RichardHenry StephenKarpinskiMD

Physician

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Office
1547 Columbia Tpke

Castleton, NY 12033
Phone+1 518-479-4156

Fax+1 518-479-3794

Dr. Richard Karpinski is a plastic surgeon based in Castleton, NY, with an extensive background in surgery and plastic surgery education. He completed his medical degree at Harvard Medical School in 1971 and pursued residencies in surgery and plastic surgery at Boston University Medical Center and NYU Grossman School of Medicine, respectively. Dr. Karpinski has held numerous professional roles, including Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at Columbia P&S and Courtesy Attending at Samaritan Hospital.

His expertise includes various eyelid and grafting surgeries, as well as extensive experience in reconstructing defects after cancer ablation of eyelids, ears, noses and lips. He has contributed to several publications in his field and has been recognized as a top doctor by multiple organizations, including being listed in Castle Connolly's "America's Top Doctors."

Credentials - Richard H.S.Karpinski, MD

Brief Professional Biography

NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Plastic Surgery - Integrated, 1979 - 1981
Boston University Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1971 - 1977
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1971
Saint Joseph's UniversityB.S., Biology Honors, 1967

Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2002-2013
Listed in Castle Connolly "America's Top Doctors" every year since inception https://www.castleconnolly.com/doctors/states/newyorkcity.cfm
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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PubMed

50 citations
A prospective trial comparing Biobrane, Duoderm and xeroform for skin graft donor sites.
D. L. Feldman, A. Rogers, R. H. S. Karpinski
Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics. 1991-07-01

Books/Book Chapters

eMedicine: Plastic Surgery, an on-line medical reference
Chapter: "Surgical Treatment of Axillary Hyperhidrosis"
Richard H. S. KarpinskiBoston Medical Publishing Corp.2001

Abstracts/Posters

"Cytoplasmic Tubular System of Gastric Oxyntic Cells, Studied by Thin Section, Tracer, and Freeze-etch Techniques"
Karpinski, Mueller, Ito, Anatomical Record, 1/1/1971
"Gastric Mucosal Fine Structure and its Alteration by Aspirin and Ethanol"
Hingson, Karpinski, Hoedemaeker, Ito, Anatomical Record, 1/1/1969

Lectures

"How to Make a Skin Graft Fail"
Roosevelt Hospital - 7/26/2000
"An approach to treating wounds"
St.Luke's Hospital - 12/5/1990
Plastic Surgery Grand Rounds:"Breast Reconstruction"
St. Luke's Hospital - 10/16/1990
"Axillary Hyperhidrosis: Treatment by Excision or by Suction Adenectomy"
Lake George, NY - 9/1/1990
Surgical Grand Rounds:"Drains, Sutures, Wound-Closure Principles"
The Roosevelt Hospital - 1/1/1988
Surgical Grand Rounds:"New Ideas in Breast Reconstruction"
The Roosevelt Hospital - 1/1/1988
"Surgical Treatment of Decubitus Ulcers"
The Roosevelt Hospital - 9/1/1986
Surgical Grand Rounds:"Breast Reconstruction"
The Roosevelt Hospital - 1/1/1986
"Soft Tissue Coverage of the Injured Hand"
Roosevelt Hospital Hand Service - 8/27/1985
"Breast Reconstruction"
The Roosevelt Hospital - 1/1/1983
"Limb Salvage: microsurgery"
United States Military Academy Hospital, West Point, NY - 1/1/1982
Medical Grand Rounds:"Flap Operations for Medical Patients"
The Roosevelt Hospital - 1/1/1981
"Facial Embryology"
New York University Medical Center - 3/10/1980
"Melanoma"
Creighton University School of Medicine - 1/1/1978
"Breast Cancer"
Creighton University School of Medicine - 1/1/1978
"The Upper Extremity"
Harvard Medical School
"Wound Management"
Roosevelt Hospital
"Cosmetic Surgery"
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