Awards and Honors
- Recognized by Best Doctors as one of the most respected doctors in his field, 2008-2012
- Selected as a top doctor by H Texas magazine, 2003-present. Nomination based on physician voting.
- Consistently recognized as a “Super Doctor” by Texas Monthly magazine
- Recognized as one of "America's Top Plastic Surgeons" by Consumers' Research Council of America.
- Internationally recognized as a top plastic surgeon in Beyond Black, an international luxury publisher.
- Listed in Forbes Magazine, Dec 2009 issue, as a leading plastic surgeon of the United States (Goldline Research study)
- Recipient of Doctors' Choice award from Health & Fitness Magazine.
- Awarded Best Journal Article from the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the American Surgery Education and Research Foundation for research on improving safety in high risk aesthetic surgery.
- Top Viewed Author award—The ACPS Research website (Knol) is a Google-award winning site with more than 100,000 website visitors
Every year since 2008, Dr. Mentz has received the prestigious honor of being selected as a "Best Doctor." Physicians are listed in this database of experts based upon an extensive, confidential peer-review process."Best Doctor® database of experts. Selection is made by surveying medical professionals with questions like, "If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer them?" More information about Best Doctors® can be found at www.BestDoctors.com. To learn more about the selection process, visit http://www.bestdoctors.com/bd/experts.php.
Voted one of Houston's Top Doc by H-Texas Magazine
Dr. Mentz has been recognized as a Houston's Top Doc and Top Doc for Women year after year since 2003 by H-Texas® Magazine (formerly Inside Houston® Magazine). Nominees are chosen based upon votes from both physicians and the public. Only the top 1-2% of doctors receive the “Top Doc” honor. Voting is conducted via mailed ballots and online voting at H-Texas® Magazine’s website: www.HTexas.com.
Dr. Mentz's detailed and customized approach to facelift surgery is featured in the plastic surgery textbook, Advanced Surgical Facial Rejuvenation. Dr. Mentz authored a chapter which details his approach to determining the most effective lifting strategies to correct laxity of facial soft tissues.
Since 2001, Dr.Mentz has been a consistent nominee for Super Doctor™ in Texas Monthly’s annual Super Doctors™ list. Candidates are selected based upon surveys of physicians, a panel review (doctors chosen to review and score the contenders) and a research process that includes interviews with medical professionals to identify the top doctors. Key Professional Media performs the process, with the goal of finding doctors who have acquired both a “high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.". To learn more about the selection process, visit http://www.superdoctors.com, or contact TexasMonthly® at http://www.texasmonthly.com/contact.
Consumers' Research Council of America cites Dr. Mentz as one of "America's Top Plastic Surgeons".
Dr. Mentz was designated as one of "America's Top Plastic Surgeons" in 2008 by the Consumers' Research Council of America. This independent research company based in Washington, DC evaluates professional services throughout the nation in an effort to assist consumers in attaining the finest professional services.
Plastic Surgeons are chosen through a point system that assigns value based upon a physician’s experience (years in practice), training (education and continuing education), professional associations (membership in professional medical associations), and board certifications (completed an approved residency program and passed a rigid examination for that specialty). The council prefers the point method over the survey method based upon the opinion that emotion is less likely to sway the selection process. Notably, Dr. Mentz is consistently selected as a top surgeon in his field from multiple organizations utilizing both selection methods. To learn more about the "America's Top Plastic Surgeons" award and the Consumers' Research Council of America, visit www.consumersresearchcncl.org.
Dr. Mentz was chosen to appear in Beyond Black, an international luxury publisher that promotes leaders in their fields to other individuals of ultra high net worth.
Beyond Black is publisher whose goal is to cross promote leading companies and brands to those considered to be of high and ultra high net worths. Dr. Mentz wasshowcased in the publisher’s Beyond Beauty publication, one of a series of publications which features the most successful surgeons in the field of plastic surgery, ophthalmology, dermatology, and cosmetic dentistry. Participating doctors are selected based upon a set of criteria that includes, professional excellence, paradigm setting techniques, notoriety, and personality. Physicians and members of international professional associations comprise the advisory board. Presentation in Beyond Black is a great honor that reflects Dr. Mentz’s recognition at an international level. You can obtain more information about Beyond Black at www.BeyondBlack.org.
Published in Forbes magazine as a "leading Plastic Surgeon of the United States", Dec 2009 issue.
Dr. Mentz was designated as a leading plastic surgeon in the United States in a 2009 Goldline Research study that was published in Forbes magazine Goldline Research's entire list of leading Plastic Surgeons was published in the Dec 28th issue of Forbes Magazine. Dr. Mentz’s practice was selected from among the more than six thousand plastic surgeons in the nation because it, "provides outstanding patient service that exceeds the industry standard," said Victoria Coryelle, an analyst at Goldline Research. Regarding the physicians who were chosen, she said, "We believe that these practices are setting the benchmarks for patient service for the industry as a whole.”
Goldline Research is a leading marketing and information services company whose mission is to empower consumer choice by identifying leading professional services providers. The company evaluates professional services firms and providers throughout the county by using a rigorous, proprietary research methodology. To learn more, visit www.goldlineresearch.com.
Dr. Mentz received the Doctors'Choice award from Health & Fitness®Magazine in 2009.
Dr. Mentz was honored to be listed in Health and Fitness Magazine® as a top Houston physician for Breast Surgery and Cosmetic/Reconstructive Surgery. The Doctors'Choice award was given to 273 of Houston's top physicians based upon votes from their medical professional peers. In the confidential survey, more than 2,800 Houston area physicians were asked to identify the two doctors of a particular specialty to whom they would send family and friends. Learn more about Health and Fitness Magazine at www.HealthAndFitnessMag.com.
Best Journal Article Award, given by The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation
"Thromboembolism in High Risk Aesthetic Surgery: Experience with 17 Patients in Review of 3871 Consecutive Cases", Published in 2008.
Dr. Mentz received a “Best Journal Article Award” for his research to advance the understanding and safety of high risk surgery. The Aesthetic Center for Plastic Surgery where Dr. Mentz practices along with fellow surgeons Dr. German Newall, Dr. Christopher Patronella, Dr. Paul Fortes, and Dr. James Boynton, is one of the few private practices in the nation that maintains a clinical research facility which is dedicated to producing accredited research.
