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    Philosophy of Care:

    As an internationally recognized plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Usal has contributed to numerous articles, chapters and textbooks. He’s been invited to give lectures on the latest techniques in minimally invasive facial rejuvenation. He has also been invited as a guest faculty member at the International Masters Course on Aging Skin (IMCAS) in Paris, France. He holds visiting professorship at University of California San Diego School of Medicine.

    Dr. Hakan Usal is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is a skilled microsurgeon, dedicated to offering his patients innovative breast reconstruction procedures following breast cancer. In addition to his expertise in breast reconstruction, Dr. Usal specializes in cosmetic surgery of the face and body. Born in Ankara, Turkey, Dr. Usal graduated from Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty. He began his medical career as a practitioner at the Russian border of Turkey at Mount Ararat where Noah’s Ark was lost. He furthered his surgical expertise by completing training in general surgery at hospitals in Istanbul and Ankara. After additional training in general surgery and plastic surgery in Aberdeen, Scotland, he moved to the United States, where he continued his general surgery training at Staten Island University Hospital. Upon finishing a fellowship in microsurgery at the prestigious NYU Department of Plastic Surgery, he went on to complete his training at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) with a residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery. He is the Director of the Microsurgery Division in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Hackensack Meridian Health and the Director of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, NY. He is also the designated plastic surgeon for the Center for Abnormal Placentation (CAP) team at Hackensack University Medical Center and is part of a board-certified microsurgery team based in Rockland County, offering innovative breast reconstruction procedures for breast cancer patients. As an internationally recognized plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Dr. Usal has contributed to numerous articles, chapters and textbooks. He’s been invited to give lectures on the latest techniques in minimally invasive facial rejuvenation. He has also been invited as a guest faculty member at the International Masters Course on Aging Skin (IMCAS) in Paris, France. He holds visiting professorship at University of California San Diego School of Medicine. One of Dr. Usal’s favorite leisure activities is ocean sailing. In 2009, he crossed the Atlantic Ocean and has been recognized for successfully completing the U.S. Coast Guard approved curriculum for Upgrade Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels to Master 100 Tons. As watch captain for two-consecutive years, he won in his division at the Marion to Bermuda Race in 2005 and at the Newport Bermuda Race the following year.

    Publications:

