Tushar R. Patel, MD

Dr. Tushar Patel is a specialist in reconstruction after cancer surgery and traumatic injury. His exceptional microsurgery training enables him to perform the most sophisticated reconstructive procedures to treat facial and extremity deformities, as well as breast reconstruction. Dr. Patel is double board certified in plastic surgery and general surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. These distinctive accomplishments, together with his interest in advanced reconstruction, have allowed Dr. Patel to be an active member of the reconstructive team at Rutgers Cancer Institute, New Brunswick. Dr. Patel’s research led to multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals as well as presentations at several national meetings. Dr. Patel continued his training in the University of Texas-Health Science Centers plastic and reconstructive surgery fellowship program at the world-renowned Texas Medical Center in Houston. While at UT, he also trained at the prestigious MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he learned some of the most advanced and pioneering techniques in breast cancer reconstruction. These techniques include the DIEP (perforator) flap as well as the muscle-sparing TRAM flap. Dr. Patel is an expert in orbital decompression for Graves Ophthalmopathy. Dr. Patel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Seton Hall-Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. He has been recognized by The Consumer Research Council of America as Top Surgeon and Top Plastic Surgeon since 2007 and was named Top Doctor in New Jersey Monthly. Dr. Patel has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor.

Clinical Interests:

Complex Hernia