“The finest nose maker in the history of medicine” - Dr. Burt Brent

"You are a true artist and a Godsend to these patients!!!” - Edward H. Yob, MD Past President, The American Society of Moh's Surgery"

Two-time winner of the James Barrett Brown prize

Visiting Professor for the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgery

Past President of The Rhinoplasty Society

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1102 N El Dorado Place,
Tucson, AZ 85715

Call: 520-881-4525

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I am deeply grateful and ever so appreciative of your truly welcome and much needed help! Your surgery results are nothing short of awesome! Thoughtfulness like yours indeed takes a special caring. Again, ‘Thanks a Million’ for everything!!
- P.B.S., Revision Rhinoplasty

I wonder how you create a living thing with your hands. How do you build something out of nothing? The thought of the task baffles me, but to my father, it is mundane.
- Katharine Searcy Menick click here for the rest of her perspective

I wanted to take a minute of your precious time to thank you and to let you know the true meaning of what you have restored in her. Yours is a truly special gift and the confidence in which you handled her case allowed her to focus on healing, not worrying!
- V.B., patient’s daughter Nasal Reconstruction

I feel great every time I look into the mirror. Thank you for that gift.
- C.G., Nasal Reconstruction

Needless to say, I am overjoyed at the acquisition of my new nose - something I never imagined I would need - turned out so splendidly. It is a wonderful gift that you bring the world with your expertise, your care, and your artistry. It replaces despair with hope and, indeed verges on the miraculous. My deepest thanks.
- D.L., Nasal Reconstruction - click here for case details

I get compliments almost every day on my beautiful nose.
-J.D. Nasal Reconstruction - click here for case details

You are really a miracle worker! My nose is healing rapidly and I feel normal again - a delicious feeling.
- P.F., Nasal Reconstruction - click here for case details

I am so happy for getting the surgery. The surgery has changed the outlook I have about myself and my self-confidence. So thanks again because how can I repay someone who has changed my life.
- T.P., Revision Rhinoplasty after Congenital Nasal Hemangioma

You truly gave me a new lease on life, as the saying goes. My nose is absolutely beautiful; I still get compliments on it!
- D.W., Nasal Reconstruction/Revision

Thank you so much for taking such great care of our son. We couldn’t have made it through all this without your kindness and compassion.
- B. and G. S., Nasal Reconstruction for their child

Words will never be enough to express our gratitude for the work you have done with our daughter. You have made her a whole person again. From the first day we met you, we had unending hope for her. You plainly said you could fix her when everyone else warned us not to expect much.
- Mother of K.B. Facial Reconstruction - click here for case details

I would like to take this opportunity to tell you what a magnificent doctor and artist you are! My two surgeries a few months ago - nose repair and facelift - changed my life. Everyone remarks how beautiful the work is. I feel I have lived on both sides of appearance; that is, going from droopy and haggard to looking vibrant and pleasing.
- J.T., Facelift and Rhinoplasty - click here for case details

Books, Articles & Lectures

Books

Dr. Menick co–authored the book Aesthetic Reconstruction of the Nose”, which many considered the “Bible of facial and nasal reconstruction”, with Gary Burget of Chicago, in 1999.

He recently updated his approach to reconstruction in his second book Nasal Reconstruction – Art and Practice”, which outlines a unified and more comprehensive approach to pre-operative analysis, surgical planning and illustrates new techniques in nasal and facial reconstruction, which Dr. Menick developed and has taught all over the world over the past 15 years.

These advances have been published extensively in Plastic Surgery literature, including two award-winning papers acknowledged as the most important papers of the year, in 1990 and in 2003. Both medical papers received the James Barrett Brown Prize in Plastic Surgery “for advancement of knowledge in the field of plastic surgery” in their respective years from the American Association of Plastic Surgeons.

“Nasal Support and Lining: The Marriage of Beauty and Blood Supply,”
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 84:189, 1989.

“A Ten-Year Experience in Nasal Reconstruction with the 3-stage Forehead Flap,”
Plastic &  Reconstructive Surgery, 109:1839,2003

Quotes Regarding the New Book – Nasal Reconstruction Art and Practice

“Menick has now emerged as the world’s premier nasal reconstructionist. By following his passion for nasal reconstruction, Fred Menick has become the best in the history of medicine.”
-Burt Brent in Foreword of the book — Nasal Reconstruction: Art and Practice

“Many of the cases shown involve much more than just nasal reconstruction. They show what a superb Reconstructive Plastic Surgeon, with the inventiveness of Gillies , the eye of a Millard, and ,with newer modalities such as microsurgery and tissue expansion at his disposal, can accomplish. It is always inspiring to go back to the origins of nasal reconstruction — Gillies, Gillies and Millard, Millard- but Fred Menick, as shown again and again in his Magnum Opus, does it best of all.”
- S. Anthony Wolfe, M.D., Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery, University of Miami School of Medicine and Chief of Plastic Surgery Miami Children’s Hospital

“Congratulations, I love it!”
-Stefan Hofer MD Phd Wharton Chair in Reconstructive Plastic Surgery University of Toronto

“It is really fabulous and, not unexpectedly, presented in such a well structured and thoughtful manner as to be truly valuable.”
-Bruce Bauer, Chief Division of Plastic Surgery, the Children’s Memorial Hospital Northwestern University

“I was just reviewing your beautiful book on nasal reconstruction and I would like to congratulate you for a superb publication.”
-Mimis Cohen Professor and Chief Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery University of Illinois at Chicago

Articles

In addition to writing two textbooks on nasal and facial reconstruction and authoring 32 published book chapters and 35 peer-reviewed papers, Dr. Frederick J. Menick offers a comprehensive overviews of nasal reconstruction and rhinoplasty – tip surgery on eMedicine, a web-based clinical reference guide.

More Articles by Dr. Menick

Lectures

Dr. Menick is a frequent invited guest speaker on nasal and facial reconstruction, rhinoplasty and other facial topics at annual medical society meetings, symposiums, and plastic surgery training programs in the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico, South America, and Asia.  He lectures to plastic surgeons, otolaryngologist, oculoplastic surgeons, Mohs’ surgeons, and dermatologists.

He is a Visiting Professor for the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons for 2009-2010, representing the Society as Invited Professor to plastic surgery residency training programs throughout the United States.

For information regarding upcoming lectures click here