Dr. Edwin Williams is a double board-certified facial plastic surgeon who founded The Williams Center in 1993. He has performed over 10,000 facial plastic surgery procedures and has pioneered the deep plane facelift. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery for over a decade, and served as President from 2015-2016. In 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, Dr. Williams earned the Castle Connelly Top Doctors award in New York Facial Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Edwin F. Williams III attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1982. He began medical school at the State University of Buffalo School of Medicine and received his Doctor of Medicine in 1986.
Dr. Williams is actively involved in teaching facial plastic and reconstruction surgery to the residents of the Albany Medical Center and is former Chief of the Section of Facial and Plastic Reconstruction Surgery at Albany Medical Center where he received an academic appointment of Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery.
When people think of a plastic surgery procedure that takes years off of a person’s looks, one of the first surgeries that comes to mind is the facelift. While a facelift is a popular option for facial rejuvenation, it’s not the only surgical option out there. In fact, some people might be concerned about their…
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Formally referred to as rhinoplasty, nose job surgery is regarded as one of the most transformative facial plastic procedures a patient can undergo. The nose is nearly always visible and protrudes from the mostly level surface of the face. In is also situated in the mid-face region between the eyes and mouth, which people tend…
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Elective procedures are performed because a person is unhappy with his or her looks, and they choose to modify an area of the face. Facial plastics are the best known way to enhance one’s looks and self-confidence, though there can be a counter effect in patients. In some cases, the patient experiences overcorrection. This not…
Read MorePost-Graduate: Edwin F. Williams, III, M.D., Samuel M.Lam, M.D. A Practical and Systematic Approach to Facial Rejuvenation, (in progress) Edwin F. Williams, III, M.D., Hannah Vargas, M.d., Samuel M. Lam, M.D., Christopher R. Hove, M.D., Bret J. Rodgers, M.D., Ravinder Dahiya, M.D., “Midfacial Rejuvenation via an endoscopic Browlift Approach: A Critical Evaluation of a Five-year…
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