    Breast Tissue Expanders with Magnetic Ports: Clinical Experience at 1.5-Tesla Thimmappa, Nanda Deepa; Prince, Martin R.; Colen, Kari L.; Ahn, Christina Y.; Dutruel, Silvina P.; Boddu, Srikanth R.; Greenspun, David T.; Vasile, Julie V.; Chen, Constance M.; Usal, Hakan; Rohde, Christine H.; Redstone, Jeremiah S.; LoTempio, Maria M.; Lerman, Oren Z.; Nath, Anik K.; Allen, Robert J.; Levine, Joshua L. Less Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 138(6):1171-1178, December 2016. Redefining Techniques and Improving Efficiency , Breast Reconstruction - Current Perspectives and State of the Art Techniques edited by Aldona J. Speige August 2013 Book Chapter 7: Mastering the Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap (DIEP); Joshua Levine, Julie Vasile, Hakan Usal, Heather Erhard, John Ho SCAR REDUCTION USING VERSA PULSE LASER- A PRELIMINARY REPORT Dibernardo, R C Thompson, H Usal submitted to PRS ASSESSMENT OF BIOMECHANICAL SKIN PROPERTIES: IS CELLULITIC SKIN DIFFERENT- TRUTH OR MYTH? M K. Dobke, R C Thompson, H Usal b E Di Bernardo accepted for publication to Aesthetic surgery LASER HAIR REMOVAL “WHERE ARE WE NOW”, B. DiBernardo, J. Perez, H. Usal, R.C. Thompson S. Fallek Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, July 1999: Vol. 104 (1): 247-257 A NERVE DISTRACTION MODEL IN THE RAT Annals of Plastic Surgery, May 1998,Vol. 40,Number 5,486-489, M.S. Margiotta, H. Usal , N. S. Karp, B.K. Dublin, J. Sagiroglu, V.Ting, A.K. Kasabian, LASER HAIR REMOVAL B. Dibernardo, H Usal, R C Thompson et al. Clinics in Plastic Surgery April 2000 Vol 27. Number 2, 199-211 AN AUDIT OF HAND INJURIES IN A PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT HEALTH BULLETIN 50/4 July, 1992, H. Usal, T.F. Beattie AUTOLOGOUS CULTURED FIBROBLASTS AS CELLULAR THERAPY IN PLASTIC SURGERY W K Boss Jr, H Usal, G Chernoff, G Keller, G Lask, P Fodor Oct 2000 Clinics in Plastic Surgery CELLULAR THERAPY IN DERMATOLOGY W K Boss Jr , H Usal , G Chernoff , G Keller , G Lask , P Fodor submitted to DERMATOLOGICAL SURGERY AUTOLOGOUS CULTURED FIBROBLASTS - A PROTEIN REPAIR SYSTEM ISOLAGEN, W. K. Boss,H. Usal Ann.Of Plast. Surg. 2000; 44:536-542 BOOK CHAPTER : THE ERBIUM:YAG LASER VERSUS THE CARBON DIOXIDE LASER ,W.K. Boss Jr., M. A. Fiorillo, H. Usal Lasers in Facial Surgery ; chapter 14 Keller, et al 2001Tieme NY A COMPARISON BETWEEN LONG AND SHORT PULSED ALEXANDRITE LASER HAIR REMOVAL SYSTEMS , W.K. Boss Jr., H. Usal, R.C. Thompson , M.A. Fiorillo, Annals of Plastic Surgery 1999; 42:381-384 THE IMPORTANCE OF PERITONEAL IMAGING IN THE WORKUP OF GENITAL EDEMA IN PATIENTS ON CONTINUOUS AMBULATORY PERITONEAL DIALYSIS published at Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine May 1999 P. Davidson, H. Usal, M. Fiorillo COST EFFECTIVENESS OF ROUTINE TYPE AND SCREEN TESTING BEFORE LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYTSTECTOMY, Surgical Endoscopy 1999 Feb 13: 146-147 H. Usal, J. Nabagiez, P. Sayad, F. Huie, A. Hallak, N. Hayek, R. Spence, G. Ferzli LAPAROSCOPIC TRANSABDOMINAL LUMBOPERITONEAL SHUNT,Surgical Endoscopy 1999 Feb. 13: 161-163, F.Huie, P. Sayad, H. Usal, N. Hayek, E.Arbit, G. Ferzli MAJOR VASCULAR INJURIES DURING LAPARASCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY: AN INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW OF EXPERIENCE WITH 2589 PROCEDURES AND LITERATURE REVIEW Surgical Endoscopy May 1997 11:5 520 H. Usal, G. Ferzli THREE TROCAR TECHNIQUE FOR LIMITED LAPAROSCOPIC RENAL SURGERY Surgical Endoscopy June 1997,11 (6):693-5 , G.S. Ferzli, J.B. Hurwitz, H. Usal, A. Massad HERNIA REPAIR DURING ENDOSCOPIC EXTRAPERITONEAL LYMPH NODE DISSECTION JOURNAL OF LAPAROENDOSCOPIC SURGERY 1997 Jun, 7:3 163-65, G. Ferzli, H. Usal, N. Hayek, S. Zeitlin, J. Hurwitz, P. Albert RHABDOID TUMOR OF KIDNEY CASE REPORT British Journal of Urology 1995 Feb 75 (2) 247-248 H. Usal, G.G. Youngson ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS IN SURGERY published in Turkish Journal of Pharmacology Oct 1990 E. Hamaloglu, H. Usal BOOK CHAPTER : ADVANCES IN ENDOSCOPIC EXTRAPERITONEAL HERNIA REPAIR in PROCEEDINGS OF THE JOINT EUROASIAN CONGRESS EDITOR MUNDOZZI EDITORI BOLOGNA , ITALY P. Sayad, H. Usal, G. Ferzli BOOK CHAPTER : LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY AND MAJOR VASCULAR INJURIES in PROCEEDINGS OF THE JOINT EUROASIAN CONGRESS EDITOR MUNDOZZI EDITORI BOLOGNA, ITALY H. Usal, F. Huie, P. Sayad, B. Piperno, G. Ferzli PRESENTATIONS: Microsurgical Breast Flap Reconstruction, April 2014, Grand Rounds, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hakan Usal, M.D. Microsurgical Lower Extremity Reconstruction, October , 2013 Plastic Surgery Department Grand Rounds, Hackensack University Medical Center Hakan Usal,M.D. Microsurgical Breast Flap Reconstruction, Breast Center Nyack Hospital, June 2013 Hakan Usal, M.D. Masters Course IMCAS 2007 Jan 10-13 07 Paris, France; Long Term Follow Up in Contour Thread Procedures Hakan Usal M.D. Masters Course IMCAS 2007 Jan 10-13 07 Paris, France; Fat injections and Growth Factors,Hakan Usal MD Long Term Results Contour Thread Mid Face Lift Vincent Giampapa M.D. , Hakan Usal M.D. North Eastern Society of Plastic Surgeons Boston Dec 2006 Invisi-Lift: Contour Thread Mid Face