Alex Keller, MD said "I have a personal experience of over 600 DIEP flap breast
reconstructions with a success rate of better than 99%. While most would look at these results and say there is a very high
success rate, I am still saddened by the few that didn't work."
We are located just minutes out of New York City and easily
reached from all of the New York airports. Dr. Keller is the first to
perform DIEP flap surgery in New York and has been doing this surgery
for 12 years in the same location. Surgery is performed at Long
Island Jewish Hospital, part of the North Shore LIJ Health System.
This is one of the largest health care systems in this country and LIJ is a
major cancer hospital. The surgeons performing the mastectomy are specialists
in surgery of the breast. The established team and Dr. Keller's
extensive experience both contribute to a smooth surgery and
recovery.
Education and Training:
New York University Medical School graduate
Board Certified Plastic and General Surgery
Fellowship year at NYU - Bellevue in microsurgery
Assistant Clinical Professor
at New York University Medical Center
Personal statement: I enjoy
the technical challenge and the aesthetics of the DIEP flap reconstruction.
While I am getting better, I still feel that I am learning and there is
room for improvement. It is this drive that both motivates and tortures
me.
Other Honors:
Recognized as one of the "America's Best Doctors" by his
peers
Contributor to professional books and journals
Work on DIEP flap breast
reconstruction at the American Society of Microsurgery and the
Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons
Work in reconstructive breast surgery has been described in
many newspapers and has appeared in Mamm magazine
Past president of the medical staff society at Long
Island Jewish Medical Center
Honoree American Cancer Society 2005
The other
web web site of this practice is www.plasticdoc.com
In addition to providing information on mastectomy reconstruction, this
site describes some of the other services that the doctor
performs. We each grow and learn from all of our
interests.
