DR. PHILIPP FRANCK
Dr. Philipp Franck is a board-certified Plastic Surgeon with a particular interest in aesthetic and reconstructive facial surgery, rhinoplasty, breast surgery, body contouring, and non-surgical rejuvenation.
Dr. Franck has been consistently listed in the New York Times Magazine Rising Star Doctors since 2023 and is listed in Castle Connolly Top Doctors.
Dr. Franck is a Clinical Assistant Attending within the division of Plastic Surgery at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He also serves as a Clinical Instructor in Plastic Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, mentoring new surgeons and teaching the latest techniques.
A native of Germany, Dr. Franck completed his integrated Plastic Surgery residency at the esteemed New York-Presbyterian Hospital - one of the top hospitals in the United States.
Dr. Franck traveled to many places during his medical training including Japan, South Africa, Ukraine, and Ethiopia not only to work with internationally renowned physicians and broaden his surgical expertise but to also provide medical care and education to developing countries.
HONORS
2024 Castle Connolly Top Doctors
2024 Super Doctors New York Rising Stars
2023 Super Doctors New York Rising Stars
2021 Dicran Goulian, MD Award for Academic Excellence in Plastic Surgery, 2020 Administrative Chief Resident in Plastic Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital
2011 DAAD (German Academic Exchange)
2010 LMU - Jimma Ethiopia Medical Educational Exchange Scholarship
2008 University of Tokyo Academic Exchange Scholarship
2004 Max Bauer Prize in Fine Arts
PUBLICATIONS
Franck, P., Henderson, P. W., & Rothaus, K. O. (2016). Basics of lasers: history, physics, and clinical applications. Clinics in plastic surgery, 43(3), 505-513.
Franck, P., Bernstein, J. L., Cohen, L. E., Härtl, R., Baaj, A. A., & Spector, J. A. (2018). Local muscle flaps minimize post-operative wound morbidity in patients with neoplastic disease of the spine. Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 171, 100-105.
Franck P, Chadab T, Poveromo L, Ellison A, Simmons R, Otterburn DM. Prepectoral Dual-Port Tissue Expander Placement: Can This Eliminate Suction Drain Use? Ann Plast Surg. 2020 Jul;85:S60-S62
Wright MA, Weinstein AL, Bernstein JL, Franck P, Lara DO, Samadi A, Cohen LE, Härtl R, Baaj AA, Spector JA. Muscle Flap Closure Following Complex Spine Surgery: A Decade of Experience. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020 Aug 19
Wright, Franck - Extended Drain Dwell Duration Following Muscle Flap Closure for Complex Spine Surgery Does Not Increase the Risk of Surgical Site Infections. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Global Open: August 2019 - Volume 7 - Issue 8S-1 - p 87-88
Toyoda, Y., Franck, P., Brownstone N.D., Magro C.M., Otterburn D.M., Apocrine adenocarcinoma in the setting of porcine hidrocystoma of the leg. Dermal Online J. 2019: 25 (6).
Poveromo L, Franck P, Ellison A, Otterburn DM. Pre-pectoral Breast Reconstruction Without the Use of Acellular Dermal Matrix: A 3-Year Review. Annals of Plastic Surgery, 88(3), pp.S205-S208.
Barie, P. S., & Franck, P. (2015). History of Medical and Surgical Management of Acute Cholecystitis. Acute Cholecystitis (pp. 1-16). Springer, Cham.2015
Kumar, R., DiMenna, L., Schrode N., Liu, TC, Franck, P., Evans, T., AID stabilizes stem-cell phenotype by removing epigenetic memory of pluripotency genes. Nature 500, 89–92 (01 August 2013) doi:10.1038
