Zuhaib Ibrahim, MD, FACS

Dr. Tushar Patel is a specialist in reconstruction after cancer surgery and traumatic injury. His exceptional microsurgery training enables him to perform the most sophisticated reconstructive procedures to treat facial and extremity deformities, as well as breast reconstruction. Dr. Patel is double-board certified in plastic surgery and general surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. These distinctive accomplishments, together with his interest in advanced reconstruction, have allowed Dr. Patel to be an active member of the reconstructive team at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick.

Dr. Ibrahim completed his medical training at the Aga Khan University Medical College, graduating in the top 5% of his class with honors in anatomy, physiology, and medicine. During medical school, he was an exchange scholar at the University of Pittsburgh Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute where he performed groundbreaking work on genetically engineered organs. Dr. Ibrahim went on to complete his surgical training at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, followed by an integrated plastic and reconstructive surgical program at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was a key member of the team that performed the first bilateral arm transplant on a quadruple amputee. Dr. Ibrahim also completed a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Hand and Face Transplantation at Johns Hopkins Hospital. While at Johns Hopkins Hospital, he received numerous awards and accolades including the prestigious Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine Career Enrichment Award, the Paul S. Lietman Global Health Award, and the J.K. Hardesty Award from the Plastic Surgery Research Council.

Dr. Tushar Patel is a specialist in reconstruction after cancer surgery and traumatic injury. His exceptional microsurgery training enables him to perform the most sophisticated reconstructive procedures to treat facial and extremity deformities, as well as breast reconstruction. Dr. Patel is double-board certified in plastic surgery and general surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery. He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. These distinctive accomplishments, together with his interest in advanced reconstruction, have allowed Dr. Patel to be an active member of the reconstructive team at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey in New Brunswick.