New York Magazine
Best Doctors, 2002
A world-renowned innovator in surgical techniques for facial plastic surgery, Dr. Romo recently completed the Silver Book Edition on Endoscopic Brow Lifting for Karl Storz Inc. This beautifully illustrated booklet with the accompanying DVD demonstrates Dr. Romo’s technique for minimally invasive cosmetic surgery of the forehead and upper face. This text is utilized worldwide to teach plastic surgeons Dr. Romo's approach to managing the aging upper face. The new set of endoscopic brow and face lifting instruments designed by Dr. Romo for Karl Storz Inc. are also available in worldwide distributors. Presently, Dr. Romo is designing a new set of rhinoplasty instruments for Karl Storz Inc.
Additionally, Dr. Romo published six new surgical techniques for rhinoplasty surgery in the latest editions of the periodical “Facial Plastic Surgery”. In this internationally recognized peer-reviewed journal, Dr. Romo describes his approach to primary reduction structured rhinoplasty that produces a more natural-looking nose with greater predictability for the long-term outcome. He also demonstrates his technique for revision rhinoplasty that shortens the healing time by limiting the morbidity of multiple donor graft sites. In addition, Dr. Romo illustrates a method for augmentation of the flatter, ethnic nose, which produces a safer and natural-looking nose on people of color, fitting the race and the face of the individual. These innovative facial plastic surgical techniques are the culmination of more than twenty years of researching, designing, publishing, and teaching facial plastic surgery procedures, both nationally and internationally.
In addition to holding several innovative medical patents and having been published in numerous medical journals, Dr. Romo has received a myriad of honors and awards, including the Distinguished Education Award by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Romo is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and maintains a diverse private practice that includes women and men in finance, communications, and entertainment—as well as many on the social register.
Dr. Romo has appeared on major national and local television talk and news programs. He has also served as a guest lecturer at medical meeting throughout Eastern and Western Europe, South America, and Asia.
For the past eighteen years, Dr. Romo has also dedicated his considerable talents to advancing Microtia surgery—a corrective procedure that constructs ears for children born without them. He heads the world-renowned Microtia team at Lenox Hill Hospital and The Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital, working with both adults and children who come to Dr. Romo from all over the world.