Dr. Ben Cilento | Facial Plastic Surgeon Houston, Spring, The Woodlands
Dr. Cilento is an award winning facial plastic surgeon in Houston, Texas. His reputation precedes him both professionally and from his patients.
His work as both a facial plastic surgeon and sinus surgeon gives him a unique understanding of not just the form of the nose but also it's function. Because of this, he regularly performs revision rhinoplasties where patients have function of their nose from a primary rhinoplasty done by another surgeon.
He is an artist in the surgery suite and receives regular accolades from patients on his compassion and care. He is passionate about not only giving patients the look they desire, but also educating them on the process. He truly believes a positive outcome to plastic surgery is a joint effort between patient and surgeon. Pre and post op care are paramount to success.
Dr. Cilento's History as a Facial Plastic Surgeon
Benjamin W Cilento, MD, is a Fellowship trained Facial Plastic Surgeon and a member of the elite American Academy Of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Throughout his medical career, Dr. Cilento has trained and worked with leaders in head and neck and facial plastic surgery. He trained with world-renowned leaders in the field such as Craig Murakami, Neal Futran and Sam Most at the University of Washington in Seattle, where he completed his residency. After his residency and during his Navy services he was appointed as the Head of the Department of Otolaryngology at the US Naval Hospital in Asia.
After two years in Asia, he was selected for a fellowship in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at Tulane University in New Orleans. Here is studied under Dr. Calvin M. Johnson, Jr., who is credited as changing the way modern rhinoplasty is done. Dr. Johnson created the Open Structure Rhinoplasty procedure.
When Dr. Cilento had completed training with Dr. Johnson, he accepted an assistant professorship at Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS) and was appointed Chief of the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Navy’s largest medical facility — Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA.
Awards From The American Academy Of Facial Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery
Dr. Cilento served as an assistant professor at the Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) in Norfolk, Virginia for the Department of Otolaryngology. There, he was responsible for the education of residents and medical students. He also served as the Director of Research and won multiple awards for research including:
- American Heart Association Research Grant for Immunologic Research on B-Cell hypermutation
- The Potsic Ferguson Award for the best presentation of a resident at the Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM)
- The John Orlando Roe Award from the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) for his work on the aging face.
His current research and area of expertise centers around the functional and aesthetic aspects of the nose, specifically fixing problems of nasal breathing and congestion.
Dr. Benjamin Cilento | Castle Connolly Top Doctor
Castle Connolly Top Doctors are nominated and voted on by their peers. Essentially doctors are asked, "Where would you go if you needed to be seen by another doctor?"
Dr. Cilento was awarded the great honor of being a Castle Connolly Top Doctor in 2023 because of his deeper expertise of the head, neck and sinuses, commitment to high levels of patient care, and utilization of advanced diagnostic and treatment options.
