Jonathan Mason Warren, 1811 - 1867.
Probably performed the first cleft palate and reconstructive rhinoplasty in America.

Robert Fulton Weir, 1838 - 1927.
Important contributions to rhinoplastic surgery, a well known one being his crescent shaped excision from the base of the ala nasi.

Joseph Safian, 1886 - 1983.
Trained by father of rhinoplasty, Jacques Joseph of Germany, and, with Aufricht, introduced his methods to the U.S. in the 1930's.

Gustave Aufricht, 1894 - 1980.
Trained by father of rhinoplasty, Jacques Joseph of Germany; with Safian, introduced his methods to the U.S. in the 1930's; a founding member of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.

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