Dr. Lorenc

Z. Paul Lorenc, MD, FACS

Dr. Lorenc is a world-renowned board-certified aesthetic plastic surgeon. He is known for balancing surgical expertise with an acute aesthetic sense of composition and proportion in the areas of facial rejuvenation, breast enhancement and body contouring.

Certifications:

Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.

After finishing medical school, Dr. Lorenc was able to secure a position at the premier Surgical Residency Program at New York University Medical Center.

His initial interest in Cardiothoracic Surgery was quickly redirected towards his true passion of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

After completing a Fellowship in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dr. Lorenc underwent Fellowship training in Microvascular Surgery at the world-renowned University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. His final fellowship was focused on Aesthetic Surgery and completed at New York University Medical Center since establishing his private Park Avenue practice. Dr. Lorenc has been actively involved in research, development, and advancement of new aesthetic surgical and non-surgical techniques and procedures. He is internationally recognized for creating endoscopic techniques, most notably the endoscopic forehead lift, and holds numerous US patents.

As a recognized authority in facial anatomy, Dr. Lorenc is a pioneer in the development of the latest generation of dermal fillers and neurotoxins, leading various clinical trials for FDA approval in the US. Dr. Lorenc is often called upon to appear in front of the FDA in a number of capacities.

He has presented data in front of their advisory panels prior to product/drug approval, based on his expertise and the number of patents he holds (35). One of the most notable is a bio-absorbable soft tissue suspension device, US Patent No. 5,611,814. The invention of this revolutionary device made procedures less invasive, thereby allowing patients a quicker recovery and eliminating scarring. He has also appeared and testified on several projects involving bringing various medical devices through the regulatory process. He continues to participate in many groundbreaking studies every year, investigating the safety and efficacy of new devices and procedures.

Lorenc has appeared on

The Today Show, Dateline; WNBC’s Today in New York;the CNN Presents documentary, The Fountain of Youth; Good Morning America, The View, 20/20, WABC’s Eyewitness News; CBS’s Morning Show; WCBS’s Evening News; Fox News and the Oxygen Channel’s Life in Style.

He has been widely quoted in major consumer magazines and newspapers about new aesthetic surgical and non-surgical procedures. They include Allure, Condé Nast Traveler, Cosmopolitan, Departures, Elle, Family Circle, Forbes, Glamour, GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, Lucky!, Marie Claire, More, New York Magazine, Newsweek, Psychology Today, Redbook, Shape, Smart Money, Tatler, The Chicago Tribune, The Daily News, The New York Post, The New York Times, The Sunday London Times Magazine, The Times of London, The Berliner Zeitung, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, US News & World Report, Vogue, W, and Women’s Wear Daily.

Books & Writings

A Little Work: Behind the Doors of a Park Avenue Plastic Surgeon

If walls could talk! Beyond TV's Extreme Makeover and Nip/Tuck, this no-holds-barred account of what goes on in the most private of plastic surgery practices gives the inside story in a way we've never heard before. Who are the serial surgery seekers? What really happens in a consultation? What is the difference between a tummy tuck and liposuction and who is more suited for which? What mistakes have doctors made and can they be corrected? Dr. Paul Lorenc not only supplies answers but analyzes what drives people-women and men alike-to increasingly request his services. Dr. Lorenc also describes: