Darrick E. Antell, MD, F.A.C.S. is an American scientist, researcher, educator and plastic and reconstructive surgeon. As of 2023, he is Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He was the first in his field to use twins to document how faces can be affected by environmental factors like sun, stress, and smoking.
Education and career
Antell received his B.S. in biology at Hobart College, a D.M.D at Case Western Reserve University Dental School, and M.D. at the University of Toledo.
He received his general surgery training at Stanford University Medical Center and received his specialized training in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Served as assistant clinical professor of surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (1989-2014).
Antell has been a clinical faculty member and guest lecturer at American University of Antigua since 2010. He has been the assistant clinical professor of surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai since 2014.
Antell is an early (1999) advocate for advanced techniques in augmented breast reconstruction of breast cancer patients that underwent mastectomies.
He is a founding member of The Society of New York Office Based Surgery Facilities, a not-for-profit 501(c)(6) corporation increasing patients' access to accredited office-based surgery facilities.
In 2014, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History invited Dr. Antell to join the exhibition "Genome: Unlocking Life's Code." Dr. Antell's work was displayed alongside that of James Watson and Francis Crick.
Honors and awards
Partial list, current as of 2023:
The Society of New York Office Based Surgery Facilities, President
The Physician Scientific Society
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons – Fellow (F.A.C.S.)
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Lifetime member, the National Institute of Social Sciences
New York Regional Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
American Medical Association
Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons
The International Society of Plastic Surgeons
Research
Antell demonstrated that lifestyle is a greater determining factor than genetics in aging. A two-year study with identical twins showed that smoking and sun exposure predominantly influence one twin and not the other. It also suggested that alcohol, stress, diet and exercise, among other factors, could be an influence, and such lifestyle choices may alter the expression of certain genes and gene-environment interaction.
Publications
Peer reviewed
Partial list: Antell, D. E., May, J. M., Bonnano, M. J., & Lee. “A Comparison of the Full and Short-Scar Face-Lift Incision Techniques in Multiple Sets of Identical Twins”. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 137(6), 1707-1714, (2016) N.Y. Antell, D. E., “Stuart Brooks Kincaid, M.D., 1950 to 2015.” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, vol. 137, no. 5, 2016, pp. 1657–1658. Antell, D. E., May, J. M, Bonanno, M. J., Lee, N. Y.: “Comparison of the Short and Full Incision Face Lift on Five Sets of Identical Twins”. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 130, 40-41, (2012) N.Y. A Comparison of Face Lift Techniques in Eight Consecutive Sets of Identical Twins, Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive surgery, Volume 120, Number 6, November 2007 Antell, Darrick E. “Dr. John Milton Troxel, M.D., 1960 to 2005.” Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery vol.117, no. 4, 2006, pp. 1372-1373. Antell, D., Taczanowski, E.: “How Environment and Lifestyle Choices Influence the Aging Process” Annals of Plastic Surgery 43, 585-588, 1999. Freedman, G., Antell, D., Conrad, K.: “Facial Rehabilitation: Maximizing Aesthetics Through a Coordinated Team Approach” Dentistry Today, pgs. 66-73, April 1997. Goulian, D., Lesesne, C., and Antell, D.: “Further Refinements of the Triangular Flap Closure in the Cleft Lip" Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 80:29-36, 1987. Antell DE. Legal disclaimers. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1987 Jan;79(1):146-7. doi: 10.1097/00006534-198701000-00035.
Books
Contributing editor:
Grabb and Smith's Plastic Surgery
Cosmetic Facial Surgery
References
American plastic surgeons
Living people
Hobart and William Smith Colleges alumni
Case Western Reserve University alumni
Columbia University faculty
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
