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Long Island Plastic Surgical Group (LIPSG) was founded in April 1948 and is the oldest and largest private academic plastic surgery practice in the United States. The group has seven offices in New York, including Garden City, Manhasset, Babylon, Huntington, Manhattan, Flushing, and Lynbrook. The practice operates with seventeen plastic and reconstructive surgeons who were trained at institutions including Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Cleveland Clinic and Massachusetts General Hospital. LIPSG is composed of nine centers: Skincare and Age Management; Non-invasive and Surgical Facial Rejuvenation; Pediatric Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery; Facial Reanimation and Peripheral Nerve Repair; Microsurgery and Hand Reconstruction; Breast and Body Cosmetic Surgery; Burns and Complex Wound Management; Breast Reconstruction Cancer Surgery; and Post-Weight Loss Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Long Island Plastic Surgical Group surgeons are credited with improving the technique to restore function to facial muscles paralyzed by stroke and disease and discovering new uses and procedures for anti-aging treatments. The practice has also partnered with hospitals in projects such as the development of a nationally recognized burn center at Nassau University Medical Center (NuHealth), and the creation of the Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Center at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, New York. Within the practice, LIPSG oversees its own academic residency program and clinical trial division to advance plastic surgery education and research with the goal of improving procedures and making them safer.

Currently, the practice has four online educational resources for patients on key areas of plastic surgery in the areas of Breast Cancer Reconstruction, Facial Reanimation, Cosmetic Breast Surgery and Non-Surgical Cosmetic Enhancement.

History

Long Island Plastic Surgical Group was established by Leonard R. Rubin, MD (1912-2001) and Richard H. Walden, MD, DDS (1913-2001) in April 1948 in Hempstead, New York. The practice grew through the 1950s, with Rubin and Walden offering a residency training program from 1954. During the 1960s, LIPSG founded the Nassau Cleft Palate Rehabilitation Center where all children born on Long Island with cleft lip and palate conditions were treated per an agreement with the State of New York. During this decade, Long Island Plastic Surgical Group surgeons also became the first to conduct studies on using pig skin in the treatment of burn victims at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. In 1967 LIPSG's Dr. Rubin co-founded the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) which grew to become one of the world's leading professional organizations for cosmetic surgery education and research.

In the 1970s, LIPSG opened a specialty center devoted to facial reanimation treatment, where Rubin and fellow surgeons could continue the work and research outlined in his published article The Anatomy of a Smile in 1974. By 1978, Long Island Plastic Surgical Group relocated to Mineola, New York and became the first independent center to receive New York State accreditation and certification for its operating rooms. A decade later, LIPSG relocated its main office to a larger facility in Garden City, New York. During the 1990s, Long Island Plastic Surgical Group opened a medical spa, now known as Deep Blue Med Spa, which focuses on skincare and non-surgical cosmetic enhancement. Today, Deep Blue Med Spa treatments range from facials and chemical peels to fractionated laser resurfacing, skin tightening and tattoo removal. Deep Blue Med Spa has locations in LIPSG's Garden City, Manhasset, Babylon and Manhattan offices.

In the 2000s, the office expanded throughout New York and into Connecticut, and opened two new state-accredited operating rooms. In February 2008, LIPSG partnered with Nassau University Medical Center to oversee the $6.7 million renovation of a burn center with unique features such as a hyperbaric chamber for wound treatment. In 2009, LIPSG's academic residency program became fully accredited and continues to serve as one of the nation's only privately run, non-university based plastic surgery residency programs. In early 2010, LIPSG also launched 1-877-Dr. STITCH, a 24-hour emergency service where LIPSG surgeons meet patients directly at the hospital emergency room or at a LIPSG office location to treat lacerations, complex wounds, broken noses, burns and facial trauma.

Recognizing that Long Island, NY has one of the highest rates of breast cancer in the United States, LIPSG has become highly involved in breast cancer initiatives in local areas. The practice holds a position on the Board of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline and Support Program and also sponsors the Annual Long Island Breast Cancer Summit featuring panels of medical experts and hospital executives discussing the latest innovations, treatments and services for women who have breast cancer.

