About Dr. Rapaport
 DAVID P. RAPAPORT, MD, FACS
Tel: 212.752.1129
Fax: 212.752.1175
Email:
info@drrapaport.com
Plastic Surgery Website:
http://www.parkavenueplasticsurgeon.com
Prior to opening his private Manhattan plastic surgery practice, the
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, David P. Rapaport was Chief
Resident at Harvard Medical School. He was also the Chief Resident
at the Plastic Surgery Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
at New York University Medical Center in Manhattan, New York.
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon, David P. Rapaport is one of only a
handful of plastic surgeons in Manhattan, New York with such an
ideal plastic surgery training background combined with over 13
years of practice experience. His credentials include:
Education:
Boston University
Six – Year Medical Program
Boston, Massachusetts
Tel Aviv University, School of Medicine
Ramat Aviv, Israel
Doctor of Medicine
Positions:
Held: 1985 – 1990 General Surgery Residency
Chief Resident
Harvard Medical School Clinical Fellow
Beth Israel Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
1990 – 1992 Resident, Plastic Surgery
Chief Resident, Plastic Surgery
Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
New York University Medical Center
New York, New York
1992 – 1993 Fellowship, Microsurgery
Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
New York University Medical Center
New York, New York
1993 – 1997 Assistant Professor
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
University of South Florida College of Medicine
Tampa, Florida
1998 – Present Private Practice of Plastic Surgery
New York, New York
Boards, Societies, and Honors:
Board Certified, American Board of Surgery
Board Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Plastic Surgery Research Council
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Built and directed the USF Residents’ Cosmetic Surgery Clinic
National faculty and Original Co-developer with Ethicon Corporation:
Endoscopically Assisted Saphenous Vein Harvest
National Faculty for Advanced Injection Techniques of Sculptra ™
(poly L-latic acid) 2006
Research History:
Sentinel lymphadenectomy techniques:
Work with Lockhead Margin and Neoprobe Corporation to develop
improved (miniaturized) gamma detectors for sentinel node biopsy.
Co-Director of training sessions on sentinel lymphadenectomy
techniques. Courses given several times each year (since 1995) are
attended by U.S. and international surgeons.
Minimal Incision Subcutaneous Surgery:
Development of and instruction in technique for endoscopically
harvesting the saphenous vein for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)
surgery. Principal Investigator in prospective study comparing open
versus closed saphenous harvest techniques. Developed new minimal
incision technique for groin dissection in malignant melanoma.
Original technique published in Balch’s Cutaneous Melanoma, see
Chapters below. Development of a model for fat necrosis in the
Zucker (fat) rat.
Selected Publications:
Ziv P. Rapaport DP, Dinstman M: Primary hyperparathyroidism
associated with panctyosis. New England Journal of Medicine 313(3),
187, 1985.
Rapaport DP, Ziv Y, Rubin M, Huminer D, Dinstman M: Primary
hyperthyroidism in children. Journal of Pediatric Surgery 21 (5);
395-397, 1986.
Rapaport DP, Breitbart AS, Karp NS, Siebert JW: Successful
microvascular replantation of a completely amputated ear.
Microsurgery 14; 312-314, 1993.
Mogilner A, Grossman JAI, Ribary U, Joliot M, Volkmann J, Rapaport
DP, Beasley RW, Llinas RR: Somatosensory cortical plasticity in
adult humans revealed by magnetoencephalography. Proceedings
National Academy of Science 90: 3593-3597, 1993.
Wang X, Heller R, Cruse CW, VanVoorhis N, Glass F, Fenske N, Berman
C,
Leo-Messina J, Rapaport D, Wells K, DeConti R, Moscinski L, Stankard
C, Puleo C, Reintgen D. Detection of submicroscopic lymph node
metastases with polymerase chain reaction in patients with malignant
melanoma. Ann Surg 220; 769-774, 1994.
Reintgen D, Albertini F, Miliotes SB, Berman C, Cruse CW, Fenske N,
Glass F, Puleo C,
Wang X, Wells KE, Rapaport DP, DeConti R, Messina J, Heller R: The
accurate staging and modern day treatment of malignant melanoma. Can
Res, Therapy and Control 4; 183-197, 1995.
