Locations and Appointments
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Insurances Accepted
Please contact the doctor's office to verify that your insurance is accepted.
- AETNA
- Aetna - NYP
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield Healthplus
- GHI
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Oxford Health Plans
- United Healthcare
About Lisa Gfrerer, M.D., Ph.D.
Lisa Gfrerer is Assistant Professor in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM). She received her MD degree at the Medical School of Vienna prior to completing a PhD in Genetics at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. She graduated from the Harvard Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Program, and completed the Advanced Peripheral Nerve and Microsurgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). Clinically, her focus is peripheral nerve surgery including headache surgery, chest reinnervation after transgender mastectomy, breast reinnervation after cancer mastectomy, thoracic outlet decompression, facial nerve reconstruction, as well as advanced nerve reconstruction (TMR, RPNI, nerve transfers, free tissue transfer, nerve decompression, tarsal tunnel release) for restoration of motor and sensory function after iatrogenic and accidental injury in any body part. She has built a multi- institutional research program for headache surgery, breast/chest reinnervation, as well as functional nerve disorders and nerve pain. As an affiliate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) she has further focused on innovation and device development to enhance peripheral nerve regeneration. Lastly, she is on the board of the Migraine Surgery Society and has served on the board of the American Society of Plastic Surgery. She is a member of the American Society of Peripheral Nerve.
Expertise
Abdominoplasty
Blepharoplasty
Body Contouring
Botulinum Toxin (Botox Injection)
Breast Augmentation
Breast Implant Reconstruction
Breast Reconstruction
Breast Reconstruction Surgery
Breast Reconstruction With DIEP Free Flap
Breast Reconstruction With Free Flap
Breast Reconstruction With Implants
Breast Reconstruction With SIEA Free Flap
Languages
- English
Titles & Positions
Assistant Attending Surgeon
Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery)
Hospital Affiliations
NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Attending Surgeon
- Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery)
Languages Spoken
- English