About Dr. Richard Rival

Dr. Rival graduated with honours from the University of Toronto Medical School in 1989. He then completed a six-year surgical training program in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and Facial Plastic Surgery at the University of California in Los Angeles and the University of Toronto. During this time he was trained by experts in the fields of Rhinology (nasal surgery), General Plastic Surgery and Facial Plastic Surgery.

Dr. Rival also completed a year of research in Craniofacial Surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He then traveled internationally to gain further expertise in rhinoplasty, nasal and facial plastic surgery.

Dr. Rival’s Toronto cosmetic surgery practise is limited exclusively to the face and neck. He is well known for his expertise in rhinoplasty and revision rhinoplasty and offers computer imaging to help visualize the potential of these surgeries. Dr. Rival has lectured nationally and internationally on rhinoplasty. For the past three years he has been Co-director of an annual instructional course in Toronto for other practicing surgeons with a focus on rhinoplasty. This has attracted surgeons from across Canada and the United States. His philosophy is always to create natural results without leaving signs of surgery.

Dr. Rival is on the teaching faculty at the University of Toronto. He holds staff positions at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket. Dr. Rival is board certified by both the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the American Board of Otolaryngology. He is also a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Otolaryngology.

Dr. Rival is also a fellow of both the American and Canadian Academies of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Please contact Dr. Rival directly at his private office:

712 Davis Drive, Suite 105
Newmarket, ON L3Y 5G8

Phone: 905-830-6711
Toll free: 866-229-FACE (3223)
Fax: 905-898-5558

Website: www.rivalcosmeticsurgery.com