Evan S. Garfein, MD
- Gender
- Male
- Department
- Surgery
- Practice Specialty
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- Medical Education
- Columbia Univ College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Residency
- Brigham & Women's Hosp. Boston
- Fellowship
- NYU Medical Center
- Main Location
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Montefiore At 1250 Waters Place1250 Waters PlaceBronx, NY 10461-2720
Phone: (718) 920-4800
Fax: (917) 801-5594
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Montefiore Greene Medical Arts PavilionMontefiore Medical Center111 East 210th StreetBronx, NY 10467-2401
Phone: (718) 920-4321
Fax: (718) 405-8345
Get Directions | View MapMontefiore Weiler Hospital1825 Eastchester RoadBronx, NY 10461-2301
Phone: (718) 904-2000
Fax: (718) 405-8345
Get Directions | View MapMontefiore Wakefield Campus600 East 233rd StreetBronx, NY 10466-2604
Phone: (718) 920-9000
Fax: (718) 405-8345
Get Directions | View MapMontefiore Hutchinson Metro PracticeThe Children’s Hospital at MontefioreMontefiore Medical Group-Family Care Center (FCC)Montefiore Westchester Square - Academic Title
- Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
Associate Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery - Administrative Title
- Chief, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- Clinical Focus
Dr. Garfein's clinical interests are in microsurgical and complex reconstruction. He has received advanced training in the use of perforator flaps to minimize donor-site morbidity. His major interests are in breast, lower extremity, and head and neck reconstruction. Dr. Garfein performs all methods of breast reconstruction, including the deep inferior epigastric artery perforator (DIEP) flap, transverse upper gracilis (TUG) flap, thoracodorsal artery perforator (TDAP) flap and superficial inferior epigastric artery (SIEA) flap. He has significant experience with free fibular osseocutaneous flaps for reconstruction of head and neck defects. He is also interested in aesthetic surgery, particularly of the face, breasts and abdomen.
- Research Focus
Dr. Garfein's research interests include the disparity in rates of breast reconstruction among various socioeconomic groups, advanced radiographic planning in the design of free flaps and perforator flaps, and in prefabrication of flaps for functional reconstruction of the face.
- Publications
- Highlights
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- Biography
In 2008, Dr. Garfein founded the In It Together Foundation at Montefiore Medical Center. The Foundation assists disadvantaged patients with daily needs after reconstructive surgery.
In 2010, he authored a new bill requiring hospitals to inform breast cancer patients of breast reconstruction options after mastectomy to reduce the disparities found to exist between low- and high-income patients.
In 2012, Dr. Garfein created a program that delivers current health information via text messages to residents of the Bronx. The “Bronx4Bronx” text messaging program is available in English and Spanish.
Dr. Garfein received his medical degree from Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. He trained in general surgery at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Between his general surgery and plastic surgery training, Dr. Garfein conducted research at Harvard Medical School, concentrating on the role of hematopoietic stem cells in wound healing. Dr. Garfein completed his plastic surgery residency at the Harvard Combined Plastic Surgery Residency Program, serving as chief resident at Massachusetts General Hospital, Children’s Hospital Boston and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He also completed a microsurgery fellowship at the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at New York University.
