RobertThomasGrantMDMSc

Plastic Surgery • New York, NY

Aesthetic/Cosmetic Plastic Surgery, Breast Reconstruction, Plastic & Reconstructive Microsurgery

Senior Associate Clinical Dean, St. George's University School of Medicine

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Office
1 Penn Plaza
Suite 4730
New York, NY 10119
Phone+1 631-665-8500

Summary

I was recruited to become the Senior Associate Clinical Dean for St. George's University School of Medicine in August 2021. Prior to assuming my current role I was the Plastic Surgeon-in-Chief at New York -Presbyterian Hospital, the University Hospital of Columbia and Weill Cornell. I am a Professor Emeritus of Surgery at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and was an Adjunct Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery) at Weill Cornell Medical College. I graduated from the Albany Medical College in 1983. My post-graduate training was at the then New York Hospital/Weill Cornell-Medical Center in General Surgery and Plastic Surgery. I completed my clinical training by undertaking a Microsurgery fellowship at NYU Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital. In 1999 I received my Masters degree in Management from NYU's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. In addition to my robust clinical practice I was the Hospital's Plastic Surgery Residency Program Director. In addition I served as the Hospital's Physician Advisor and Chair of the Utilization Management Committee. I was co-Chair of the faculty practice (ColumbiaDoctors) Managed Care Committee. I maintain active certification with MOC in both General Surgery and Plastic Surgery. I am a member of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society of Plastic Surgery, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the American Case Management Association (ACMA). I am a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Most recently I was instrumental in forming the Physician group associated with ACMA-the Association of Physician Leadership in Care Management (APLCM) -serving as the group's inaugural President.

Education & Training

New York UniversityMS, Management, 2000
NYU Grossman School of MedicineFellowship, Reconstructive Microsurgery, 1990 - 1991
New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center1988 - 1990
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Surgery, 1983 - 1988
Albany Medical CollegeClass of 1983
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteBS, magna cum laude, 1982

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1984 - 2026
NJ State Medical License 2001 - 2023
FL State Medical License 2015 - 2017
CT State Medical License 2000 - 2014
American Board of Plastic Surgery Plastic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2002-2017
New York Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002, 2012-2013, 2017
America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2014
Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2012
Man of the Year NYU Wagner School of Public Service, 2009
Fellowship American Cancer Society
Proficiency in Surgery Albany Medical College
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

21 citations
Objective Comparison of Commercially Available Breast Implant Devices
Peter W. Henderson, David Nash, Marta Laskowski, Robert T. Grant
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 2015-07-24
22 citations
Expanding the Criteria for Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy in Patients With Poor Prognostic Features.
Priya Jadeja, Richard Ha, Christine H. Rohde, Jeffrey A. Ascherman, Robert T. Grant
Clinical Breast Cancer. 2017-08-01
6 citations
Is It Worth the Risk? Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy With Immediate Bilateral Breast Reconstruction.
Tara M Chadab, Jaime L Bernstein, Andrea Lifrieri, Jeffrey A. Ascherman, Robert T Grant
Annals of Plastic Surgery. 2021-03-18

