Meet Mark E. Richards, M.D.
Dr. Mark Richards is an internationally recognized leader in the field of cosmetic plastic surgery. He has been singled out by the Consumer's Research Council of America every year since 2002 for inclusion in their Guide to America's Top Surgeons. Patients travel across the U.S. and from around the globe to take advantage of his skills and expertise in cosmetic surgery.
Dr. Richards is committed to ensuring every one of his patients receives the most effective, compassionate care. He is known across the nation for his success with a range of procedures, including facelift, browlift, rhinoplasty, and facial implants.
In 2000, Dr. Mark Richards received national acclaim for the extensive reparative cosmetic surgery he performed on Linda Tripp. In 2001, the innovative technique he developed to "lift" sagging arms with hidden armpit incisions was published as the lead article in the August/September issue of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal. His well researched techniques which emphasize patient satisfaction and safety in high-volume liposuction procedures were the topic of his article published in the fall of 2003 in the Aesthetic Surgery Journal. He was an invited lecturer at the national plastic surgery conference held at New York University Hospital Center in 2003. Dr. Richards lectured to more than a 1000 European cosmetic surgeons at the annual International Masters Course in Paris in January of 2005 on multiple topics including: "Salvaging the Unsatisfactory Facelift", an area of special interest for him.
Dr. Richards holds membership in a number of prestigious medical organizations, including:
- American Board of Plastic Surgery
- American Board of Surgery.
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- National Capitol Society of Plastic Surgeons
- Montgomery County Medical Society
Mark E. Richards, M.D. received his undergraduate degree from Yale University with honors, and his medical degree from the University of Maryland, School of Medicine. He went on to complete five years of residency in general surgery, two additional years of residency in plastic surgery, and was certified by both the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Mark Richards continues to update his skills and knowledge through many hours of continuing medical education (CME) each year.
Since 1999, Dr. Richards has been consistently recognized by Washingtonian Magazine as one of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area's "best plastic surgeons", and listed in Baltimore Magazine as "the doctor to go to". Nationally, he has been recognized as one of the "Outstanding Young Men of America", awarded to him both in 1996 and 1998. He was elected by his peers to serve as President of the National Capitol Society of Plastic Surgeons (the Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C. metropolitan area Plastic Surgery Society) and as President of the Montgomery County Medical Society (a 1,800 member physician professional society dedicated to improving patient and community healthcare). In addition to his busy plastic surgery practice of over 15 years, he has written on multiple topics, lectured extensively to both the medical and lay communities, and been interviewed as an expert by numerous news columnists and television journalists.
Dr. Mark E. Richards is an experienced and skilled facial plastic surgeon who successfully combines the worlds of science and art to help patients meet, and perhaps exceed, their aesthetic enhancement goals. Contact Ageless Impressions Plastic Surgery Institute to schedule a consultation, and start the path to a new you today!
For immediate assistance, or to schedule a facelift surgery consultation, please call our office at (301) 468-3458.
Mark E. Richards, M.D.
11300 Rockville Pike Suite 912
N. Bethesda, Maryland 20852
