Dr. Ron Israeli is a plastic surgeon practicing in Great Neck, New York since 1997. Dr. Israeli is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and specializes in post-mastectomy breast reconstruction as well as in cosmetic breast and body contouring. Dr. Israeli is regarded as a leading specialist in muscle-sparing abdominal microvascular free flap breast reconstruction. This approach to breast reconstruction allows for a natural breast shape while improving abdominal wall contour and preserving abdominal wall function. He is currently one of a small handful of practitioners nationwide that serve as clinical investigator for the LifeCell Corporation, pioneering the use of AlloDerm in tissue expander and implant breast reconstruction. Dr. Israeli also took part as an investigator in the national Adjunct Study that resulted in FDA approval of the newest generation of silicone gel implants.

      Dr. Israeli completed his plastic surgery residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School, and his surgery residency at the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Boston University's six-year combined liberal arts-medical education program. Dr. Israeli has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, and he is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the New York Regional Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

      Dr. Israeli applies his skills and talent as an artist in his work as a plastic surgeon. He has studied classical European sculpture techniques at the studios of the Nassau County Museum of Art. His continued interest in his art allows Dr. Israeli to maintain his aesthetic eye when he performs plastic surgery.

      While surgery is frequently performed in our new state-of-the-art office operatory, it is also performed at ambulatory surgical centers, and in the hospital. Dr. Israeli practices at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset, Winthrop University Hospital, and St. Francis Hospital.