Journal Articles

Use of topical sRAGE in diabetic wounds increases neovascularization and granulation tissue formation.
Wear-Maggitti, K; Lee, J; Conejero, A; Schmidt, A; Grant, RT: Breitbart, A, Ann Plast Surg 2004;52:519-522
Treatment of ischemic wounds using cultured dermal fibroblasts transduced retrovirally with PDGF and VEGF121 genes.
Breitbart, AS; Grande, DA; Laser, J; Barcia, M; Porti, D; Malhotra, S; Kogon, A; Grant, RT, Mason, JM, . Ann Plast Surg; 2001 46:555-562
Gene enhanced tissue engineering: Applications for wound healing using cultured dermal fibroblasts retrovirally transduced with PDGF-B gene.
Breitbart, AS; Mason, JM; Urasmacher, L; Barcia, M; Grant, RT; Pergolizzi, RG; Grande, DA, Ann Plast Surg 1999;43:632-639
Gene-enhanced tissue engineering: Application for bone healing using cultured periosteal cells transduced retrovirally with the BMP-7 gene.
Breitbart, AS; Grande, DA; Mason, JM; Grant, RT, Ann Plast Surg 1999;42: 488-495
Tissue engineered bone repair of calvarial defects using cultured periosteal cells.
Breitbart, AS; Grande, DA; Kessler, R; Ryaby, J; Grant, RT, Plast Reconstr Surg 1998;101: 567-574
Expression of human bone morphogenetic protein 7 in primary rabbit periosteal cells: Potential utility in gene therapy for osteochondral repair.
Mason, LM; Grande, DA; Barcia, M; Grant, RT; Breitbart, AS, Gene Therapy 1998;5:1098-1104
Muscle Flap Reconstruction of Pediatric Post-Sternotomy Wound Infections.
Grant, RT; Breitbart, AS; Parnell, V, Ann Plast Surg 1997;38:365-370
The repair of bone defects using periosteal tissue constructs.
Grande, DA; Breitbart, AS; Manji, R; Paulino, C; Fitzsimmons, RJ; Grant, RT, Trans Ortp Res Soc 1996;21(2):616
Treatment of post-burn cicatrical microstomia with bilateral temporalis myocutaneous transfer.
Grant, RT; LaTrenta, G, et .al, Ann Plast Surg 1992;29:178-181
Treatment of exogenous steroid-induced “buffalo-hump” neck obesity with liposuction: A case report.
LaTrenta, G; Grant, RT; Hoffman, L, Plast Reconstr Surg 1991;87-768-770
Surgical Management of Dermal Lymphatic Malformations of the Lower Extremity.
Schneider, LF; Chen, CM; Walther, R; Grant, RT, Can J Plast Surg 2008;16:236-238
Abdominal Wall Gossypiboma.
Grant RT, Huston TA, J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2009 Aug 14.(Epub ahead of print) PMID: 19683975
Character and the Plastic Surgeon.
Grant RT, Sosin M, Virtual Mentor 2010;12:412-417
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Books/Book Chapters

The Real Life of a Surgeon.
Chapter: Intangible Rewards
Grant, RTEditors: Perry, AW.Kaplan Publishing, New York
Practical Plastic Surgery.
Chapter: Wounds Due to Vascular Causes
Cross, KJ, Grant, RTEditors: Kryger, Z and Sisco, M.Landes Biosciences, Austin
Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgery Sourcebook.
Chapter: Breast Augmentation
Grant, RTEditors: Stockdale, C.Omnigraphics Health Reference Series, Detroit
Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgery.
Chapter: Replantation
Grant, RT, Siebert, J; Grossman, JEditors: Coiffman, R.Salvat Editores, Barcelona, Spain
Plastic Surgery and Medical Malpractice.
Chapter: Facial Fractures
Grant, RT, Rothaus, KEditors: Cucin, R.Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore
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Abstracts/Posters

