Darrick E. Antell

Darrick E. Antell, MD, F.A.C.S. is an American scientist, researcher, educator and plastic and reconstructive surgeon. As of 2023, he is Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He was the first in his field to use twins to document how faces can be affected by environmental factors like sun, stress, and smoking.

Education and career
Antell received his B.S. in biology at Hobart College, a D.M.D at Case Western Reserve University Dental School, and M.D. at the University of Toledo.

He received his general surgery training at Stanford University Medical Center and received his specialized training in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. Served as assistant clinical professor of surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (1989-2014). Antell is an early (1999) advocate for advanced techniques in augmented breast reconstruction of breast cancer patients that underwent mastectomies.

In 2014, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History invited Dr. Antell to join the exhibition "Genome: Unlocking Life's Code." Dr. Antell's work was displayed alongside that of James Watson and Francis Crick.

Philanthropy
Antell has been a clinical faculty member and guest lecturer at American University of Antigua since 2010. He has been the assistant clinical professor of surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai since 2014.

He is a founding member of The Society of New York Office Based Surgery Facilities, a not-for-profit 501(c)(6) corporation increasing patients' access to accredited office-based surgery facilities. In 1997, he established the Dr. Darrick E. Antell '73 Scholarship at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and at the University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences established the Darrick Antell, M.D. Medical Student Family Fund Scholarship provided annually to a student with parental responsibilities.

In 2014, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History invited Dr. Antell to join the exhibition "Genome: Unlocking Life's Code." Dr. Antell's work was displayed alongside that of James Watson and Francis Crick.

Honors and awards
Partial list, current as of 2023:


 * American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Maliniac Award
 * The Society of New York Office Based Surgery Facilities, President


 * The Physician Scientific Society


 * American Society of Plastic Surgeons


 * American College of Surgeons – Fellow (F.A.C.S.)


 * American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
 * Lifetime member, the National Institute of Social Sciences


 * New York Regional Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons


 * American Medical Association


 * Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons


 * The International Society of Plastic Surgeons

Research
Antell demonstrated that lifestyle is a greater determining factor than genetics in aging. A two-year study with identical twins showed that smoking and sun exposure predominantly influence one twin and not the other. It also suggested that alcohol, stress, diet and exercise, among other factors, could be an influence, and such lifestyle choices may alter the expression of certain genes and gene-environment interaction.

Peer reviewed
Partial list:

Books
Contributing editor:


 * Grabb and Smith's Plastic Surgery ISBN 1496388240
 * Cosmetic Facial Surgery ISBN 0323795196