Rapaport DP, Bass LS, Aston SJ: Influence of steroids on
post-operative swelling after facioplasty: A prospective randomized
study. Plastic Reconstructive Surgery 96 (7); 1547-1552, 1995.
Heller R, Jaroszeski MJ, Glass LF, Messina JL, Rapaport DP, DeConti
RC, Fenske NA, Gilbert RA, Mir LM, Reintgen DS. Phase I/II Trial for
the treatment of cutaneous and subcutaneous tumors using
electrochemotherapy. Canc 77 (5); 964-971, 1996.
Albertini JJ, Cruse CW, Rapaport DP, Wells K, Ross M, DeConti R,
Bermann CG,
Jared K, Messina J, Lyman G, Glss F, Fenske N, Reintgen DS.
Intraoperative radiolymphoscintigraphy improves sentinel lymph node
identification for patients with melanoma. Ann Surg 223 (2);
217-224, 1996.
Rapaport DP, Stadelmann WK, Greenwald DP. Incidence and natural
history of
saline-filled breast implant deflations: Comparison of blunt-tipped
versus cutting and tapered needles. Plastic Reconstructive Surgery
100: 1028-1032, 1997.
Stadelmann WK, Rapaport DP, Payne W, Shons AR, Krizek TK. Residency
training in aesthetic surgery: maximizing the residents’ experience.
Plastic Reconstructive Surgery 101;1973-1977, 1998.
Wells, K.E., Stadelmann, W.K., Rapaport, D.P., Hamlin, R., Cruse CW,
Reintgen DS: Parotid Selective Lymphadenectomy in Malignant
Melanoma, Annals of Plastic Surgery, 1999;43:1-6.
Selected Presentations:
Payne W, Curse CW, Rapaport D, Wells K, Daniels S, Reintgen DS.
Selective lymphadenectomy: Sentinel node biopsy in head and neck
melanoma, Amer Soc of Plast and Recon Surg, 1994.
Albertini J, Milliotes G, Cruse CW, DeConti R, Rapaport D, Berman C,
Glass F, Fenske N, Reintgen DS. Quality and cost outcome measurement
in melanoma surgical care. Soc of Surg Oncol, Boston, 1994.
Wells K, Cruse CW, Rapaport DP, Payne W, Petsoglou C, Reintgen DS,
Sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma of the head and neck. Amer
Soc of Plast and Recon Surg, 1995.
Rapaport DP, Albertini J, Cruse CW, et, Al.: Identification of the
sentinel node in melanoma patients using radiolymphoscintigraphy and
vital blue dye. 18th Ann Sem of Canc Res in FL, Amer Canc Soc, FL
Div, Orlando, Mar 1995.
Albertini J, Cruse CW, Rapaport DP, Wells K, DeConti R, Lyman G,
Glass F, Messina J, Berman C, Jared K, Reintgen D. Identification of
the sentinel node in melanoma patients using radiolymphoscintigraphy
and vital blue dye injection. Amer Soc of Plast and Recon Surg,
1995.
Rapaport DP, Stadelmann W. Malignant melanoma: Advances in
evaluation and treatment. ASPRS 65th An Sci Mtg. Dallas, TX., 1996.
Rapaport DP, Stadelmann W. Malignant melanoma: Advances in
evaluation and treatment. ASPRS 66th An Sci Mtg. San Francisco, CA.,
1997.
Rapaport DP, Stadelmann W. Malignant melanoma: Advances in
evaluation and treatment. ASPRS 67th An Sci Mtg. Boston, MA., 1998.
Rapaport DP, Stadelmann W. Malignant melanoma: Advances in
evaluation and treatment. ASPRS 68th An Sci Mtg. New Orleans, LA.,
1999.
Chapters:
Rapaport DP, Stadelmann W, Reintgen DS. Groin dissection. Balch,
Cutaneous Melanoma: 3rd edition, 1998.
Stadelmann W, Rapapot DP, Reintgen DS. Prognostic factors in
melanoma. Balch, Cutaneous Melanoma: 3rd edition, 1998.
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