Dr. Peter Cordeiro

Dr. Cordeiro is Chief of the Plastic & Reconstructive Service, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He oversees both the clinical and research activities of the service as well as the fellowship training program in breast reconstruction and microsurgery. Dr. Cordeiro is a leader in the area of oncologic reconstructive surgery at a national and international level.

Within the field of plastic surgery he has made some major intellectual and practical surgical advances. His particular areas of focus include breast reconstruction, microsurgery, and reconstruction in the head and neck. Drawing upon a large experience in free tissue transfers for oncologic reconstruction, he has developed new applications for free flaps to establish state of the art approaches to complex reconstructive problems. Areas of new innovation include reconstruction of the mandible, maxilla, mid face, pharynx, vagina, and breast. In addition to routine approaches to breast reconstruction, he is currently developing newer techniques and approaches to reconstructing patients who have been previously radiated or who may require future radiation using implants as well as the patient’s own tissues.

Dr. Cordeiro has lectured extensively throughout the United States and the world and has authored over 120 scientific papers and book chapters. He is on the editorial boards of three major plastic and reconstructive surgery journals.

Clinical Expertise:

Breast reconstruction with implants, autologous tissue, TRAM, DIEP, SGAP, and perforator flaps. Reconstruction of the mandible, midface, maxilla, vagina, head & neck cancers, and Moh’s surgical defects. Cosmetic expertise include: cosmetic breast surgery, facial surgery, and body contouring.