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About Sam P. Most

Sam P. Most is a rhinoplasty surgeon in Palo Alto, CA, ranked #5 of the fifty US rhinoplasty surgeons on this site on 77 of a possible 105 points, itemised further down this page.

PubMed returns 111 rhinoplasty papers for Most SP[au] AND (Stanford[ad]), 72 of them checked one by one against this surgeon. 72 sit in the core rhinoplasty journals: 17 as first author, 93 as senior author. 72 of them are listed here by title. Those titles cluster on preservation, dorsal, revision, spreader rhinoplasty.

Roles in the field's own institutions: rhinoplasty society president 2022–2023, dallas rhinoplasty meeting 2026 faculty and aafprs fellowship director.

42 rhinoplasty videos are on file here, from a channel with 1.56K subscribers. The practice is at 801 Welch Rd., Palo Alto, CA, United States.

Practice

4.7Google rating111reviews
61name the operation, of the 111 newest read
4.74mean rating on those

What patients wrote about Sam P. Most and their nose

★★★★★

This is a lengthy review, so buckle in! My revision rhinoplasty results have given me back a piece of my identity that I thought was long gone, and I cannot thank Dr. Most and his team enough. I am officially three months post-op from revision rhinoplasty after waiting almost ten years from my prima…

September 2026 · Google review
★★★★★

Dr. Most and his team did a fantastic job with my nose and made my pre- and post-experiences comfortable and easy. I had a septoplasty and cosmetic rhinoplasty; I'm currently 4 weeks post-op. Dr. Most gave me the exact results that I wanted, and since I removed my cast, my nose already looks so clos…

August 2026 · Google review
★★★★★

Dr. Most did an amazing job on my septoplasty and rhinoplasty. Before surgery, I was nervous about whether my nose would still look natural and fit my face, but the results are absolutely perfect! It suits my face so well, and I truly could not imagine a better outcome!! Beyond the cosmetic results,…

June 2026 · Google review

Sam Most 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 111 on Google. We do not solicit, collect or moderate reviews.

Cost, in their words

“Cost-minimization analysis showed that the use of angiography with ICG results in cost savings of $177 per patient on average.Two-week takedown of select paramedian forehead flap patients can be performed safely with verification using angiography with ICG.” profiles.stanford.edu/sam-most
“Although this technology inherently adds cost, it is cost-effective, saving a total of $177 per patient.NA.” profiles.stanford.edu/sam-most

Recovery, in their words

“Patients were classified into 1 of 4 groups according to the type and timing of treatment.Septorhinoplasty between 6 and 24 months after nasal fracture diagnosis.” profiles.stanford.edu/sam-most
“A recently described severity scale for nasal obstruction was applied to NOSE scores to demonstrate postoperative results.Average follow-up was 4.7 months.” profiles.stanford.edu/sam-most
“The final version was administered prospectively to 25 rhinoplasty patients and 25 controls at two-week intervals.” profiles.stanford.edu/sam-most

Out-of-town patients

“P. 2024 ; 8 (1) : e109 Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic led to increased telehealth utilization in outpatient otolaryngology settings.” profiles.stanford.edu/sam-most
“We demonstrate substantial increases in the number of otolaryngology patients participating in telehealth since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic but with no differences in patient distributions by race or ethnicity over time.” profiles.stanford.edu/sam-most

Read from Sam P. Most's practice site, September 2026. Each quote links the page it came from.

Why #5: the score, line by line

Every point traces to a public source. The method is on the methodology page; search-visibility points are pending.

25/25
Publications

72 core-journal rhinoplasty papers (17 first / 93 senior); query `Most SP[au] AND (Stanford[ad])`

20/20
Teaching

Dallas Rhinoplasty Meeting 2026 faculty; AAFPRS fellowship director; TRS visiting professor 2022; rhinoplasty teaching in print (10 invited discussion/commentary, 21 Clinics issues, 24 reviews)

15/15
Society leadership

TRS president 2022–2023; TRS Stal award 2021; TRS member (directory)

0/20
Newsweek 2026

No points from this line.

10/10
Credentials

board: ABFPRS, ABOto-HNS; fellowship: facial plastic fellowship

7/10
Rhinoplasty focus

rhinoplasty page; revision rhinoplasty page; rhinoplasty in domain/title

0/5
Public work

No points from this line.

