Rod Rohrich

Rod Rohrich
Born (1953-08-05) August 5, 1953 (age 73)
OccupationPlastic surgeon
EmployerDallas Plastic Surgery Institute
Known forDallas Rhinoplasty and Navigate Your Beauty

Rod J. Rohrich (/ˈrɔːrɪk/ RAW-rik), F.A.C.S. is a Dallas-based plastic surgeon, author and educator. He is former the editor-in-chief of the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, a founding member of the Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute, a founder of the Alliance in Reconstructive Surgery, Chair of the Dallas Rhinoplasty and Cosmetic Meeting, and has served as President of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons among other honors.

Dr. Rohrich is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. A June 2014 journal article in Annals of Plastic Surgery recognized Rohrich as one of the "10 most influential surgeons of the current era" after surveying the American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons (ACAPS) and the Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (SESPRS). From 2021 to 2024, Newsweek recognized Dr. Rohrich as the top ranked plastic surgeon in the United States for both rhinoplasty surgery and facelift surgery.

Early life and education

Rohrich grew up in rural North Dakota. He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate education at North Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota, then earned his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine. After general surgery and plastic surgery residencies at the University of Michigan Medical Center, he did further training in pediatric plastic surgery at Oxford University in England, and a hand and microvascular fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School.

Career

Rohrich joined the Division of Plastic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 1986 and succeeded Fritz E. Barton as department chair in 1991. In 2003 he was elected president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons for the year 2004. In 2005, Rohrich was appointed editor-in-chief of the journal, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.

Rohrich was chairman of the UT-Southwestern plastic surgery department when it became the largest plastic surgery department in the country, and helped to open an outpatient plastic surgery clinic. Until 2014, Rohrich was one of highest paid state employees in Texas as a University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center faculty member. He stepped down as chairman of the Department of Plastic Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center after "an allegation of unprofessional conduct." In 2016, he resigned from UT Southwestern Medical Center, and was later a founding partner at the Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute.

He is a clinical professor of plastic surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine and has been the president of the Association of Academic Chairs of Plastic Surgery, The Rhinoplasty Society, the Dallas Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons, as well as a chair on the Residency Review Committee for Plastic Surgery and American Board of Plastic Surgery.

Dr. Rohrich has been ranked as the top plastic surgeon in the United states by Newsweek in various surgical specialties. He was ranked number 1 in rhinoplasty from 2021 to 2024, and also ranked number 1 in facelift surgery from 2021 to 2024. Rohrich has been recognized as one of the top plastic surgeons in the United States by Castle Connolly's Top Doctor Program for over two decades.

He is author or coauthor of 900 scientific articles, 50 textbook chapters in plastic surgery, and editor of 5 plastic surgery textbooks or monographs.

Conflicts of interest

In October 2026, Retraction Watch published an investigation into Rohrich's research on exosome-based skin and hair care products and his consulting relationship with Rion.

After becoming editor emeritus of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery–Global Open (PRS Global Open), the journal he founded in 2013, Rohrich became a consultant for Rion, a Mayo Clinic spinoff that is testing platelet-derived exosomes in clinical trials and sells a skin care line. In a 2022 episode of his podcast, he interviewed Rion's co-founder, Atta Behfar, and said his Dallas practice would be the first to use exosomes in skin care.

In 2024, Rohrich and Behfar co-authored a review in Rohrich’s journal PRS Global Open. The review compared Rion's platelet-derived formulation favourably with exosomes derived from stem cells. Retraction Watch reported that a Rion-funded study cited in support of one of the review's claims addressed that claim only in a single sentence marked "data not shown." Rohrich agreed the reference "could have been more precise" but said the review described the current limitations of the field. The review received the journal's "Best Research Paper" award in 2025. The journal said Rohrich has had no role in its editorial operations and that its awards are based on readership and citation data; it has been cited 14 times, according to Google Scholar. In March 2026, Rohrich and Behfar published a clinical trial of Rion's hair serum again in PRS Global Open. Behfar and several co-authors disclosed ties to Rion, but Rohrich did not. The trial assigned 8 of its 39 participants to the placebo group. Biostatistician Frank Harrell Jr. said the authors made "serious study design errors" and used "ad hoc and misleading analyses" in place of the original design. An anonymous commenter on PubPeer, similarly argued that these errors would tilt "the study toward a positive result."

