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Richard Zienowicz

MD, FACS

Top 10 Plastic Surgeon in Rhode Island
bodybyZ · Providence, Rhode Island

About Richard Zienowicz

Dr. Richard Zienowicz, MD, FACS, is a board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon and the founder of bodybyZ in Providence, Rhode Island, at 113 Wickenden Street, established in 1988. He has over 40 years of experience. He is an Associate Clinical Professor at Brown University's Warren Alpert School of Medicine and Chief of Cosmetic Surgery at Brown University's Department of Plastic Surgery. He earned his MD from Brown Medical School (1983), followed by plastic surgery and hand microsurgery residencies at the Cleveland Clinic and Harvard University/Massachusetts General Hospital. He is dually board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Hand Surgery. He is also a respected board examiner for the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He has been named one of America's Top Plastic Surgeons by Castle Connolly and the New York Times (2013-2017), a RealSelf Top 100 plastic surgeon (2016), and a Top Plastic Surgeon by the International Association of HealthCare Professionals. He is a past president of the New England Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, a member of the Plastic Surgery Research Council and the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, and an organizer of the Italian-American Plastic Surgery Congress. He has performed live surgery in front of over 400 surgeons from more than 20 countries at the world's most prestigious plastic surgery event in Atlanta. He has invented, trained, and published on two well-accepted procedures including his pioneering scarless transaxillary breast augmentation and Trans-Abdominal Breast Augmentation (TABA), published in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgical Journal (2017). He travels to foreign countries for pro bono surgery for adults and children. He is affiliated with The Miriam Hospital, South County Hospital, St. Anne's Hospital, and Newport Hospital. He has 193 RealSelf reviews with a 4.9 rating, 1,354 before/after photos, 54 Yelp reviews, 18 Yelp photos, and 23 Facebook reviews. One client has been his patient for 17 years and is a doctor herself. Services include breast augmentation (scarless transaxillary), breast lift, breast reduction, breast revision, TABA, mommy makeover, tummy tuck, liposuction, BBL, body contouring, arm lift, facelift, neck lift, blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty, gynecomastia surgery, Botox, dermal fillers, laser treatments, and nonsurgical skin rejuvenation.

Recognition History

2026

Top 10 Plastic Surgeon in Rhode Island

Elite Aesthetics Guide 2026

Independently Evaluated & Recognized