Not every accomplished surgeon can point to a single formative moment that connects childhood experience to adult vocation. Dr. Andrew Jacono can. Sitting beside a classmate with a cleft lip and palate on a school bus, he watched her get teased and excluded by other children. After reconstructive surgery changed her appearance, the same classmates who had avoided her treated her as an equal. For Jacono, the message was clear: the face determines more than aesthetics. It determines belonging.

An Education Built for Impact

Dr. Andrew Jacono earned his medical degree from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1996 and completed his Otolaryngology residency at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary as administrative chief resident. He then trained through an accredited fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. These years of preparation gave him both the credentials and the curiosity to push past existing methods.

That curiosity produced the MADE facelift, developed in the early 2000s. Rather than tightening facial skin alone, the technique repositions skin, muscle, and fat together as an integrated unit. Results last 12 to 15 years and have earned press descriptions noting that patients look like refreshed versions of themselves. High-profile patients including fashion designer Marc Jacobs have spoken publicly about choosing Dr. Andrew Jacono for this procedure. Notably, surgeon Dr. Paul Nassif also selected him for his own facelift, which speaks to the confidence Jacono’s colleagues place in his work.

A Career That Extends Beyond the Clinic

Dr. Andrew Jacono teaches at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and serves as Fellowship Director for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. His published research numbers more than 70 peer-reviewed articles, and he has presented at more than 100 international conferences. A 2021 textbook on extended deep-plane facelifting stands among his contributions to the academic record.

The recognition he carries is substantial. Newsweek ranked Dr. Andrew Jacono third in the country for facelift surgery in 2025. Harper’s Bazaar named him among the 24 best plastic surgeons in the United States. The Most Compassionate Doctor Award has been granted to him annually from 2012 to 2022, placing him among fewer than 3% of physicians who have received it. He has performed more than 750 surgeries on children with facial deformities through Healing the Children and serves domestic violence survivors through the FACE TO FACE program. Refer to this article to learn more.

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