Advanced Artistry in Facial Aesthetics
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.
Dr. Sanan was accepted to the Boston University School of Medicine out of high school through the highly competitive and prestigious seven-year accelerated medical program at Boston University. Upon graduation, he received the Dean Eleanor Tyler Award, given to the top graduate of the medical program, and was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society.
Bespoke Aesthetic Results, Individualized Care.
Surgical Philosophy
Dr. Sanan takes the time to listen and get to know his patients. He believes there is no cookie-cutter approach to surgery, especially rhinoplasty, deep plane facelifts, deep neck lifts, and any other facial surgeries. Effective facial analysis and communication between Dr. Sanan and his patients allow him to develop a unique, patient-centric plan. From there, Dr. Sanan uses a refined approach to attain a natural, aesthetic result. His ultimate goal, surgical or nonsurgical, is to leave you with a natural, harmonious result.
Dr. Sanan loves to connect with patients over his diverse background and provides his patients with the safest, most innovative, and personalized techniques available. He is excited to serve patients from Boston, Brookline and Wellesley, and from around the country and the world.
Top-Notch Surgical Training
After completing his medical education at Boston University, 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 60 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 other 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 double 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.
Publications
- Rhytidectomy (Face-Lift Surgery), Akshay Sanan, MD; Sam P. Most, MD, JAMA December 11, 2018 Volume 320, Number 22
- Safety of Concurrent Endoscopic Browlift and Blepharoplasty, Nikolaus Hjelm, MD1 Akshay Sanan, MD1 Howard Krein, MD, PhD1 Ryan N. Heffelfinger, MD1, Facial Plastic Surgery Vol. 35 No. 5/2019
- Management of Forehead Scars, Ryan Heffelfinger, MDa,*, Akshay Sanan, MDb, Lucas M. Bryant, MDb,Facial Plast Surg Clin N Am 25 (2017) 15–24 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.fsc.2016.08.012 1064-7406/17/ 2016 Elsevier Inc.
- Repair of the Dilated Earlobe Repair, Akshay Sanan, MD; Ryan Heffelfinger, MD,ENT-Ear, Nose & Throat Journal March 2017
- Analysis of Nasal Obstruction Patterns Following Reductive Rhinoplasty, Tyler Stephen Okland1 • Cherian Kandathil1 • Akshay Sanan1 • Shannon Rudy1 • Sam P. Most1, 18 August 2019 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature and International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2019
