Dr Peter Cordeiro MD FACS
After graduating from
Harvard Medical School, Dr. Cordeiro completed a general surgery residency
at the Harvard Surgical Service, New England Deaconess Hospital in 1989. He
completed his plastic surgery residency at New York University and
fellowships in microsurgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and
craniofacial surgery at the University of Miami Medical School. Dr. Cordeiro
is dually board certified in general surgery and plastic surgery. He
currently serves as Chief of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service,
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Director of the Residency Training
and the Microsurgical Fellowship and is a Professor of Surgery at Cornell
University Medical Center. Dr. Cordeiro’s main clinical interests are in
oncologic reconstructive plastic surgery with a principal focus in head and
neck reconstruction and breast reconstruction. He has contributed
extensively to scientific and clinical literature in these areas and has
published over 130 articles and book chapters on innovative approaches and
algorithms to reconstruction of the mandible, midface, oral cavity, and the
breast.
