Kenneth C KneessyDr

Dr. Kneessy’s medical education began just a stone’s throw away from Suffolk Plastic Surgeons, with undergraduate studies in nearby State University of New York at Stony Brook where he graduated in 1988. Thereafter, he graduated from the College of Medicine at State University of New York at Buffalo in June, 1992.

Dr. Kneessy has the distinction of dual medical fellowships. In 1992, he began his five-year residency in General Surgery at New York Hospital Medical Center, serving as Chief Resident in his final year. In 1997, he accepted a one-year Burn Fellowship at Westchester County Medical Center where he received specialized training in burns, as well as plastic surgery and microsurgery. Thereafter, Dr. Kneessy completed a fellowship in Plastic Surgery at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, after which he returned to New York in June, 2000, and began his career at Suffolk Plastic Surgeons that September. He has been Board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery since 2003.

Dr. Kneessy is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine and, in addition to University Hospital, has privileges at several area hospitals, including J.T. Mather Memorial, St. Charles Hospital, Brookhaven Memorial, as well as St. Catherine of Sienna Hospital.