Professor Joseph J. Disa MD FACS
Dr. Joseph J. Disa completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Notre Dame and then attended medical school at the University of Massachusetts. He received his post-doctoral general practice training through the University of Maryland Medical System followed by a residency in plastic surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He then completed a microsurgery fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Upon completion, he was hired on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center as an Associate Attending Surgeon in the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Service. He also holds an academic position as Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the Cornell University Medical College.
Dr. Disa is certified by both the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is also a faculty member for AO North America, an organization that teaches the principles of operative treatment of craniomaxillofacial trauma and reconstruction to surgeons.
He is an active member of thirteen national and regional medical societies, and serves on multiple intramural and extramural committees. He has presented his research at over one hundred national meetings. Dr. Disa also served on the editorial board of Annals of Plastic Surgery, and is an editorial consultant for a number of journals including: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Dr. Disa’s curriculum vitae includes over one hundred peer reviewed publications, several book chapters, as well as a book entitled 100 Questions and Answer about Breast Surgery. He is currently co-editing a new textbook entitled Plastic Surgery which is being published by Elsevier, Inc. and due out in the near future.
As an Associate Attending Surgeon at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Dr. Disa performs a wide variety of reconstructive microsurgery procedures. He has specific interest in breast reconstruction, head and neck reconstruction, and nerve reconstruction in patients with prostate cancer. His clinical and academic contributions in these areas have earned him an international reputation as a reconstructive microsurgeon.
