Throughout his career, Dr. Patronella has one some of plastic surgery’s top awards and honors. Below are some of the highlights. View a comprehensive listing of Dr. Patronella’s honors here:
Dr. Patronella Recognized as One of the Best Plastic Surgeons in the US, 2025
America’s Best Plastic Surgeons recognized Dr. Patronella as one of the best plastic surgeons in the United States. They evaluated the plastic surgeons on the quality of the surgery preparation, the quality of the surgical procedure, the quality of the follow-up care, and the quality of the surgical outcomes. In 2022, he was named one of America’s Best Plastic Surgeons for facelift surgery and breast augmentation. Dr. Patronella was one of fewer than 10 plastic surgeons in Texas to earn the “America’s Best Plastic Surgeons 2021” award in three categories: Breast Augmentation, Facelift, and Liposuction.
Surgical Face Makeover of the Year, 2019, MyFaceMyBody Awards
Dr. Christopher K. Patronella took home the award for Surgical Face Makeover of the Year at the MyFaceMyBody Global Aesthetic Awards in 2019.
Considered the “Oscars of the Aesthetic Industry, MyFaceMyBody Global Aesthetic Awards celebrate and honor those at the pinnacle of the beauty and aesthetics business. Dr. Christopher K. Patronella was selected from hundreds of applicants from across the globe to win the coveted title of Surgical Face Makeover of the Year at the MyFaceMyBody Global Aesthetic Awards 2019.
MyFaceMyBody Director and awards founder, Mr. Stephen Handisides.
“Congratulations to Dr. Christopher K. Patronella for winning this coveted award. The application process is extremely intensive and winning a MyFaceMyBody award is a huge accolade, and one that they truly deserve. The virtual online platform for the awards opened up the application process to clinics, doctors and practices from all over the world, making it the first truly global Aesthetics Awards program. So Dr. Christopher K. Patronella can say they provided the best surgical face makeover in the world!”
Some of the most brilliant minds in the Aesthetics industry made up the judging panel including, from the USA, Dr Patrick Bitter, Dr. Brian Kinney, Marie Olesen, Paula Di Marco Young, Michael Berry, Dr. Alan Levy, Dr. Sonia Badresshia-Bansal and Paul J. LoVerme. From the UK Dr. Uliana Gout, Dr. Vincent Wong, Jane Byers, Dr. Aneesha Ahmad, Dr. Manav Bawa, Dr. Rakha Tailor and Lou Sommereux. Also from Australia, Dr. Mela Brankov and Carley Stewart and from South Africa Dr. Nicole Kanaris.
Male Plastic Surgeon of the Year, 2018, MyFaceMyBody Awards
An esteemed panel of judges named Dr. Chris Patronella the Male Plastic Surgeon of the Year – SOUTH and Surgical Makeover of the Year is a finalist for the MyFaceMyBody Awards USA. Dr Chris Patronella was selected as the award winner from hundreds of applicants from across the United States of America. Known as the ‘Oscars’ of the aesthetic industry awards, the glamorous MyFaceMyBody Awards USA gala ceremony was held in Beverly Hills, CA and attended by 350 leading industry professionals, plastic surgeons, brands, journalists, beauty bloggers and celebrities. Held in LA, London, China and Sydney the awards honor the leaders in aesthetics, brands for their product innovation and popularity. Practices are rewarded for exceptional experiences and outstanding service to consumers.
The panel of judges included some of the most respected industry leaders from across the globe, including from the USA, Dr. Paul Nassif TV show Botched and Botched By Nature, Dr Craig Ziering and Mr. Michael Berry. From the UK Dr. Vincent Wong, Dr. Sherina Balaratnam and Dr. Anna Brilli from the UK, Dr. Mucio Porto, Brazil and Dr. Anthony Lin from China. Dr. Cat Stone, New Zealand and from Australia, Dr. Nicole Yap, Dr Varun Sharma, Kelly George and Dr Nicole Kanaris from South Africa.
Named one of the “Ultimate 100 Global Aesthetic Leaders,” 2019, 2020; My Face My Body
The MyFaceMyBody Ultimate 100 profiles some of the top plastic surgeons from around the world. This luxe collectible book showcases an elite group of leading medical professionals, carefully selected from the MyFaceMyBody global awards program around the world. A definitive guide for consumers, MyFaceMyBody Ultimate 100 provides insights into the characteristics that have made each one of these professionals one of the top “100 Global Aesthetic Leaders.”
Texas Super Doctors Hall of Fame – 2018 to Present
Membership into this elite group is reserved for physicians who’ve earned recognition as Texas Super Doctors for 10 years and beyond.
Dr. Patronella’s innovative abdominoplasty approach, the True Form Tummy Tuck®, was the “Featured Operative Technique” in the prestigious Aesthetic Surgery Journal (ASJ) in Nov./Dec. 2015. ASJ is a peer-reviewed international journal focusing on scientific developments and clinical techniques in aesthetic surgery.
By Dr. Chris Patronella About 15 to 20 years ago, a trend began for disproportionately large buttocks. In the video, you can see a photo featured in the New York Post of a woman who experienced regret after having the Brazilian Butt Lift (BBL) done. I want to compare that to what I consider to […]
Learn MorePlastic Surgeon Dr. Chris Patronella One reason why I don’t favor mini tummy tuck surgery in most of the women I see who desire improvement of the abdomen after childbirth is this the lower abdomen can be flattened, but it would disproportionally affect the unpaired upper abdomen by leaving a bulge in the upper abdomen, […]
Learn MoreBy Dr. Chris Patronella Women make a tremendous sacrifice when they have children—a sacrifice that involves their body and their time. And oftentimes, after having children, the body isn’t the way it used to be. It can be very disheartening for a women to know what they had before and to see what they see […]
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