Mark D. Epstein, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Specialties

• Plastic, Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Hand and Microsurgery

Education

• Medical School:
  Doctor of Medicine
  State University of New York Health Sciences Center
  Brooklyn, NY
  1980 - 1984

• Internship:
  General Surgery
  University of Cincinnati Medical Center
  Cincinnati, OH
  1984 - 1985

• Residency:
  General Surgery
  University of Cincinnati Medical Center
  Cincinnati, OH
  1985 - 1990

• Residency:
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University
  Hershey, PA
  1990 - 1992

• Clinical Fellowship:
  Reconstructive Microsurgery
  Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
  Taipei, Taiwan
  Oct 1991 - Dec 1991

• Clinical Fellowship:
  Hand Surgery
  Raymond Curtis Hand Center
  Union Memorial Hospital
  Baltimore, MD
  July 92 - June 93

• Clinical Fellowship:
  Microsurgery
  The Brigham & Women's Hospital
  Div of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  Harvard Medical School
  Boston, MA
  July 93 - June 94

Research Fellowships

• SUNY Downstate Medical Center - Brooklyn, NY
  Department of Physiology - Research Assistant (1978 - 1982)
  
  Vascular Smooth Muscle Response to Pressors; Neurophysiology of Respiration; Effect of Early Feeding on Mesenteric Blood Flow in Neonates; Designed and constructed specialized instrumentation for some of above named projects

• New York University Medical Center - New York, NY
  Institute for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery - Research Assistant (1984)
  
  Developed a miniature self-inflating tissue expander which was subsequently used to demonstrate improved bone graft survival in a rabbit model.

• Shriners Burn Institute - Cincinnati, OH (1987-1988)
  
  Microbial translocation and investigated gastrointestinal barrier function in burn sepsis.

Professional Memberships & Affiliations

• Fellow, American College of Surgeons
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery

Academic & Hospital Appointments

• Chief Resident & Clinical Instructor in Surgery
  Department of Surgery
  University of Cincinnati Medical Center
  Cincinnati, OH
  1989 - 1990

• Chief Resident & Clinical Instructor in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
  Hershey, PA
  1991 - 1992

• Fellow in Hand Surgery
  Union Memorial Hospital
  Baltimore, MD
  1992 - 1993

• Fellow in Microvascular Surgery
  Brigham & Women's Hospital
  Boston, MA
  1993 - 1994

• Assistant Professor of Surgery
  State University of New York
  Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
  Stony Brook, NY
  1994 - 1997

• Chief of Plastic Surgery
  North Shore Surgi-Center
  Health Sciences Center at Stony Brook
  Smithtown, NY
  2004

Board Certifications

• National Board of Medical Examiners
  Diplomate - 1985

• American Board of Surgery
  Board Certified - September 1991
  Re-Certified - October 2000
  Certificate # - 36574

• American Board of Plastic Surgery
  Board Certified - November 1996
  Re-Certified - April 2004
  Certificate # - 5032

• Certificate of Added Qualification in Surgery of the Hand
  August 1997
  Re-certified - August 2004
  Certificate # - 428

Licensure

• New York State

Hospital Affiliations

• North Shore SurgiCenter - Smithtown, NY
• St. Catherine's of Siena - Smithtown, NY
• North Shore University Hospital
• Peconic Bay Medical Center - Riverhead, NY
• University Medical Center at Stony Brook - Stony Brook, NY