R. Laurence Berkowitz
Rhinoplasty surgeon, San Jose, CA. 6 rhinoplasty papers in the core journals · rhinoplasty society president 2021–2022.
- Phone
- (408) 489-1008
- Practice site
- illuminateplasticsurgery.com
- Video
- 3 on file
- Photographs
- 2 galleries
R. Laurence Berkowitz's before-and-after photographs
All 2 pages on R. Laurence Berkowitz's own site holding rhinoplasty before-and-after photographs. Each page was fetched and read in September 2026 and the counts are what that read found. The photographs stay on the surgeon's site. Nothing here is re-hosted.
About R. Laurence Berkowitz
R. Laurence Berkowitz is a rhinoplasty surgeon in San Jose, CA, ranked #46 of the fifty US rhinoplasty surgeons on this site on 34 of a possible 105 points, itemised further down this page.
PubMed returns 7 rhinoplasty papers for Berkowitz R[au]. 6 sit in the core rhinoplasty journals: 2 as first author, 4 as senior author.
Roles in the field's own institutions: rhinoplasty society president 2021–2022.
3 rhinoplasty videos are on file here, from a channel with 4 subscribers. Before-and-after photographs are on the practice site. The practice is at 2400 Samaritan Drive, San Jose, CA, United States.
Practice
What patients wrote about R. Laurence Berkowitz and their nose
★★★★★I'm not one to leave reviews, but in the case of Dr. Berkowitz I must share my experience. Without going into great detail I went to Dr. B for an unknown growth I have after rhinoplasty 21 years ago. All my other specialists were baffled, Dr. B. went in to a very tricky place to surgically obtain a …
May 2021 · Google review
★★★★★I have had several procedures with Dr. Berkowitz with outstanding results. He has performed a Lower Blepharoplasty, Breast Lift, Earlobe Repair and Revision Rhinoplasty that was an extremely complicated case. I hope to help as many people as I can from my own personal experiences. There are far too …
July 2016 · Google review
R Laurence Berkowitz MD on Google, read 2026-09-09. The rating and the counts are the profile's own and include the critical reviews; the quotes are reviews that name the operation, each with the rating the patient gave. Read all 18 on Google. We do not solicit, collect or moderate reviews.
Recovery, in their words
“Bruising and swelling typically improve within two to three weeks, but exercise may take six weeks or more to return to normal.” illuminateplasticsurgery.com/conditions/nose-shaping
“Most patients can resume normal activities within two weeks after rhinoplasty, although swelling may last for several weeks, and you should avoid strenuous activity for about six weeks.” illuminateplasticsurgery.com/conditions/nose-shaping
Read from R. Laurence Berkowitz's practice site, September 2026. Each quote links the page it came from.
Why #46: the score, line by line
Every point traces to a public source. The method is on the methodology page; search-visibility points are pending.
0 core-journal rhinoplasty papers verified as his (the query `Berkowitz R[au]` returns 6; 6 belong to other authors of that surname)
rhinoplasty teaching in print (2 invited discussion/commentary, 1 Clinics issue, 1 review)
Video
3 public YouTube videos for “R. Laurence Berkowitz rhinoplasty”, read September 2026, played with YouTube's embeddable player. The full channel is on YouTube (3 videos).
Rhinoplasty publications
PubMed, query Berkowitz R[au]: 7 rhinoplasty papers, 6 in the core journals, 2 as first author and 4 as senior author.
No title-matched rhinoplasty papers in the core-journal archive (2011–2026).
The work, linked out
Facebook page
Sources: Newsweek/Statista 2026; The Rhinoplasty Society; AAFPRS fellowship directors; Dallas Rhinoplasty Meeting and Baker Gordon 2026 programs; PubMed; the practice site (read September 2026). Rankings are our opinion of the public record.