Procedures

Meet Dr. Salvatore A. Farruggio, MD, FACS

New York Plastic Surgeon Dr. Farruggio

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONS

State of New York #180711, 11/13/89
State of Connecticut #036421, 10/03/97
State of New Jersey #MA62267, 07/95
Board Certified General Surgery Certificate #40574, 10/30/95
Board Certified Plastic Surgery Certificate #05174, 11/08/97
Fellow American College of Surgeons 10/26/2000

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

1979 Monsignor Farrell High School, Staten Island, NY (Diploma)
1979-1983 Villanova University, Villanova, PA
Degree: Bachelor of Science, Biology
Honors/Activities
Cum Laude – Cumulative GPA 3.71
1979-1983 Dean's List
1979-1983 Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Medical Honor Society
1979-1983 Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
1979-1983 Intramural Sports
1981-1983 Student Resident Assistant

MEDICAL EDUCATION

1984-1988 New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
Degree: Doctor of Medicine
Academic Activities/Awards
1984 Best Gross Anatomy Laboratory Dissection Award
1984-1986 Teaching Assistant in Biochemistry

POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION

July 1988-June 1993 General Surgery Residency
Westchester County Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
July 1993-June 1995 Fellow, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of Oklahoma
The University Hospital
Children's Hospital of Oklahoma
Veteran's Administration Hospital
Oklahoma City, OK

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVIES

July 1995-present Plastic Surgery Private Practice
Solo Practice
Mar. 2000-present Attending Physician Plastic Surgery
White Plains Hospital, White Plains, NY
Jan. 1997-present Attending Physician Plastic Surgery
Lawrence Hospital, Bronxville, NY
Sept. 1997-Aug. 1999 Attending Physician Plastic Surgery
Soundshore Medical Center, New Rochelle, NY
Aug. 1995-Dec. 1996 Attending Physician Plastic Surgery
CentraState Medical Center, Freehold, NJ
Aug. 1995-Dec. 1996 Attending Physician Plastic Surgery
Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, NJ
Aug. 1995-Dec. 1996 Attending Physician Plastic Surgery
Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel, NJ
Oct. 1995-Dec. 1996 Attending Physician Plastic Surgery
Jersey Shore Medical Center, Neptune, NJ
Oct. 1995-Dec. 1996 Attending Physician Plastic Surgery
Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ

ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES

American Medical Association
American College of Surgeons
New York Medical College Surgical Society
American Society of Plastic Surgery

HONORS

Governor's Commendation, August 1994

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Institute for Basic Research, Department of Neurochemistry, Staten Island, NY Research Assistant, June 1983-August 1984

Knights of Columbus, fundraising for mentally retarded children, Summer 1983

Richmond Memorial Hospital, volunteer in the emergency room, Summer 1982

Coney Island Hospital, volunteer in the operating room, Summer 1981

PRESENTATIONS

"Diagnostic Modalities and Management in Blunt Abdominal Trauma": Presented at Surgical Grand Rounds, St. Vincent Hospital, Bridgeport, CT, January 1992.

"Mesenteric Vascular Disease": Presented at Surgical Grand Rounds, St. Vincent's Hospital, Bridgeport, CT, March 1992.

"Budd-Chiari Syndrome": Presented at Surgical Grand Rounds, Westchester County Medical Center, Valhalla, NY, April 1993.

RESEARCH

Phosphorylation of Inositides and Myelin Basic Protein in Oligodendroglia. Deshmukh, D.S., Farruggio, S. and Brokerhoff, H. Presented at the meeting of the American Society for Neurochemistry, Baltimore, MD, March 5, 1985.

The Relationship Between Results of Surgery for Nerve Entrapment Syndromes and Preoperative Electrical Studies. Farruggio, S., Padgett, J., Buchanan, R.T., Levine, N.S. (In preparation).

Toxic Shock Syndrome in a Hand Surgery Population. Farruggio, S., Buchanan, R.T., Levine, N.S. (In preparation).