Dr. Richard Zienowicz

Plastic Surgeon · BodybyZ · Providence, RI

Dr. Richard J. Zienowicz, MD, FACS is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon based in Providence, Rhode Island, where he leads his private practice, bodybyZ Plastic Surgery. He is dually board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Hand Surgery, and serves as Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery (Chief of Aesthetic/Cosmetic Surgery) in the Department of Plastic Surgery at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. A 1983 graduate of Brown Medical School, he trained at the Cleveland Clinic (plastic surgery) and Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital (hand and microsurgery fellowship), and has over 40 years of clinical experience. He is known for pioneering Trans-Abdominal Breast Augmentation (TABA) and Augmentation Mammoplasty by Reverse Abdominoplasty (AMBRA), and has been listed by Castle Connolly as a "Top Doctor" in plastic surgery.

Richard Zienowicz, MD, FACS is a dually board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon in Providence, Rhode Island, and the Chief of Cosmetic Surgery at Brown University's Department of Plastic Surgery. Certified by both the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Hand Surgery, he is one of only a few hundred surgeons in the United States who also serves as an oral board examiner, helping to test and certify the next generation of plastic surgeons. Dr. Zienowicz earned his medical degree from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and completed advanced training at the Cleveland Clinic and at Harvard University's Massachusetts General Hospital, where he specialized in hand and microsurgery. He has spent more than three decades in academic medicine as a faculty member at Brown University, training chief residents in plastic and reconstructive surgery while maintaining his Providence practice, bodybyZ. An expert in face, breast, and body contouring surgery, Dr. Zienowicz is known internationally for his scarless breast augmentation, a transaxillary technique performed through a small incision under the armpit with no touching of the breast itself, an approach he has refined across more than 1,000 procedures. He also invented the Trans-Abdominal Breast Augmentation (TABA), which combines abdominoplasty with breast augmentation to deliver implants and a flatter abdomen with no incisions on the breast; the technique was published in the September 2017 issue of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, the field's most authoritative journal. Dr. Zienowicz has been named one of "America's Top Cosmetic Surgeons" by Castle Connolly and The New York Times every year since 2013, and was recognized as a RealSelf Top 100 plastic surgeon in 2016. His reputation extends well beyond Rhode Island: he has performed live surgery before more than 400 surgeons from over 20 countries at the profession's premier annual meeting in Atlanta, has taught from Australia to Brazil to Japan, and regularly travels abroad to perform pro bono reconstructive surgery for children and adults who would otherwise go without care. For patients across Providence, Rhode Island and throughout New England, bodybyZ and Dr. Richard Zienowicz offer a rare combination of academic authority and refined aesthetic judgment. To learn more or to schedule a consultation, contact bodybyZ at 113 Wickenden Street in Providence, Rhode Island.

Dr. Richard Zienowicz is dually board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Hand Surgery. An Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at Brown University, he has trained at the Cleveland Clinic, Harvard University at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Warren Alpert Brown School of Medicine. Named one of America's Top Cosmetic Surgeons by Castle Connolly and the New York Times annually since 2013, Dr. Z is internationally recognized for his scarless breast augmentation and innovative procedures including Trans-Abdominal Breast Augmentation (TABA). He is an expert in face, breast, and body contouring surgery.