George J. Bitar, M.D., F.A.C.S.

"A main goal of our work is to promote self-confidence, promote a healthy lifestyle, and enhance your quality of everyday life via modern cosmetic surgery."

—George John Bitar, MD

George Bitar MD, FACS, is an award-winning, fellowship-trained, board certified plastic surgeon who has performed over 5,000 cosmetic facial and body procedures. As an innovator in the field of plastic surgery, he is the founder and medical director of the Bitar Cosmetic Surgery Institute with offices in Fairfax and Manassas VA serving a sophisticated national and international patient base offering them state-of-the-art skin care, injectables and cosmetic surgery. A strong advocate of patient safety, Dr. Bitar operates at INOVA Fairfax hospital, listed as the top 50 hospitals in the country. He has been named one of Washingtonian magazine’s top plastic surgeons by his peers, and has also been named a top plastic surgeon by Northern Virginia Magazine and by Health and Beauty Magazine . He has been featured as an expert in cosmetic surgery on TV shows such as "Healthline" and "The Prudent Advisor", on multiple radio stations, and in numerous national and international magazines. He has also guest starred on “Days of Our Lives”.

On the Forefront of Cosmetic Surgery
Dr. Bitar has been featured as an expert in cosmetic surgery on TV shows such as "Healthline" and "The Prudent Advisor", on XM Satellite Radio, and in numerous national and international magazines. Uniquely trained by some of the modern masters of cosmetic surgery in Rio de Janeiro, Paris, New York, and Beverly Hills, Dr. Bitar has assimilated the latest techniques, offering each patient an individualized plan, whether surgery is the goal or non-surgical improvement. Dr. Bitar applies his artistic talents acquired through watercolor painting and photography to providing his patients their own unique, aesthetic harmony. Dr. Bitar lives in Northern Virginia with his wife Rima.

Also fascinated by the arts, Dr. Bitar applies his artistic talents to watercolor painting and photography and providing his patients their own unique, aesthetic harmony.

Education
Dr. Bitar obtained his medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC and finished a general surgery residency at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. His plastic surgery residency was completed at the University of Virginia plastic surgery program, which provided him with a strong foundation in reconstructive surgery of people injured in accidents, facial deformities, severe burns, hand surgery, and microsurgery.

As a continued commitment of enhancing the quality of life through plastic surgery, Dr. Bitar has volunteered on medical missions to various countries and operated on children with severe burn, facial and hand deformities. He volunteers on the medical school admissions committee at George Washington University. Dr. Bitar is also fluent in French and Arabic.

Uniquely Trained by Many of Today's Modern Masters of Plastic Surgery
To provide his patients with high quality cosmetic surgery, Dr. Bitar completed a cosmetic and breast surgery fellowship in the United States at a prestigious Cosmetic Surgery Center with ten board-certified plastic surgeons. Internationally, he trained with some very prominent cosmetic surgeons, and learned the techniques of Dr. Ivo Pitanguy, the father of Brazilian cosmetic surgery, in Rio de Janeiro, Dr. Marchac, in Paris, Dr. Mendelson in Melbourne, Dr. Widgerow in Johannesburg, Dr. Giampapa in New York, and Dr. Ellenbogen in Beverly Hills.

With this international training, Dr. Bitar has assimilated the secrets of these prominent cosmetic surgeons in offering each patient an individualized treatment plan.

Licensure

Virginia: Active Status

Hospital Appointments

Inova Fairfax Hospital (Falls Church, VA) – Associate Staff
Prince William Hospital (Manassas, VA) – Courtesy Staff

Education / Career

Bitar Cosmetic Surgery Institute, Medical Director, Northern VA. (2002-currently)
International Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship (July-Dec 2001)
Charlotte Plastic Surgery Center. Charlotte, NC. Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship (2000 - 2001)
University of Virginia. Charlottesville, VA. Plastic Surgery Residency (1998 - 2000)
Albert Einstein Medical Center. Philadelphia, PA. General Surgery Residency (1993 - 1998)
George Washington University School of Medicine. Washington, DC. Degree: M.D. (1989- 1993)
George Mason University. Fairfax, VA. Degree: B.A. Biology (1988 -1989)
University of Missouri, Columbia. Undergraduate studies (1985 – 1987)
International College. Beirut, Lebanon. High School Diploma (June 1985)

