Frederick N. LukashDr

Dr. Frederick N. Lukash, M.D.,FACS, FAAP, has consistently been voted one of "America's Top Doctors," by the Castle Connolly guide, and by the Consumer Research Council of America (www.bestdoctors.com). A board-certified cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgeon in practice in Manhattan and Long Island since 1981, he is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Dr. Lukash received his college and medical degrees from Tulane University. His postgraduate training in surgery and plastic surgery includes Emory University, State University of New York, and Harvard University, where he held the position of Instructor in surgery.

The high standards that Dr. Lukash lives and works by have gained him admittance to all the major plastic surgical societies, including:

• American Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
• American Association of Plastic Surgeons 
• Plastic Surgery Research Council
• International Society of Microsurgeons
• American Society of Maxillofacial Surgery
• American Society of Head and Neck Surgery
• Northeast Regional Plastic Surgical Society
• American Cleft Palate Association 
• American Association Hand Surgery
• American Association of Pediatric Plastic Surgery.

Dr. Lukash achieved board certification by both the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Dr. Lukash's landmark article "Children's Art as a Helpful Index of Anxiety and Self-Esteem with Plastic Surgery" (Journal of Plastic Surgery: 109:6, May 2002) is still regarded as path-breaking in the field, and remains widely cited in the literature. His authorship of the paper led him to write the position paper "Plastic Surgery for Teenagers" -American Society of Plastic Surgeons; he is currently the spokesperson on the subject for that organization.