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Media

Dr. Pitman’s knowledge and teaching abilities make him a sought-after media source. He is interviewed frequently in print, television, and digital media. Interviews featuring Dr. Pitman have appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, New York Magazine, Consumer Reports, Vogue, Elle, Allure, and W Magazine. Dr. Pitman has appeared annually in New York Magazine as one of the Best Plastic Surgeons in the New York area for more than ten years and also appears in America’s Top Doctors.

Television appearances include the NBC Today Show, ABC Morning News, and ABC’s 20/20 which called Dr. Pitman “one of the top plastic surgeons in the country.”

Dr. Gerald Pitman was awarded Best Doctor by New York Magazine in 2010. He has been honored with this designation for more than 10 years.

New York Magazine
June 2010

“The most underappreciated areas to treat are the calves and ankes,’ says Gerald Pitman, a Manhattan plastic surgeon. He adds, ‘Women often tell me after, that they can now fit into their boots.’ He says that [the] surgeon should have a good sculptural sense and use ultrafine cannula tubes and mini incisions.”

Harper’s Bazaar
February 2010

New York Magazine
’Best Doctors’ 2009

Gerald H. Pitman, M.D
“A-List” 2009

Avenue October 2009

LIPO BREAKTHROUGH—New water-assisted techniques drawing interest because they may leave less bruising. “Warm water softens the fat,” making it easier to suction out, says plastic surgeon Gerald Pitman, MD, the veritable godfather of lipo.

Elle October 2009

Pitman, the man who literally wrote the book on liposuction.

Vogue August 2008

I couldn’t write about lipo without first consulting Pitman…(4,000 procedures and counting)….

Elle November 2007

…go see Dr. Gerald Pitman—he’s the Godfather of liposuction…He’s the guy. Get his opinion…

Elle July 2007

…for women with loose skin below the navel, a lower abdominoplasty can get patients back to work in four or five days; reported Gerald H. Pitman, at a meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. The 45-minute operation requires no drains or overnight hospital stay and can be combined with liposuction…

Allure October 2006

After all the complicated arrangements to keep everything quiet, famous patients often slip up and give away their own identity. Gerald Pitman, who practices in Manhattan, remembers a world-renowned pop star who called the doctor at home after having surgery. When Pitman’s young son answered and asked who was calling, the patient gave his real name, and the child’s jaw dropped. Pitman had to lecture his son on the importance of honoring patient privacy.

Allure September 2006

Caroline (name changed to protect identity) of Moneta, Virginia, wanted a tummy tuck to both redefine her waistline and eliminate an unsightly hysterectomy scar. After spending weeks interviewing surgeons, she landed in a rarefied place she’d read about in magazines – Pitman’s office. “Dr. Pitman immediately made me feel that I was in good hands,” she says. “Dr. Pitman gave me exactly what I wanted,” Caroline says. “In fact, I’ve already scheduled an eye job and lower face-lift with him for this spring.”

Elle May 2006

Gerald H. Pitman…often uses Botox and live fat grafts as an adjunct to surgery. “For many patients who come with problems of aging, it’s a combination of loss of volume and loss of skin elasticity. The really nicest results,” he adds, “are in patients who have a little of both volume replacement and skin tightening.”

New York Times Magazine April 2006

“Blepharoplasty (surgery to remove excess skin on eyelids) plus repositioning surplus fat can shift fullness to where you need it,” says New York plastic surgeon Gerald H. Pitman, MD.

More March 2006

“The Best Plastic Surgeons in Europe and the United States” – Dr. Pitman’s work established the aesthetic standard for body sculpting on two continents. His surgery recreates natural and youthful contouring using ultra fine instrumentation. He is a master at artfully recreating youthful shapes by precise removal and tightening of loose skin of the abdomen and thighs. His waiting room is filled with fashion models and well-known media personalities desiring to maintain their youthful size zero.

Russian Vogue February 2006

A single procedure can remove millions of fat cells, and once they’re out, they’re out. But if you gain weight later, you’ll just store it somewhere else. “You can’t predict in any one person where it’s going to go,” says Gerald Pitman, M.D., a plastic surgeon in New York and author of Liposuction & Aesthetic Surgery. In the best-case scenario, he says, “if they gain the weight back that was taken off, now it’s distributed normally through the rest of the body, so it’s not as noticeable.”

Consumer Reports
February 2006

“Nearly anyone with thick ankles is a potential candidate,” says New York plastic surgeon Gerald Pitman. Doctors make the incision behind the knee so the scar is less visible.

Newsweek November 2005

A global authority on liposuction, Pitman has spearheaded new techniques, improved the safety of procedures, tested the latest technology and published a textbook. He uses a power-assisted liposuction device and prides himself on having “consistent, symmetric beautiful results.” Calves and ankles, notoriously difficult to sculpt, are one of his specialties.

The New York Times Style Magazine Fall 2005

…Gerald H. Pitman, an Upper East Side plastic surgeon who wrote the standard medical textbook on liposuction and aesthetic surgery….Pitman is fairly easy to talk to…there is something pleasingly straightforward and unembossed about his approach.

New York Times Magazine May 2004

Gerald Pitman literally wrote the book on liposuction; it’s called Liposuction & Aesthetic Surgery. These days, he’s combining liposuction of love handles and facial work in one sitting. He does what he calls the “mini-maxi lift,” which is short for “minimal incision, maximum result.” It involves a small incision but pulls the underlying fat and muscle along with the skin as a single unit. The combined operations can be done under local anesthesia, take about three hours, and require only one recovery period.

New York Magazine
October 2003