Anthony Berlet, MD '86
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Anthony Berlet approaches his specialty—plastic surgery—with the passion of an artist. A trained architect, he specializes in the structure of the human body rather than a building. His creations are the planes of the face, the contour of a nose, the reconstruction of a breast. His materials are skin, bone and tissue; his tools are scalpels, clamps, lasers and probes.
As an undergraduate, Berlet majored in architecture in addition to pre-med. He classifies plastic surgery into two types of procedures: those that can be taught, like breast augmentation and tummy tuck; and the more creative three-dimensional procedures, such as rhinoplasty and breast reconstruction, “which are like sculpting.”
He’s illustrated and written many medical textbooks, and in 2009, was asked to curate an exhibition of plastic surgery: “I Am Art—An Expression of the Visual and Artistic Process of Plastic Surgery.” As curator, Berlet selected his own work and that of three colleagues, including photos and videos taken before, during and after surgery. When asked how he does it all, the physician smiles. “I don’t know,” he says. “I wake up every morning with so many great ideas. I just want to make it all happen.”
UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
Anthony Berlet approaches his specialty—plastic surgery—with the passion of an artist. A trained architect, he specializes in the structure of the human body rather than a building. His creations are the planes of the face, the contour of a nose, the reconstruction of a breast. His materials are skin, bone and tissue; his tools are scalpels, clamps, lasers and probes.
As an undergraduate, Berlet majored in architecture in addition to pre-med. He classifies plastic surgery into two types of procedures: those that can be taught, like breast augmentation and tummy tuck; and the more creative three-dimensional procedures, such as rhinoplasty and breast reconstruction, “which are like sculpting.”
He’s illustrated and written many medical textbooks, and in 2009, was asked to curate an exhibition of plastic surgery: “I Am Art—An Expression of the Visual and Artistic Process of Plastic Surgery.” As curator, Berlet selected his own work and that of three colleagues, including photos and videos taken before, during and after surgery. When asked how he does it all, the physician smiles. “I don’t know,” he says. “I wake up every morning with so many great ideas. I just want to make it all happen.”
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