Lift 1st International Anti-Aging Meeting Istanbul November 2005 Hakan Usal M.D.; Vincent Giampapa M.D. Anti-Aging Medicine and Aesthetic Surgeon A New Perspective International Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Meeting Turkish Aesthetic Society Istanbul May 2005 Hakan Usal M.D., Vincent Giampapa M.D. Suture Suspension Platysmaplasty for Neck Rejuvenation Revisited: Technical Fine Points to improve outcomes. International Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Meeting Turkish Aesthetic Society Istanbul May 2005 Hakan Usal M.D., Vincent Giampapa, M.D., Ioannis Bitzos, M.D., Oscar Ramirez, M.D. ,Mark Granick, M.D. Long-term Results of the Suture Suspension Platysmaplasty for Neck Rejuvenation: 13 year follow-up.Vincent Giampapa, M.D , Ioannis Bitzos, M.D. Hakan Usal,M.D., Mark Granick, M.D American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting New Orleans April 2005 Scar reduction using VersaPulse Laser A Preliminary Report poster presentation American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting Lake Buenavista Florida May 12-17 2000 BE DI Bernardo, Thompson RC , Usal H AUTOLOGOUS CULTURED FIBROBLASTS AS CELLULAR THERAPY IN PLASTIC SURGERY W K Boss Jr , H Usal , G Chernoff , G Keller , G Lask , P Fodor 10. Aspen update The Second Annual Symposium on the latest advances in cosmetic surgery March 15-20,2000 Autologous Cultured Fibroblasts- A protein repair system W. K. Boss Jr.,H. Usal, R.C. Thompson North Eastern Society of Plastic Surgeons Sept 30-Oct 2 1999 High Power Feather Touch Co2 Laser resurfacing Compared to Erbium Yag Laser H. Usal,W.K. Boss Jr.,R. Thompson, M. Fiorillo,S. Fallek 1999 ASPRS/PSEF/ASMS Annual Scientific Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana Oct. 23-27 1999 Gene Therapy with Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Improves Survival in the Rat TRAM Flap Douglas A .Roth, Eyal Kalish, Jose R. Castello, Hak Chang, Ravi Shankar, Hakan Usal, R. G. Crystal, T.K. Rosengart, A. Kasabian, 1999 ASPRS/PSEF/ASMS Annual Scientific Meeting New Orleans, Louisiana Oct. 23-27 1999 Free Flap Failure A Review of 1430 Consecutive Cases A.K. Kasabian, H. Usal, M.S.Margiotta, W. Shaw American Association of Plastic Surgery Annual Meeting Colorado Springs, Colorado May 1999 Vacuum Assisted Closure Device In the Management Of Complex Wounds, J. Perez, H. Usal, R.C. Thompson, S.R. Fallek, M. Dobke, March 1st 1999, New York Academy 0f Medicine Plastic Surgery Resident’s Night Major Vascular Injuries During Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: An Institutional Review of Experience With 2589 Procedures And Literature Review Joint Euro Asian Congress of Endoscopic Surgery Istanbul Turkey 17-21 June 1997 H. Usal, G. Ferzli Five Year Experience with Endoscopic Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair G.Ferzli H. Usal Joint Euro Asian Congress of Endoscopic Surgery Istanbul Turkey 17-21 June 1997 Laparoscopic Hernioraphy:A Review of Complications and Recurrence. P. Sayad,A. Hallak,H. Usal, F. Huie, N. Hayek,G. Ferzli.submitted for presentation at 83rd Annual Clinical Congress of American College of Surgeons Chicago October 1997 Laparascopic Transabdominal Lumboperitoneal Shunt F. Huie,P. Sayad,N. Hayek,H. Usal,E. Arbitt,G. Ferzli. Submitted for presentation at 83rd Annual Clinical Congress of American College of Surgeons Chicago October 1997 Cost Effectiveness of Routine Preoperative Type and Screen Testing forLaparoscopic Cholecystectomy H. Usal, J. Nabagiez, G. Ferzli, P. Sayad, F. Huie, A. Hallak, N. Hayek R. Spence, Submitted for presentation at 83rd Annual Clinical Congress of American College of Surgeons Chicago October 1997 Three Trocar Technique for Limited Laparoscopic Renal Surgery G.S. Ferzli, J.B. Hurwitz, H. Usal, A. Massad, SIUH, Staten Island, NY. Presented at the American College of Surgeons, 82nd Annual Clinical Congress San Francisco, CA, October 6-11 1996. "Rhabdoid Tumour of Kidney in Childhood” Scottish Paediatric Surgery Society Meeting Aberdeen May 1992 "An Audit of Management of Fitting Children in a Paediatric Accident & Emergency Department". Emergency Research Society Meeting Aberdeen 9-11 Oct 1992 Prognostic Value of Pulmonary Arterial Oxygen Saturation Values (S·O2) in Critically Ill Patients. The International and Turkish Surgical Congress, Istanbul 27 - 30 May 1990. Hemodynamic Effects of High Intra-Abdominal Pressure, at the International and Turkish Surgical Congress, Istanbul 27 - 30 May 1990.

    Clinical Interests

    Procedures:

    Cosmetic, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Breast Reconstruction Surgery

    Conditions:

    Dr. Usal is a skilled microsurgeon, dedicated to offering his patients innovative breast reconstruction procedures following breast cancer. In addition to his expertise in breast reconstruction, Dr. Usal specializes in cosmetic surgery of the face and body.

  • Medical School

    Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine - 1986

    Internship

    Staten Island University Hospital - 1997

    Residency

    New York University Medical Center - 1998

    Fellowship

    UMDNJ - Rutgers - 2000

  • Insurance

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