Dr. Richard Bensimon is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Michigan.

Dr. Bensimon completed his residency in General Surgery at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. He did fellowship training in Plastic surgery at Montefiore Medical Center.

Dr. Bensimon is a well-respected surgeon due to his medical philosophy. He believes Liposuction has been one of the greatest advances in Aesthetic surgery in his 25+ year career as it provides very real results with minimal invention. The advent of Power-Assisted Liposuction (PAL) has furthered the delicacy and efficiency of the technique.

A fun fact about Dr. Bensimon is he volunteered as a surgeon and educator at a Cambodian refugee camp on the Thai/Cambodian border from 1984 to 1985.

When Dr. Bensimon is not in the operating room, he enjoys gourmet food, wine collecting, movies, skiing, and scuba diving.