Peter A. Hilger, MD

Dr. Hilger specializes in facial plastic and reconstructive procedures including: face lift, chin implants, eyelid and brow lifts, pinning ears back, skin resurfacing, rhinoplasty, post-traumatic reconstruction, reconstruction of soft tissue defects following resection of cutaneous malignancies.

• Minnesota Monthly "Best Doctors"  Numerous occasions
• Mpls.St.Paul Magazine "Top Doctor" Yearly for the past decade
• Best Doctors in America® 
• American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – President 2007
• Honorary Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2001
• Dickinson Award, American Academy of Facial Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery - for appreciation of electronic media innovations, 1999

• 2004-2014: American Board of Otolaryngology
  
  • 2011-present:President elect
  • 2004-2014: Director
  • 2014: President
  • 2014-present: Senior Advisor
• 1996-present: American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  
  • 1996-2000: Director
  • 2000-2003: Secretary
  • 2003-2006: Treasurer
  • 2007-present: Senior Advisor
• 1988-present: American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 
  
  • 2000-2001: Secretary elect
  • 2001-2004: Secretary
  • 2005-2006: President elect
  • 2006-2007: President
• 1982-present: Minnesota Academy of Otolaryngology
• 1980-present: American Medical Association

• Larrabee W, Hilger P: The First Composite Face and Maxilla Transplant. JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, November 25, 2009; 302(20): 2250-2251.
• Hilger P, Most S: The Next Decade. Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, Mar-Apr 2010: 12(2):82-83.
• Rhee JS, Weaver EM, Park SS, Baker SR, Hilger PA, Kriet JD, Murakami C, Senior BA, Rosenfeld RM, DiVittorio D: Clinical Consensus Statement: Diagnosis and Management of Nasal Valve Compromise. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 2010 143, 48-59
• Christophel JJ, Hilger PA: Osseocartilaginous Rib Graft Rhinoplasty: A Stable, Predictable Technique for Major Dorsal Reconstruction. Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, Mar-Apr 2011: 13(2): 78-83.
• McCarn K, Hilger PA. 3D Analysis of Tissue Expanders. Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America, November 2011: 19 (4):759-765.