Training & Credentials

Dr. Richard A. D'Amico

PRE MEDICAL:

Fordham University
Bronx, N.Y.
1968-1969

University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin
1969-1972
B.S., Cum Laude

MEDICAL:

New York University School of Medicine
New York, N.Y.
MD, 1976

POST GRADUATE:

Intern in Internal Medicine
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
1976-1977

Emergency Room Physician (Full Time)
Norman Municipal Hospital
Norman, Oklahoma
1977-1978

Surgical Resident
University of Oklahoma Tulsa Medical Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
1978-1979

Surgical Resident
University of Rochester
Rochester, N.Y.
1979-1981

Resident, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
New York, N.Y.
1981-1983

Chief Resident, 1982-1983

AWARDS:

National Merit Finalist 1968

New York State Regents Scholarship in Medicine 1972

PUBLICATIONS:

1. "Cancer of the Skin", Chapter in Management of the Patient with Cancer, W.B. Saunders, 3rd Ed., (Co-Author with N.E. Hugo) 1986
2. "Regulatory Issues in Ultrasonic Lipoplasty", Chapter in Plastic Surgery, Clinics of North America, Vol. 26 #2, April, 1999
3. Expert Panel Discussion: "Unsatisfactory Results of Liposuction", Aesthetic Surgery Journal, July/August, 1999
4. "A New System – Tort Reform and the Latest Requirements in Plastic Surgery Litigation," Plastic Surgery Products, February 2004

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:

Assistant Clinical Professor of Plastic Surgery
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
New York, N.Y.

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:

Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Englewood, N.J. (Chief of Plastic Surgery)

Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, N.J.

Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, N.Y.

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

American Board of Plastic Surgery – November 1986

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (A.S.A.P.S.)

Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons (A.S.P.S.)

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Member, Cleft Palate Association

Member, Lipoplasty Society of North America

Member, New York Regional Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons

Member, New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons

Member, Bergen County Medical Society

Member, Medical Society of New Jersey

Member, American Medical Association

REGIONAL AND NATIONAL APPOINTMENTS:

Chief of Plastic Surgery
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center

President
American Society of Plastic Surgeons (A.S.P.S.) (2008)

Board of Directors-Executive Committee
American Society of Plastic Surgeons (A.S.P.S.)

Board of Directors
American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities (AAAASF)

Innovative Technology Committee
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (A.S.A.P.S.)

Medical Expert Advisory Panel (Plastic)
New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners

REGIONAL AND NATIONAL APPOINTMENTS (PAST):

Co-Chair Breast Implant Task Force
American Society of Plastic Surgeons (A.S.P.S.)

Expert Testimony – FDA Breast Implant Advisory Panel
April 11, 2005

President, New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons 1998-1999

A.S.P.S. Select Committee to Set Standards of Care
(Liposuction and Blepharoplasty) 1988

A.S.P.S. Legislative Representative from New Jersey to the Federal Action Support Team (FAST)

Vice Chairman
A.S.P.S. Government Relations Committee
A.S.P.S. Representative to N.C.I.H. (National Council International Health)
A.S.P.S. Health Policy Analysis Committee
A.S.P.S. International Programs Committee

Chairman
Regulatory Evaluation Group (Liaison to Food & Drug Administration)
A.S.P.S.

Presidential Appointee
A.S.P.S. Board of Directors, 1999

Chair
Committee on Legislation
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Chair, Regulatory Subcommittee
Ultrasonic Lipoplasty Task Force
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Board Member
Reconstructive Surgeons Volunteer Program (R.S.V.P.)
Coordinating worldwide volunteer plastic surgery

President
Englewood Hospital Physicians Association (I.P.A.) 1993-1995

President
Physician Hospital Organization (P.H.O.)
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center 1993-1994

Medical Management Committee
Mount Sinai Health Network

Medical Executive Committee
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, 1996-1997

Senior Editor
Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Data Sub Committee Chair
A.S.P.S. Task Force on Safety in Out Patient Plastic Surgery

Board of Trustees – Second Vice President
Bergen County Medical Society 1992

CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES:

Surgical Director
Healing the Children Mid-Atlantic, International Programs

Surgeon
Interplast Reconstructive Plastic Surgical Team
Performing pediatric reconstructive surgery on indigent children
San Pedro Sula, Honduras, May 1983

Co-Director
Reconstructive Plastic Surgical Team
Performing pediatric reconstructive surgery on indigent children
Gujurat Province, Northwest India, March 1987

Surgical Director
Healing the Children Plastic Surgery Team
Organized, planned, recruited and directed this charitable surgical team
Performing over 55 reconstructive surgical procedures on needy children
Tamazunchale, Mexico, 1989

Organizer, Speaker, and Panel Moderator
Plastic Surgical Educational Foundation
International Symposium on Overseas Volunteer Surgery
Tuscon, Arizona, March/April, 1990

Surgical Director
Healing the Children Plastic Surgical Team
Site visit to triage children and inspect facilities for future surgical trips
Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, March 1989

Surgical Director
Healing the Children Plastic Surgical Team
Surgical trip performing pediatric reconstructive surgery on indigent children
Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic, May/June 1992
Puerta Plata, Dominican Republic, May 1993

Contributing Plastic Surgeon-Healing the Children, Mid-Atlantic
Donating plastic surgical care for the indigent children of developing countries brought to the U.S. for surgical treatment

Surgical Director
Healing the Children Plastic Surgical Team
Surgical trip performing pediatric reconstructive surgery on indigent children
Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, November 1991
Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, March 1995
Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, January 1997
Nairobi, Kenya East Africa, January 1999
Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, February 2001

MEDIA APPEARANCES:

Print - The New York Times page 1, col. 1, November 18, 2006 "Breast Implant FDA Approval"

Television - GOOD MORNING AMERICA RE: Latisse, January 3, 2009

Television - THE MORNING SHOW WITH MIKE AND JULIET Luxury Plastic Surgery Packages, May 29, 2008

Television - TODAY SHOW RE: Kuleba Death March 25, 2008

Television - TODAY SHOW, RE: Consumer Smarts; Fact or Fiction about Exercise, August 6, 2007

Television - TODAY SHOW, WEEKEND EDITION, FDA Approval of Silicone gel implants, November 18, 2006

Television - NEWS 12 TO YOUR HEALTH, RE: Update on Breast Implants, December, 2005

Television - NBC New York, TODAY SHOW, Channel 4, RE: Breast Implants and Breast Augmentation, November, 2005

Television - MSNBC Interview RE: Silicone Gel Breast Implants, August 9, 2005

Television - NBC New York, TODAY SHOW, Channel 4, Plastic Surgery & Teenagers, October 14, 2004

Television - NBC New York, TODAY SHOW, Channel 4, Plastic Surgery & Reality TV, April 13, 2004

Television - FOX News July 2004 Terrorism & Overseas Volunteer Surgery

Television - News 12 New Jersey, Pain Management in Plastic Surgery, June 24, 2003

Television - NBC New York, Channel 4, New Techniques in Liposuction, May, 2003

Television - FOX Network, New Techniques in Liposuction, April, 2000

Television - Good Morning Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, 1999 Volunteer Plastic Surgery Team

Radio - BBC London, Radio interview regarding FDA Regulatory impact on new plastic surgery technologies in the United States

Television - Mamba Leo, Nairobi, Kenya, 1992

Television - CNBC Live, National Prime Time Program (Cable), Invited Expert on Liposuction, June 1989