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Established in 2010, the award winning plastic and reconstructive surgery practice of Alan Chen, MD, FACS provides the most comprehensive and cutting-edge patient care and experience.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Alan Chen, MD, FACS is a Board Certified Plastic Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon, respected for his extensive work in cosmetic and complex reconstructive surgery. Alan Chen, MD, FACS began his education at Cornell University where he graduated near the top of his class.  He attended medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he received numerous distinctions in academics and community services.  Alan Chen, MD, FACS began his surgery training in the Harvard Surgical Service at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center where he was trained by the world-renowned, Dr. Josef E. Fischer.  After completing the residency in general surgery at Harvard, he continued his plastic, reconstructive and hand surgery fellowship training at the University of Pittsburgh.  There he was trained by the world-renowned, Drs. Andrew W.P. Lee, William Futrell, and Joseph Imbriglia.  It is no accident that the University of Pittsburgh is one of the most prestigious places to train plastic surgeons.  It has trained more Chiefs of Plastic Surgery than any training program in the world. 

Alan Chen, MD, FACS specializes in cosmetic surgery of the face, breast, body, and hair transplantation. He is a plastic surgeon who has over 20 years of surgery experience including some of the most complex procedures.  He has published many articles in peer-review medical and scientific journals and has been invited to give lectures, presentations, and to write chapters in textbooks.  Alan Chen, MD, FACS has taught countless number of medical students and surgery residents.  Moreover, he donates much of his free time giving lectures to the public about patient safety in plastic surgery.  Alan Chen, MD, FACS always stresses that safety is the single most important aspect of patient care.  His patients often comment on his calm, caring, and humorous demeanor to be some of his most positive attributes.