PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
- B.A. Columbia College of Columbia University, magna cum laude Phi Beta Kappa, 1974
- M.D. Yale University School of Medicine 1978
- General Surgery Residency, Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1978-1982
- Plastic Surgery Residency, Montefiore Medical Center-Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1982-1984
- Chief Resident in Plastic Surgery 1983-1984
- Clinical Instructor in Plastic Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1984-1990
- Chief of Plastic Surgery, LaGuardia Hospital 1987-1985
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- American Board of Plastic Surgery
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- American College of Surgeons
- Medical Society of the State of New York
- Medical Society of the County of Queens, President May 2013 - May 2014
- Queens Academy of Medicine
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION:
- Listed in the Castle Connolly Guide to the Best Doctors in New York, special citation for breast surgery
- Gold Prize of the American College of Surgeons for doctoral dissertation on the effects of preoperative chemotherapy on wound healing, resulting in a change in the order of treatment of head and neck cancer
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:
- North Shore University Hospital
- Long Island Jewish-Forest Hills Hospital
- New York Presbyterian Hospital of Queens
- Flushing Hospital Medical Center
