Xipoleas is a board-certified plastic surgeon and parter at Long Island Plastic Surgical Group.
Mount Sinai South Nassau, a not-for-profit teaching hospital in Oceanside, NY, has appointed George Xipoleas, MD, FACS as its director of plastic surgery. Xipoleas, a board-certified plastic surgeon, is a partner at Long Island Plastic Surgical Group.
“Dr Xipoleas is recognized for his excellence in the treatment of conditions and deformities related to trauma, cancer, and a wide range of elective cosmetic procedures,” said Rajiv Datta, MD, chair of the department of surgery at Mount Sinai South Nassau. “We know that our patients who need his expertise will receive patient-focused, standard-setting surgical care that is instrumental in ensuring their physical and aesthetic quality of life.”
“I am honored to take on this new role. I believe wholeheartedly in Mount Sinai South Nassau’s mission to provide patients with quality and compassionate care. I am proud to be a part of a hospital that is so committed to providing the highest standards of health care,” said Xipoleas.
Xipoleas is recognized as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor, as well as a New York Super Doctor. He specializes in a wide range of reconstructive procedures including breast reconstruction (oncoplastic, implant-based, and autologous tissue-based), lower extremity reconstruction, Mohs reconstruction, and lymph node transfer for lymphedema. His areas of cosmetic expertise include breast augmentation, breast reduction, breast lift, abdominoplasty, fat transfer, and non-surgical and surgical facial rejuvenation.
A graduate of SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemical Sciences, Xipoleas earned his MD from Mount Sinai School of Medicine (now Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai). He completed his plastic surgery residency at The Mount Sinai Hospital and expanded his training as a fellow at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary (now New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai), specializing in aesthetic surgery.
Mount Sinai South Nassau’s Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery specializes in the full range of surgical reconstruction techniques to correct and repair deformities, traumatic injuries such as burns and amputations, congenital defects, and cosmetic needs. Its plastic surgeons use the latest advancements in surgical technologies, including microvascular and laparoscopic techniques, which result in minimal scarring and faster recovery times.