Summary

Dr. Desai is an Ivy League educated and fellowship trained Plastic, Aesthetic, and Cosmetic Surgeon (Harvard University & Brown University). He has trained for twenty-years since graduating high school to become a Plastic Surgeon. He has worked in all three epicenters of Plastic Surgery in the United States: Beverly Hills, Miami Beach, and now here in New York City. Dr. Desai’s work has recently been profiled on various news outlets including CNN, Good Morning America, Nightline, NBC News, ABC News, and CBS News among others.

Dr. Desai has had an impressive journey to ultimately find his way to New York City. He was born and raised in a suburb outside Boston. While in high school, he was involved in pre-college coursework at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) before completing his undergraduate education with Honors in Neuroscience in New York. He remained in Boston where he received a graduate degree (MPH) in Health Policy from Harvard University while simultaneously pursuing his medical degree (MD) from Tufts University School of Medicine. He went on to complete his surgical internship in General Surgery, followed by a rigorous surgical residency training program rotating between Brown Medical School, Children’s Hospital Boston - Harvard Medical School and Tufts Medical Center. During residency, Dr. Desai was active in research in the department of Plastic Surgery at Children’s Hospital – Harvard Medical School in Boston studying congenital deformities in children and applications in Craniofacial Surgery. He went on to complete a second residency in Plastic Surgery at the University of Miami in Miami, Florida. Dr. Desai was also selected for the coveted fellowship in Advanced Aesthetic Plastic Surgery at the Beverly Hills Institute of Plastic Surgery in Beverly Hills, California.

Dr. Desai has always been dedicated to academic research in Plastic Surgery. He has authored 7 textbook chapters and has 14 peer-reviewed papers published under his name in journals including The Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (JPRAS), The Aesthetic Surgery Journal, and The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. Dr. Desai has also always been dedicated to international service and serving the under-privileged. As a high school student, he helped build a school-house in rural Ecuador. After college, he travelled to India to volunteer at a leprosy camp for Mother Teresa’s Missionary in Calcutta. While in medical school, he traveled to rural south-west China on a cleft-lip and cleft-palate reconstruction project treating children who were born with congenital malformations, as this was his inspiration to transition into the field of Plastic Surgery. After medical school, he volunteered after the 2005 tsunami disaster on the island of Koh Phi Phi, Thailand. More recently, Dr. Desai traveled to Port-au-Prince, Haiti after the devastating earthquake that shocked that nation on three separate occasions to perform pediatric cleft-lip and palate reconstruction as well as burn reconstruction in children.

Dr. Desai currently holds an academic attending staff position at the New York Eye & Ear Infirmary of Mt. Sinai in Manhattan.
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Quick Facts

  • 4.6
  • 21 years of experience
  • Tufts University School Of Medicine
  • 34 written reviews
  • 2 specialties
  • 9 areas of expertise
  • 2 board certifications
  • 3 office locations
  • Male

Office Locations

Dr. Urmen Desai has 3 locations

Dr. Urmen Desai

436 N Bedford Dr Ste 202Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Harlem Hospital Center

506 Malcolm X BlvdNew York, NY 10037

David N Sayah Md Medical Group

436 N Bedford Dr Ste 202Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Mon9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tue9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wed9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thu9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri9:00 am - 5:00 pm
SatClosed
SunClosed

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Speaks English Speaks English, Spanish
Beverly Hills , CABeverly Hills , CABeverly Hills , CAWest Palm Beach , FL
Med School: Tufts University School Of Medicine Med School: Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Med School: Icahn School Of Medicine At Mount Sinai Med School: Kansas City University Of Medicine & Bioscience College Of Osteopathic Med
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Insurance Plans Accepted by Dr. Urmen Desai

  • Accepts Medicare

Medical Specialties

Dr. Urmen Desai has the following 2 specialties

Specialty Expertise

Dr. Urmen Desai has the following 9 areas of expertise

  • Cosmetic Surgery
  • Cosmetic Surgery (Aesthetic Procedures)
  • Dermabrasion
  • Hair Restoration
  • Laser Resurfacing
  • Plastic Surgery (Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery)
  • Reconstructive Surgery
  • Skin Cancer
  • Surgery

Certifications, License, & Education

21 Years Experience

MEDICAL LICENSE

Medical Doctor, California, 2026, Active

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Medical School

Tufts University School Of MedicineGraduated in 2005

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