Doctors

Long Island Plastic Surgical Group surgeons work with over 25 hospitals in the New York region, with four LIPSG surgeons holding the position of Chief of Plastic Surgery:

• Tommaso Addona, MD
• Bruce W. Brewer, MD, FACS - Chief Plastic Surgery, North Shore University Hospital at Glen Cove
• Jerry W. Chang, MD
• Thomas A. Davenport, MD, FACS
• Leland M. Deane, MD, FACS, MBA - Chief Plastic Surgery, Southside Hospital
• Vincent R. DiGregorio, MD, FACS - Chief Plastic Surgery, Winthrop University Hospital
• Michael Dobryansky, MD
• Barry K. Douglas, MD, FACS
• Laurence T. Glickman, MD, MSc, FRCS(C), FACS
• Matthew S. Kilgo, MD, FACS
• Frederick N. Lukash, MD, FACS, FAAP
• Noël Blythe Natoli, MD
• Brian Pinsky, MD
• Richard Reish, MD
• Louis H. Riina, MD
• Rachel A. Ruotolo, MD
• Roger L. Simpson, MD, MBA, FACS - Director of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Director of Burn Center, Director of Hand Surgery, Nassau University Medical Center (NuHealth), Chief of Plastic Surgery, NuHealth
• Haritha B. Veeramachaneni, MD
• George Xipoleas, MD
• Joshua D. Zuckerman, MD, FACS

Long Island Plastic Surgical Group surgeons are members of national organizations including the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Every year, LIPSG surgeons teach their own techniques and present original research at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons as well as at other medical conferences throughout the U.S. and abroad.

Awards

LIPSG surgeons have received numerous honors and awards on a national and local level. As a practice, Long Island Plastic Surgical Group has won #1 Best Plastic Surgery Group for seven straight years (2008-2014), Best BOTOX® Practice and Best Laser Treatment Center for Aesthetic Center/Deep Blue Med Spa in the Best of Long Island Awards hosted by the Long Island Press. Notable awards for individual surgeons include:

• Best Cosmetic Surgeon for Dr. Leland M. Deane and Dr. Matthew Kilgo. The Long Island Press Best of Long Island Awards.
• Castle Connolly Top Doctors New York Metro Area for Dr. Tommaso Addona, Dr. Thomas A. Davenport, Dr. Frederick N. Lukash, Dr. Rachel A. Ruotolo, Dr. Vincent R. DiGregorio, and Dr. Roger L. Simpson. Castle Connolly Top Doctors is a peer-nominated award identifying doctors who exhibit excellence in their medical specialty.
• Long Island Business News Health Care Heroes Award for Dr. Rachel Ruotolo. This award recognizes individuals for their humanitarian efforts within the medical field.
• U.S. News & World Report Top Doctors for Dr. Vincent R. DiGregorio and Dr. Roger L. Simpson. The U.S. News & World Report Top Doctor list is a partnership with Castle Connolly Ltd. recognizing Castle Connolly award recipients.
• Patient's Choice Award for Dr. Barry Douglas. This award recognizes doctors with the highest patient ratings in their specialty on Vitals.com, an online patient resource.

Dr. STITCH Emergency Service

In 2010, Long Island Plastic Surgical Group launched 1-877-Dr. STITCH, a 24-hour emergency service where LIPSG surgeons meet patients directly at the hospital emergency room or at a LIPSG office location. The service provides treatment for lacerations, complex wounds, broken noses, burns and facial trauma.

Through the Dr. STITCH program, Long Island Plastic Surgical Group surgeons advocate burn prevention and emergency education in the community by providing educational programs and tools for families and healthcare professionals.

Media coverage

Long Island Plastic Surgical Group was the focus of a four-part series on the Discovery Health Channel in 2003 entitled Plastic Surgery: New York Style. Additional media coverage included:

• Forbes, October 27, 2011, "Loving That Face In the Mirror: Men Embrace Aesthetic Surgery"
• USA Today, September 15, 2011, "Non-Surgical Cosmetic Options Also Have Risks"
• CBS News, June 9, 2011, "Health Watch: Migraine Surgery"
• New York Times, February 18, 2011, "Ethic Differences Emerge in Plastic Surgery"
• CBS News, September 28, 2010, "Health Watch: Reconstructive Breast Surgery"
• CNN, February 20, 2006, Anderson Cooper 360

Deep Blue Med Spa

Deep Blue Med Spa, formally known as Aesthetic Center, is a skin rejuvenation medical spa staffed by licensed medical aestheticians and physician assistants overseen by the surgeons at Long Island Plastic Surgical Group. The medical spa offers non-surgical elective cosmetic enhancement treatments to correct conditions on the face and body, remove unwanted body hair or tattoos, eliminate spider veins, shape the body and reduce the signs of aging with the goal of creating a more youthful appearance. Deep Blue Med Spa also offers Long Island Plastic Surgical Group's private label skincare line, which is formulated by LIPSG surgeons and sold at the medical spa locations or online.

Since 2011, Aesthetic Center and Deep Blue Med Spa was awarded "Best Laser Treatment Center" in the "Best of Long Island Awards" hosted by the Long Island Press.

References

External links

• Official site of Long Island Plastic Surgical Group
• Official site of Dr. STITCH
• Official site of Deep Blue Med Spa
• Official site of LIPSG Breast Reconstruction Center
• Official site of LIPSG Facial Reanimation Center
• Official site of LIPSG Aesthetic Breast Center

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