Samina Wahhab

In August of 2001, Dr Wahhab started her own practice in Allentown, becoming the first and only female plastic surgeon in the Lehigh Valley. She completed her board certification in the fall of 2003 and is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

Dr. Wahhab has a special interest in the treatment of breast cancer and co-ordinated a research project during her residency in which she studied the local recurrence of breast cancer in patients who had mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction. She presented her research at several meetings and the results were published in the Annals of Plastic Surgery.