Stephen C. Nicolaidis

ADVISOR, PLASTIC SURGEON

Montreal, Québec, CA

Last Modified: February 26, 2024

Dr. Nicolaidis completed his Plastic Surgery residency training at McGill University, following which he did fellowships at both University of Miami and Baylor College of Medicine. His very first position was Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in New York.

Following the events of 9/11, he chose to return home to Montreal, where he currently works as Assistant, Professor of Surgery at the University of Montreal.

Dr. Nicolaidis opened his private office Contour Clinic in the early 2000s and started explanting in 2018. He stopped implanting in May 2021, when he no longer felt he could tell which patients were more at risk for developing breast implant illness.

In an effort to improve the quality of care for explant patients, Dr. Nicolaidis opened the Montreal Explant and Research Center in November 2023.

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery at Alber Einstein School of Medicine, New York, 1999-2002

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Montreal, 2002-present

Education

  • General Surgery Residency at McGill University, 1992-1995

  • Plastic Surgery Residency at McGill University, 1995-1997

  • Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship at University of Miami , 1998

  • Orthopaedic Hand Surgery Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 1998-1999

Achievements

  • H. Rocke Robertson Award in Plastic Surgery, McGill University, 1997

  • America’s Top Surgeons, 2002-2003

  • Certificate of Recognition, by the Center for the Fight Against Breast Cancer, 2009

  • Customer Service Award to Contour Clinic, 2015

  • Jean-Paul Bosse Professor of the Year, University of Montreal, 2016

  • “Outstanding Paper Presentation” at American Society of Plastic Surgeons meeting for “Prospective Study of Complications Following 500 Explantations with Simultaneous Breast Lifts,” 2022

  • Opening of the Montreal Explant Center, November 2023

Certifications

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 1997-present

  • Certificate of Added Qualification for Hand Surgery, 2000

  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, 2000-2005

Memberships

  • Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons

“My specialty of Plastic Surgery along with breast implant companies, have failed patients on a colossal scale by not identifying and addressing the various problems caused by breast implants in a more timely manner.”

— Dr. Nicolaidis to the Canadian Parliament, May 4, 2023

“The continued failure of certain American Plastic Surgeons to acknowledge these harms done to patients, and worse yet their conflicted attempts to downplay these harms for personal gain, are frankly an embarrassment to my specialty.”