Selected bibliography

References

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  2. ↑ Edgar, Jolene (February 14, 2019). "Why More 40-Somethings Than Ever Want Facelifts". Newbeauty.com. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
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  5. ↑ Hultman, Charles Scott; Friedstat, Jonathan S (June 2014). "The ACAPS and SESPRS Surveys to Identify the Most Influential Innovators and Innovations in Plastic Surgery: No Line on the Horizon". Annals of Plastic Surgery. 72 (6): S202–S207. doi:10.1097/SAP.0000000000000089. PMID 24835875. S2CID 28465845. Retrieved 18 January 2020.
  6. ↑ Newsweek (2021-06-15). "America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2021 - Rhinoplasty". Newsweek. Retrieved 2021-07-21.
  7. ↑ Rohrich, RJ (15 September 2003). "Mentors in medicine". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 112 (4): 1087–8. doi:10.1097/01.PRS.0000080319.87331.9F. PMID 12973228.
  8. ↑ Shermak, Michelle (August 2010). "The Leading Edge". Plastic Surgery News.
  9. 1 2 "History of the UT Southwestern Plastic Surgery Department". Utsouthwestern.edu. January 1, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
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  11. ↑ "Plastic surgeons often miss patients' mental disorders". CBS News. January 18, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  12. ↑ Schnurman, Mitchell (October 22, 2010). "A Dallas hospital has reasons for offering plastic surgery". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Archived from the original on May 30, 2016.
  13. ↑ Gordon, Scott (June 20, 2014). "Plastic Surgeon Steps Aside From Leadership Post". NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  14. ↑ "History of the Department". Utsouthwestern.edu. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  15. ↑ Edgar, Jolene (August 29, 2018). "Nonsurgical Rhinoplasty Is Everywhere These Days — But Are "Liquid Nose Jobs" Safe". Allure. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  16. 1 2 Loria, Keith (March 2020). "Maintaining a high bar of leadership for future generations". PSN.
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  18. ↑ "America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2022". newsweek.com.
  19. ↑ "America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2023". newsweek.com.
  20. ↑ "America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2024". newsweek.com.
  21. ↑ "America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2021". newsweek.com. 15 June 2021.
  22. ↑ "America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2022". newsweek.com.
  23. ↑ "America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2023". newsweek.com.
  24. ↑ "America's Best Plastic Surgeons 2024". newsweek.com.
  25. ↑ "Castle Connolly's Top Doctors". castleconnolly.com.
  26. ↑ Borrell, Brendan (2026-10-21). "Journal founded by plastic surgeon touts studies of products he's tied to – including one that has been retracted". Retraction Watch. Retrieved 2026-10-22.
  27. ↑ Gimenez, Alejandro (2025). "Rhinoplasty Septal Cartilage Harvest and Reconstruction: The 4 Clicks". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open. 13 (1) e6452. doi:10.1097/gox.0000000000006452. PMC 11732650. PMID 39816899.
  28. ↑ Rod J. Rohrich, M.D. Plastic Surgeon (2022-02-09). #ROHRICH KNOSE PODCAST Ep. 23 Why Exosomes ?-Atta Beffar M. D. Retrieved 2026-10-22 – via YouTube.
  29. ↑ McGraw, Ian (2024). "Evolving Role of Exosomes in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Dermatology". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open. 12 (8) e6061. doi:10.1097/gox.0000000000006061. PMC 11326466. PMID 39157711.
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  31. ↑ Weir, David; Wyles, Saranya; Behfar, Atta; Eaton-Jankov, Laura; Secic, Michelle; Bell, Michaela; Vyas, Krishna; Rohrich, Rod J. (March 2025). "Human Platelet Extract (Plated) Hair Serum for Hair Health Improvement: A Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Clinical Study". Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Global Open. 13 (3) e6562. doi:10.1097/GOX.0000000000006562. PMC 11918706. PMID 40104384.