Reduction, Chin Augmentation, Eyelid Rejuvenation, Facial Fat Grafting, Rhinoplasty, Ultrasonic Piezo Rhinoplasty, Ethnic Rhinoplasty, Female Rhinoplasty, Male Rhinoplasty, Botox, Dysport, Dermal Filler, Non-Surgical Rhinoplasty, Liquid Rhinoplasty, CO2 Laser Skin Resurfacing
What's your background, education and training?
Dr. Sanan then pursued a five-year residency in head and neck surgery at Jefferson University in Philadelphia, ranked as a top 10 program in the country. In residency, he was inducted into the resident chapter of the Gold Humanism Honor Society.
Dr. Sanan was then selected from over 50 applicants to be the sole Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery fellow at Stanford University. This fellowship was under the auspices of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. This busy year was spent training directly with world-renowned Dr. Sam Most, chief of facial plastic surgery at Stanford, and encompassed rhinoplasty, revision rhinoplasty, deep plane facelift, and all facial rejuvenation surgeries.
During Dr. Sanan’s fellowship, he was appointed Clinical Instructor at Stanford University School of Medicine. In this role, he was directly responsible for the education in the clinic and the operating room of Stanford University head and neck surgery residents, plastic surgery residents, and ophthalmology residents. His responsibilities also included serving as a staff facial plastic surgeon for US veterans at the Palo Alto VA Hospital.
Dr. Sanan is proud to be dual-board certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. These board certifications encompass years of training, multiple oral and written examinations, and peer-review of surgeries performed by Dr. Sanan.