Honors And Awards

Visiting lecture to UVA Dept. of Plastic Surgery: (Cosmetic Surgery; What’s Hot in 2010?) (Charlottesville, VA. 11/02/09)
Co-chair of 2008 Washington DC Events- CARE Organization-2008
Washingtonian Magazine's Top Doctors 2008
George Mason University - Outstanding Alumnus of the Year -2008
Guest speaker, American Arab Medical Association: (Plastic Surgery: Is It a Need or a Luxury?) (Vienna, VA 3/12/08)
Guest speaker, Fairfax Hospital Dept. of Plastic Surgery, Cosmetic Surgery in the Google Age (Fairfax, VA 1/16/2008)
Listed as “Top Plastic Surgeon” on Consumers Research Council of American 2007
Voted by area plastic surgeons as one of the area’s “Top Plastic Surgeons” in the Northern Virginia Magazine (October 2007)
Visiting lecturer to UVA Dept. of Plastic Surgery: (10 Things Every Plastic Surgeon Should Know – Starting Your Practice) (Charlottesville, VA. 9/24/07)
Visiting Lecture to UVA Dept. of Plastic Surgery: (Transaxillary Breast Augmentation) (Charlottesville, VA. 1/29/07)
Visiting Lecture to UVA Dept. of Plastic Surgery: (Body Contouring after Massive Weight Loss) (Charlottesville, VA. 1/29/07)
TV Interview “Healthline – Facelift/Neck Lift” Channel 8 (Procedure filmed at Inova Fairfax Hospital on 11/29/06)
Featured plastic surgeon on “Broadminded – Cosmetic Fillers” XM radio channel 155 (11/30/06)
Featured plastic surgeon on “Broadminded – Latest in Cosmetic Surgery” XM Radio channel 155 (11/1/2006)
Featured plastic surgeon on “Healthline – Tummy Tucks” Channel 8 (10/5/2006)
Featured plastic surgeon on “The Prudent Advisor – Plastic Surgery After 50” Channel 8 (9/25/2006)
Guest Appearance “Days of Our Lives” on NBC – Leukemia & Lymphomas Society (October 4, 2006)
Featured as cover story – Health & Beauty Magazine (Nov.-Dec. 2006)
Voted “National Man of the Year” (2006) Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Voted “Man of the Year” (2006) Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Washington, DC Chapter
Voted One of the Top Five Plastic Surgeons in Fairfax County by Health & Beauty Magazine (2006)
Voted One of the Top Ten Plastic Surgeons in the Northern Virginia-DC Area by TopsInAmerica.com (2006)
Editorial Advisory Board- Plastic Surgery Products magazine (2006)
Visiting lecturer to UVA Dept. of Plastic Surgery: (Combining a Medispa with a Cosmetic Surgery practice- Challenges and Rewards) (Charlottesville, VA. 2006)
Voted One of Top Three Best Plastic Surgeons in Northern VA. Vienna Times ( Fairfax,VA.- 2006)
Featured in Manassas Journal Messenger as community plastic surgeon ( Manassas, VA.- 2006)
Featured expert plastic surgeon in DC Style magazine (Washington D.C.- 2006)
Featured as cover story- Plastic Surgery Products magazine (2005)
Featured guest on discussing Age Management & Healthy Living on Al Arabiya TV Station (2005)
Featured expert on Anti-Aging Medicine and Plastic Surgery on local cable TV Chan. 96 (Health & Beauty) – (2005)
Voted by peers as one of the areas “Top Doctors” in the Washingtonian Magazine (July 2005)
Featured Plastic Surgeon on Washington Business Radio, 1050AM, “Plastic surgery for men in the work place” (4/28/04)
Visiting Lecturer, American University of Beirut, Latest Techniques in Cosmetic Surgery (Beirut, Lebanon 2003)
Member of The Physician’s Advisory Board, Chairman, Tom Delay (Washington, DC 2003)
Guest speaker, Prince William Hospital, What’s New in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Manassas, VA 2003)
Visiting lecturer, UVA Dept. of Plastic Surgery, Latest Techniques in Cosmetic Surgery (Charlottesville, VA. 2002)
Guest speaker, Fairfax Hospital Dept. of Plastic Surgery, Cosmetic Surgery Around The World (Fairfax, VA 2002)
Raymond F. Morgan Research Award for Plastic Surgery Residents (Charlottesville, VA 2000)
Guest Speaker, Issues in Medicine, Lebanese-American Convention (Washington, DC 1995)
Summer Research Fellowship Program-National Institutes of Health (Bethesda, MD 1990)
Top Plastic Surgeon in the USA by United's Hemisphere Magazine 2011
Top Plastic Surgeon by Washingtonian Magazine 2011
Winner of Patient's Choice Award 2011; 2010
Most Compassionate Doctor 2011
Voted Top Plastic Surgeon by Board Certified Plastic Surgeons in the DC area (Northern Virginia Magazine; Oct 2010)
Ranked a top doctor by Castle Connolly in 2011
Top Plastic Surgeon by US AIR magazine 2010
Top Cosmetic Surgeon by Plastic Surgery Products Magazine 2010
Ranked perfect 10 score on AVVO.com (the only plastic surgeon in Northern Virginia with a perfect 10)

Medical Missions and Volunteer Work

University of Virginia- Department of Plastic Surgery Visiting lecturer (2002-present)
George Washington School of Medicine Admissions Committee (2002-present)
Craniofacial Clinic at Fairfax Hospital (2002-2003)
India (2000)
Virginia Children’s Connection. Team leader: Dr. Thomas Gampper, University of Virginia Vietnam (1998)
Interplast Organization. Team Leader: Dr. J. William Futrell, University of Pittsburgh

Associations and Certifications

Fellow, American College of Surgeons, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American Society of Bariatric Plastic Surgeons, American Board of Plastic Surgery, American Medical Association, Medical Society of Virginia, DC Capitol Society of Plastic Surgery, Advanced Cardiac and Trauma Life Support, Basic Cardiac Life Support