77/95
Total score

Sum of the seven lines. Search-visibility points (5) are pending for every surgeon.

Rhinoplasty Society president 2022–2023Dallas Rhinoplasty Meeting 2026 FacultyAAFPRS fellowship director

Video

42 public YouTube videos for “Sam P. Most rhinoplasty”, read September 2026, played with YouTube's embeddable player. The full channel is on YouTube (49 videos).

Rhinoplasty: Dorsal Hump Reduction · sammost · 16,821 views · 10 years ago
Analysis and Treatment of the Crooked Nose · sammost · 12,801 views · 6 years ago
Preservation Rhinoplasty Webinar June 6, 2020, Sam P. Most, MD · sammost · 9,480 views · 6 years ago
San Francisco Advanced Rhinoplasty (Part 2 - Septoplasty) · sammost · 6,323 views · 16 years ago
Joseph Hump Reduction Webinar June 13, 2020 · sammost · 4,124 views · 6 years ago
San Francisco Advanced Rhinoplasty (Part 6 - Dorsal Hump) · sammost · 3,667 views · 16 years ago
San Francisco Rhinoplasty (Part 2) · sammost · 3,602 views · 19 years ago
Show the other 34 videos · 42 in total, 1 guest appearance
NonCaucasian Rhinoplasty Webinar · sammost · 3,516 views · 6 years ago
Structural Preservation Rhinoplasty: Methods and Outcomes · sammost · 3,361 views · 5 years ago
Complications of Rhinoplasty Webinar Panel · sammost · 2,666 views · 6 years ago
San Francisco Advanced Rhinoplasty (Part 7 - The Nasal Tip) · sammost · 2,621 views · 16 years ago
San Francisco Advanced Rhinoplasty (Part 8 - The Crooked Nose) · sammost · 2,595 views · 16 years ago
San Francisco Advanced Rhinoplasty (Part 1 - Introduction) · sammost · 2,085 views · 16 years ago
Functional Rhinoplasty Webinar Panel · sammost · 1,942 views · 6 years ago
San Francisco Advanced Rhinoplasty (Part 3 - Turbinate Reduction) · sammost · 1,746 views · 16 years ago
Oblique rib cutting for rhinoplasty · sammost · 1,667 views · 7 years ago
Rib graft rhinoplasty · sammost · 1,182 views · 7 years ago
San Francisco Rhinoplasty (Part 1) · sammost · 1,132 views · 18 years ago
The Aesthetic and Functional Rhinoplasty Spectrum · sammost · 899 views · 5 years ago
Combining Open Structure and Preservation Rhinoplasty: Update · sammost · 725 views · 5 years ago
Comprehensive Rhinoplasty Chapter 8: Dorsal Preservation · sammost · 392 views · 2 years ago
Dr. Most's Clinic Overview · sammost · 352 views · 7 years ago
Comprehensive Rhinoplasty Chapter 7: Dorsal Hump Reduction · sammost · 170 views · 2 years ago
Natural rhinoplasty results — 1 year post-op. · sammost · 168 views · 3 months ago
How I Decide If a Nose Is a Candidate for Dorsal Preservation · sammost · 142 views · 1 month ago
Decision Making In Rhinoplasty-The Dorsal Septal Gap · sammost · 47 views · 1 month ago
Guest appearance
Dr. Sam Most talks Global Rhinoplasty · Thieme International · 307 views · 2 years ago

Rhinoplasty publications

By topic: Preservation rhinoplasty (30) · Dorsum and hump (22) · Outcomes, satisfaction and psychology (17) · Other rhinoplasty papers (14) · Anatomy and nasal analysis (11) · Septum, valve and airway (10) · Cleft, trauma and reconstruction (5) · Revision and secondary rhinoplasty (4) · Rib, ear and septal grafts (3) · Nasal tip (2) · Complications and management (2) · History, education and training (2) · Ethnic, Asian, Middle Eastern, African and Latino rhinoplasty (1) · Adolescent and aging nose (1) · Male rhinoplasty (1).

PubMed, query Most SP[au] AND (Stanford[ad]): 111 rhinoplasty papers, 72 in the core journals, 17 as first author and 93 as senior author.

2026
Features of Importance in the Nasal Exam in Rhinoplasty
Longino ES, Kandathil CK, Ahmad J et al.
2025

The work, linked out

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.