Tushar R. Patel, MD

Dr. Tushar Patel is a specialist in reconstruction after cancer surgery and traumatic injury. His exceptional microsurgery training enables him to perform the most sophisticated reconstructive procedures to treat facial and extremity deformities, as well as breast reconstruction.

During his training, he has learned some of the most advanced and pioneering techniques in breast cancer reconstruction. These techniques include the DIEP (perforator) flap as well as the muscle-sparing TRAM flap. Dr. Patel is also an expert in orbital decompression for Graves’ Ophthalmopathy.

Dr. Patel is double board-certified in plastic surgery and general surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

Dr. Patel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. He has been recognized by The Consumer Research Council of America as Top Surgeon and Top Plastic Surgeon since 2007 and was named Top Doctor in New Jersey Monthly. Dr. Patel has also been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor.