Undergraduate Education

Franklin and Marshall College
1972 - BA Physics Major Pre Medical

Medical School

Northwestern University 1978 - MD

Post Graduate Education

St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center
Intern General Surgery
Resident PGY2-4 General Surgery
St. Louis University and Medical Center
PGY5-6 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Exchange Physician People's Republic of China
Professor Ruyao Song, MD Beijing
Dr. Chen Zhong-Wei, MD Shanghai
New York University
Fellow Reconstructive Microsurgery

Private Practice

Utica (central upstate) New York 1986 - 5/1/96
Richmond, Virginia 6/1/96 - present

We are now a fully cosmetic surgery practice. We have concentrated on evolving techniques maximizing patient comfort and ease of recovery. Dr. Bermant's has spent years developing his patient education and medical documentation.

Licenses

• Missouri (Active)
• Virginia (Active)

Boards

National Board of Medical Examiners

American Board of Plastic Surgery Find out what it takes to become Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Inc.

Check what boards are approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties.

Verify Dr. Bermant's Board Certification. American Board of Medical Specialties or use the link above and click on "Who's Certified,"for verification of board certification. You will need to log in to get this information.

Verify Dr. Bermant's Virginia License with the Virginia Board of Medicine

Awards

Distinguished Service Award (2004) Technical Initiation - American Society for Plastic Surgery (ASPS) / Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation (PSEF) Dr. Bermant has been awarded this highest honor for outstanding service to plastic surgery education nationally and his ongoing contributions to technology initiatives within the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation.

Dr. Bermant has been recognized by the prestigious America's Top Doctors by Castle Connolly Medical LTD. He has also been named in their America's Cosmetic Doctors and Dentists.

Consumers' Research Council of America has selected Dr. Bermant for their Guide to America's Top Physicians. Consumers' research Council of America is an independent research company based in Washington, DC that evaluates professional services throughout America.

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Committees

Professional Advisory Committee - American Association for Klinefelter Syndrome Information and Support

Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) Health Care Facilities Committee

Ad Hoc Committee for Telemedicine for the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Educational Foundation 1996-7

Online Communications Committee for the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Educational Foundation 1996-7

12th Quadrennial Congress of the International Confederation for Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery - Scientific Program Committee Subcommittee on Videotapes / Multimedia 1998-9

Professional Organizations

Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Inc.

Life Member of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Inc.

Lipoplasty Society of North America

American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS)

The Illuminating Engineering Society of America

The World Professional Association for Transgender Health Belonged to this group while I was in practice. (WPATH, formerly known as the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association Inc. (HBIGDA)

Dr. Bermant has a particular interest in the Gynecomastia. He frequently lectures about Klinefelter's Syndrome and is on the Professional Advisory Board of the The American Association for Klinefelter Syndrome Information and Support (AAKSIS).

Current Major Projects

Plastic Surgery of the Face - Volume 1: 3D Rhinoplasty (an interactive CD-ROM to teach surgeon about rhinoplasty, features a 3D nasal anatomy model) American Society of Plastic Surgeons / Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation) 11/1996

Plastic Surgery of the Face - Volume 2: 3D Blepharoplasty (an interactive CD-ROM for the surgeon for ASPS) 11/97

Patient educational material

• Desktop publishing
• Web publishing - Dr. Bermant has designed, built, and maintains this massive website about Plastic Surgery and Cosmetic Surgery.

Look at Dr. Bermant's Patent for microvascular clamps.