Dr. Brooke R. Seckel is a nationally and internationally recognized authority on Plastic Surgery and the treatment of facial aging. He performs all types of cosmetic, facial and breast plastic surgery, but his special interest lies in the field of non-invasive and non-surgical therapies to correct and prevent facial aging.

Dr. Seckel was founder and Director of the Lahey Center for Cosmetic and Laser Surgery in Lexington, Massachusetts. He was also the founder and first chairman of the Department of Plastic Surgery at The Lahey Clinic in Burlington, Massachusetts, a large multi-specialty group practice hospital in the Boston area. At Lahey Clinic he founded the Lahey Clinic Residency Program in Plastic Surgery and the Plastic Surgery Research Laboratory where he conducted basic science research in nerve regeneration, spinal cord regeneration and laser tissue interactions.

He is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, The American Board of Neurology, and the American Board of Emergency Medicine. He is a member of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Association of Plastic Surgeons, is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, and was recently voted one of the "Best Doctors in America" by Best Doctors® Inc. Boston Magazine has also recognized Dr. Brooke Seckel as one of the "Top Doctors in Boston" in 2006.

Dr. Seckel has published over 100 scientific articles in the field of plastic surgery and authored the first book on cosmetic laser surgery in 1995 entitled "Aesthetic Laser Surgery". He also published, Facial Danger Zones, a book devoted to teaching surgeons how to perform facial surgery safely without injuring the facial nerves.

More recently, Dr. Seckel published Save Your Face - The Revolutionary 6-step Non-surgical Facial Rejuvenation Program which discusses, in easy to understand language, the causes and prevention of facial aging, and the revolutionary new non-surgical methods for facial rejuvenation.

Certifications & Professional Recognition

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology), 1976; American Board of Emergency Medicine, 1981; American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1983

Academic Background

Undergraduate:

Ohio University, 1965-Summa Cum Laude

Medical:

Medical College of Virginia, 1969

Residency:

Residency Harvard Neurological Unit, Boston City Hospital (Neurology), 1971-74; New England Medical Center (General Surgery), Boston, 1978-80; Brigham and Women's Hospital and Children's Hospital Medical Center (Plastic Surgery), Boston, MA, 1980-82

Fellowship National Institute of Neurological Diseases, Medical College of Virginia (Neuroscience), 1967-68; Boston City Hospital at Mallory Institute of Pathology (Neuropathology), 1975-77

Societies, Memberships, and Affiliations

American Society of Plastic Surgeons
American Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine