Gerald Imber

Who

A cosmetic surgeon with four decades of experience, Gerry Imber is a touch-up artist to the stars and a bestselling beauty author.

Backstory

After attending medical school at SUNY Downstate and completing his residency at LIJ and Cornell, Imber started his plastic surgery practice in Manhattan in the early '70s. An assistant professor of surgery at Cornell and an attending surgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Imber has long attracted a following of socialites and other boldfaced names, but he's always been tight-lipped about his patient roster. (It's been rumored that Candace Bushnell, Fern Mallis, and Jerry Della Femina have all stopped off at his Fifth Avenue office.) Known for his theory that women should have small procedures performed in their 30s, rather than waiting to have it all done in one go later in life, Imber is particularly popular for his facelifts and neck "rejuvenation" technique.

In print

Imber has authored a number of books about looking young, including 2001's The Youth Corridor, in which he sets forth the aforementioned theory about starting surgery young. He took on the subject of cosmetic surgery for guys in 1998's For Men Only: Looking Your Best Through Science, Surgery and Common Sense, and published Absolute Beauty in 2005. His next book, Body Temperature, is slated to be published in 2009.

Personal

The well-tanned Imber is divorced; he has three grown sons named Greg, Jason, and Peter. He owns an apartment on Beekman Place and has a weekend home in Millbrook.