David Shafer, MD

Shafer Plastic Surgery

10 East 53rd Street
New York NY 10022

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CERTIFICATIONS & ACCREDITATIONS

Dr. Shafer trained at the world famous Mayo Clinic and was selected for the prestigious fellowship at M.E.E.T.H. (Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital) in New York City. While most plastic surgeons go directly into practice, he had the honor to operate with many of the world's most distinguished plastic surgeons. Today, Dr. Shafer sees consultations in his Midtown office and performs procedures in his Park Avenue office and at M.E.E.T.H. where he teaches the next generation of plastic surgeons from NYU, Columbia and Cornell Universities.

In 2009, W. Magazine named Dr. Shafer a 'Great New Talent' in plastic surgery. He is featured in Quest Magazine, New York Social Diary, Make Me Heal Celebrity Plastic Surgery, Health Break, New York Daily News, New York Post, Health Care Channel, Plastic Surgery Channel and New Beauty Magazine. He has published chapters on Botox techniques, facelift techniques and plastic surgery anesthesia. He produced a DVD to teach doctors how to inject Botox and to perform facelifts. For 2010, Dr. Shafer wrote chapters on facelift techniques and articles on collagen injections and Dysport inejctions. Dr. Shafer's research is presented nationally and has earned many first place awards and resulted in publications in several journals.

Dr. Shafer traveled to Vietnam to operate on children with congenital facial deformities and traveled to Kenya to operate in Nairobi.

Dr. Shafer has completed 13 years of post-college medical and surgical specialty training.

American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Certification

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Surgery - 2005

The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), a not-for-profit organization, assists 24 approved medical specialty boards in the development and use of standards in the ongoing evaluation and certification of physicians. ABMS, recognized as the "gold standard" in physician certification, believes higher standards for physicians means better care for patients. Board certification by an ABMS member board provides assurance of a physician's expertise in a particular specialty and/or subspecialty of practice.

Certifications & Professional Recognition

Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery, 2005

Academic Background

Undergraduate:

Honors Biology - Summa Cum Laude
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Medical:

Medical Doctor
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Residency:

General Surgery Residency
Maricopa Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona

Plastic Surgery Fellowship
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship
Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital
New York, New York