About The Institute
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).
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
Peter Andrawes
Gary Arishita
Russell Ashinoff
Anjeanette Brown
Gregory Buncke
Rudolf Buntic
David Cabiling
Stephen Chagares
Eric I. Chang
Minas Chrysopoulo
Ann Chuang
Frank Ciminello
Kari L. Colen
Frank Dellacroce
Stephen Dudick
Desiree D’Angelo
Adam Feintisch
Nicole Ferro
James Frost
Andrew Gassman
Ritwik Grover
Edward Hahn
Sean Herman
Zuhaib Ibrahim
Lisa Iucci
Hari Iyer
Reza Jarrahy
Santosh Kale
Matthew Kaufman
Kevin Knox
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
Vaishali Purohit
Sidney Rabinowitz
Deepak Ramesh
David Rayfield
Michael Rose
Adam Saad
Bauback Safa
Ajul Shah
Tzvi Small
Mohit Sood
Adriana Suarez-Ligon
Scott Sullivan
Camille Swain
Pankaj Tiwari
Stephen Toran
Christopher Trahan
David Tsai
Hakan Usal
Andrew Watt
Jonathan Weiswasser
Lauren Whipple
Eric Wimmers
Whitten Wise
Mary Jo Wright
Mark Yazid
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
Jennifer Rey
Gabriella Ursick
Stephanie Catalano
Justyna Cerefin
Sydney Myers
Olivia Kraemer
Caroline Moore
Jenna Kimmerle
Natalie Cooper
Anastasia Rose
Ashley Nunez
Ashley Kovac
Cristina Pate
Nicolette Vignola
Jae-Marie Valerio
Carly Sarch
Megan Devitt
Zaneta Pabon
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.