The Dermal Stapler Device: A Faster More Cost-effective Method for Incisional Closure as Compared to Standard Dermal Staples.
Teo, E, Cross, K, Wong, S, Grant, R.T., Rohde, C, Ascherman, J, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Chicago, IL
Accelerated diabetic wound healing using cultured fibroblasts retrovirally transduced with the PDGF gene.
Breitbart, AS, Parrett, B, Laser, J, Grande, DA, Grant, RT, Mason, JM, Annual meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council, Boston, MA
Demonstrating the Feasibility of in vivo Growth of Fat and Bone from Differentiated Fat-Derived Stem Cells.
Grant, R.T., Lee, J.A., Parrett, B.M., Laser, J., Kogan. A.J. and Breitbart, A.S, Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Hamilton, Bermuda
Use of Topical sRage in Diabetic Wounds Increases Neovascularization and the Amount of Granulation Tissue Formed.
Wear-Maggitti, K., Lee, J., Conejero, J., Parrett, B., Chen, J., Schmidt, A., Grant, R.T., Breitbart, A.S, Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Baltimore, MD
Use of Osteogenically Differentiated Fat-Derived Stem Cells in Poly-l-lactic acid Matrices to Reconstruct Palatal Defects in a Rat Model.
Conejero, J.A., Lee, J., Wear-Maggitti, K., Grant, R.T., Breitbart, A.S, Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Baltimore, MD
Body Contouring Procedures following Gastric Bypass-A Series of 52 Consecutive Patients.
Breitbart, A.S., Gadaleta, D., Bessler, M., Parrett, B., Grant, R.T, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, San Diego, CA
Lentivitral Gene Therapy with PDGF Gene Improves Neovascularization and Collagen Quality in Diabetic Wounds.
Conejero, J.A., Lee, J.A., Parrett, B., Wear-Maggitti, K., Mason, J.M., Grant, R.T., Breitbart, A.S, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, San Diego, CA
Use of Osteogenically Differentiated Fat-Derived Stem Cells to Repair Alveolar Cleft Defects.
Lee, J.A., Conejero, J. A., Parrett, B.M., Wear-Maggitti, K., Grant, R.T., Breitbart, A.S, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Philadelphia, PA
The Absorbable Dermal Stapler: A Faster, More Cost-Effective Method for Incisional Closure as Compared to Standard Dermal Sutures.
Teo, E, Cross, K, Wong, S, Rohde, C, Grant, R.T., Weeden, E, Ascherman, J, Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Philadelphia, PA
The multipotentiality of fat-derived stem cells.
Kogon, AJ, Parrett, B, Laser, J, Nanda, D, Grant, RT, Breitbart, AS, Annual meeting of the Plastic Surgery Research Council, Boston, MA
Case Examples of Difficult Issues Facing Program Directors.
Grant, RT, Association of Academic Chairmen of Plastic Surgery, Palm Springs, CA
Patient Safety in Aesthetic Surgery.
Grant and RT, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: The Next Generation, New York
Recurrent Ptosis following Augmentation/Mastopexy.
Grant, RT, Allergan Academy-American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery meeting, Washington, DC
Resident Portfolios.
Grant, RT, NYPH Annual Education Conference for Program Directors, New York, NY
Is Plastic Surgery a Luxury Good? An Economic Analysis of Income Elasticity of Demand for Commonly Performed Plastic Surgery Procedures.
Devgan, L and Grant, RT, American Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada
The Incidence and Cost of Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) in Common Plastic Surgery Procedures in the USA: A Study Using the Premier Prospective Database.
Grant, RT, Ernst, FR, Hashemi, L, Minshall, ME, 96th Annual ACS Clinical Congress, Washington, DC
Is Plastic Surgery a Luxury Good? An Economic Analysis of Income Elasticity of Demand for Commonly Performed Plastic Surgery Procedures.
Devgan, L and Grant, RT, Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Washington, DC
Gene Modified Tissue Engineering: Applications for Bone Healing Using Cultured Periosteal Cells Retrovirally Transduced with BMP-7 Gene.
Breitbart, A.S., Grande, D.A., Mason, J.M. James, T. and Grant, R.T, Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Newport, Rhode Island
Accelerated diabetic wound healing using cultured fibroblast retrovirally transduced with PDGF gene.
Breitbart, AS, Laser, J, Parrett, B, Grande, DA, Grant, RT, Mason, JM, Annual meeting of the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Philadelphia, PA
Body Contouring Procedures Following Massive Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass for Morbid Obesity.
Breitbart, AS, Gadaleta, D, Grant, RT, Bessler, M, and Fischer, E, Annual meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, New York, NY
Treatment of ischemic wounds using cultured dermal fibroblast retovirally transduced with PDGF and VegF genes.
Breitbart, AS, Grande, DA, Malhotra, S, Grant, RT, and Mason, Annual meeting of the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Montreal, Canada
Gene enhanced tissue engineering for treatment of ischemic wounds using PDGF and VegF Genes.
Breitbart, AS, Mason, JM, Malhotra, S, Grant, RT, and Grande, DA, Plastic Surgery Research Council, Seattle, WA
Gene therapy/tissue engineering combination for wound healing using hPDGF-B and hVEGF121 genes.
, JM, Grande, DA, Barcia, M, Urmacher, C, Pergolizzi, RG, Breitbart, AS, American Society of Gene Therapy, Washington, DC
Gene/therapy/tissue engineering combination for cartilage repair using bone morphogenetic protein 7.
Mason, JM, Breitbart, AS, Barcia, M, Pergolizzi, RG, and Grande, American Society of Gene Therapy, Washington, DC
Bone repair using cultured periosteal cells retrovirally transduced with BMP-7 gene.
Breitbart, AS, Grande, DA, Mason, JM, James, T, and Grant, RT, Tissue Engineering Society, Orlando, Florida
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