Meet Dr. Chandawarkar

Dr. Akash Chandawarkar - Tampa Florida Plastic Surgeon

Dr. Akash Chandawarkar is the son of immigrant parents from India who both moved to America in pursuit of better educational opportunities. As a result, from a young age, the importance of education and work ethic was instilled in him while growing up on the New Jersey shore. Dr. Chandawarkar has chased the best education all over the country to hone his craft. 

Education and Training

Dr. Chandawarkar grew up in central New Jersey and attended the highly competitive Science & Engineering magnet program at Manalapan High School, where he served as class president. He studied neuroscience and nuclear engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for his undergraduate studies, and also was class president. He stayed in Boston for his medical studies as one of only thirty students admitted to the joint Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology (HST) program at Harvard Medical School. During his time there, he worked with the first face and hand transplantation patients as a research fellow for a year at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. This experience showed Dr. Chandawarkar the power of restorative and reconstructive surgery, and was where his passion for plastic surgery first blossomed. He earned his M.D. degree (Honors in a Special Field) with cum laude distinction from Harvard Medical School in 2014. He also served as student body president at Harvard.

He completed a seven-year integrated plastic and reconstructive surgery residency at the world-renowned Johns Hopkins/University of Maryland program. During that time, he spent time learning complex cancer and trauma reconstruction at Johns Hopkins Hospital, craniofacial reconstruction at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, and hand surgery at the Curtis National Hand Center. He also learned aesthetic and cosmetic surgery locally in the Washington, D.C. metro region, and spent extra elective time visiting the top plastic surgeons in Beverly Hills, Laguna Beach, San Diego, and Dallas.

Dr. Chandawarkar has always been interested in the newest technologies and devices, and took a year off from residency to move to the west coast to Silicon Valley. He was one of only twelve fellows at the Stanford University Biodesign Innovation Fellowship in Palo Alto, CA, where he worked with medical device experts to learn the full life cycle of turning unmet needs into patient solutions. He returned to Baltimore to finish his residency training at Johns Hopkins.

Dr. Chandawarkar is one of few plastic surgery residency graduates to undertake further aesthetic training after residency in an Aesthetic Society endorsed one-year fellowship. He moved to New York City to work with over 150 Upper East Side aesthetic surgeons at the Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital (MEETH). The MEETH fellowship only accepts 2 fellows each year and is the most prestigious and historic training program for aesthetic surgeons in the world, with direct mentorship from many giants in the field of facial and rhinoplasty surgery.

Special Achievements

Dr. Chandawarkar has published extensively in peer-reviewed plastic surgery journals and
authored many textbook chapters, especially in the areas of technology and trends in the
aesthetics market. As a result, Dr. Chandawarkar has been quoted about these subject areas in the lay press, including in the New York Times. Dr. Chandawarkar sits on the editorial board of the high impact factor Aesthetic Surgery Journal as a Next Generation Editor. He has worked very closely with the Aesthetic Society on multiple international committees, and even was selected to testify at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) about breast implant safety. Given his unique engineering, innovation, and medical background, Dr. Chandawarkar is often asked to consult for new technologies in the aesthetic space.

Specialties and Skills

Dr. Chandawarkar performs head-to-toe aesthetic treatments, including injectables, lasers, non-invasives, and surgery of the breast and body. He has additional specialized fellowship training in facial surgery, including facelift, rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery), browlifts, and necklifts, and has learned a variety of techniques from the experts in the field. He is always on the cutting edge, so is able to offer his patients the latest innovations, technologies, and techniques. He also has unique experience treating male patients. Dr. Chandawarkar prides himself on providing his patients with safe surgery, natural results, and open communication throughout their aesthetic journey.

Background

Originally hailing from the northeast, Dr. Chandawarkar now lives in Tampa with his wife and baby daughter, and his two dogs, Polu and Luna. Dr. Chandawarkar is an accomplished musician, and is proficient in guitar, piano, saxophone, clarinet, and vocal percussion. He was the vocalist/guitarist/songwriter of a rock band, who opened up for Bruce Springsteen at Giants Stadium when he was in high school. In college, he was a member of an a cappella group that made it to the finals of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA). He also trained in the Trinity College of London of Music for Piano for many years. He is a former varsity tennis player, and looking forward to getting involved in more outdoor sports with the great weather of the gulf coast of Florida.