
About Us
At The Institute for Advanced Reconstruction,
we aren't just changing what's possible in treatment;
we're changing lives.





About The Institute For
Advanced Reconstruction
Patient-Focused Care
Our commitment to the patient experience distinguishes the Institute for Advanced Reconstruction from other care centers.
While we pride ourselves on modern treatments, the heart of our mission centers on patient care. We invest in people, not merely their medical concerns, and work to heal physical discomfort as well as emotional pain. To that end, we take time to understand your concerns and goals.
Working together to create a customized treatment plan that maximizes your health and wellness.
To enhance your comfort, we perform many of our reconstructive procedures at our private, state-of-the-art surgical facility, The Center for Outpatient Surgery. Our surgery center is New Jersey State Licensed and Medicare Accredited, and accredited according to the standards of the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc. (AAAASF).
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Our
Doctors and
Surgeons
The doctors and surgeons at the Institute for Advanced Reconstruction are highly trained – many with double-board certifications. As proven innovators in the field of plastic reconstructive surgery, we are at the forefront of research and collaborate with experts from around the globe to drive essential progress in plastic surgical care.
Few facilities in the world have the training and expertise to perform the groundbreaking techniques offered at the Institute for Advanced Reconstruction. In addition, we work hand-in-hand with top clinical partners to ensure patients receive holistic, comprehensive care.

Andrew Elkwood

Hamid Abdollahi

Gary Arishita

Russell Ashinoff

Gregory Buncke

Rudolf Buntic

David Cabiling

Eric I. Chang

Minas Chrysopoulo

Frank Ciminello

Kari L. Colen

Frank Dellacroce

Chris Devulapalli

Stephen Dudick

Adam Feintisch

Nicole Ferro

Andrew Gassman

Ritwik Grover

Edward Hahn

Stacy Henderson

Sean Herman

Zuhaib Ibrahim

Hari Iyer

Santosh Kale

Matthew Kaufman

Ergun Kocak

Chris Lakhiani

Peter Ledoux

Walter Lin

Ahmed Nasser

Chet Nastala

Robert T. Nevitt III

Oscar Ochoa

William Ordoyne

Tushar Patel

Steven Pisano

Brian Pridgen

Sidney Rabinowitz

Deepak Ramesh

David Rayfield

Michael Rose

Adam Saad

Bauback Safa

Ajul Shah

Tzvi Small

Alan Stolier

Scott Sullivan

Pankaj Tiwari

Stephen Toran

Christopher Trahan

David Tsai

Hakan Usal

Andrew Watt

Jonathan Weiswasser

Lauren Whipple

Eric Wimmers
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Whitten Wise

Mary Jo Wright

Deborah Yu

Sarosh Zafar
World-Class
Leadership
Physician
Assistants
To support excellence in patient care, we have a team of highly skilled physician assistants (Pas) who work hand-in-hand with our plastic and reconstructive surgeons. Each of our physician assistants is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) and each has completed training in multiple specialities, including plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Gina Herring

Michele Burgagni
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Jennifer Rey

Gabriella Ursick

Stephanie Catalano

Justyna Cerefin

Sydney Myers

Olivia Kraemer

Caroline Moore

Jenna Kimmerle
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Natalie Cooper

Anastasia Rose
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Ashley Nunez
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Ashley Kovac

Cristina Pate

Nicolette Vignola

Jae-Marie Valerio
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Carly Sarch

Megan Devitt
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Zaneta Pabon
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Arielle Paulin

Maggie Deardurff

Kaitlyn Schimmoeller

Michaelle Palmer
Axon Advance Foundation
Having a spinal cord injury or peripheral nerve damage often means living with limited functionality and pain. The Axon Advance Foundation aims to change this.
Established in 2012 by doctors at The Institute for Advanced Reconstruction, the Axon Advance Foundation is a non-profit organization focused on new horizons in research, innovation, and surgical treatments for peripheral nerve damage and spinal cord injury.
The Foundation works closely with the W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers University and its focus on spinal cord injury. From bench top to clinical research, the goal of the Foundation is to improve treatment options for patients.
At Axon Advance Foundation, we are proud to join the medical community in spearheading life-changing discoveries and procedures for those living with various forms of paralysis, nerve disorders, and spinal cord injury.
The
ARSA Difference
We are proud to be a part of the Advanced Reconstructive Surgery Alliance (ARSA). Working with ARSA empowers our team to focus unencumbered on what matters most – our patients. As a member of ARSA, our reconstructive and cosmetic surgeons benefit from an adaptive business environment with infrastructure, marketing, and the level of excellence that enables them to concentrate on the business of providing extraordinary clinical services.
