Andrew Elkwood, MD

Philosophy of Care:

Working in both cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery makes you a better surgeon. You think about everything more pragmatically. It enables you to put things in perspective. It makes you insightful and gives you maturity of judgment. Dr. Andrew Elkwood is skilled in many of the latest plastic surgery techniques. In addition to his expertise in cosmetic surgery. He is an international expert in nerve reconstruction surgery for patients who have lost the use of a limb from nerve damage. He is highly skilled in microsurgery, limb replantation and microsurgical reconstruction after cancer. Dr. Elkwood is the founder and director of the Center for Treatment of Paralysis and Reconstructive Nerve Surgery at Jersey Shore Medical Center. He is a journal reviewer and frequent contributor to multiple scientific journals. He has appeared in major media, including CNN, Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, 20/20, The Learning Channel, Fox News, and The Discovery Channel. Dr. Elkwood is a Top Doctor by New Jersey Monthly, elected by his peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America, and is listed as one of the best surgeons in America in The Consumer Guide to Top Doctors. Additionally, he was named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for Cancer.

Clinical Interests:

He is highly skilled in microsurgery, limb replantation and microsurgical reconstruction after cancer. Dr. Elkwood is the founder and director of the Center for Paralysis and Reconstructive Nerve Surgery at Jersey Shore Medical Center. He is an associate clinical professor of surgery at Drexel University College of Medicine, a clinical associate professor in the Department of Surgery at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and an assistant professor in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Seton Hall-Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.