Rachel A. Ruotolo, MD, FACS, joined Long Island Plastic Surgical Group in November 2008. She is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Ruotolo graduated Cum Laude from Duke University in 1994. She received her MD degree from George Washington School of Medicine, graduating with distinction. Dr. Ruotolo received her General Surgery and Plastic Surgery training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She then pursued specialty training in Pediatric Congenital and Craniofacial Surgery as a fellow at Medical City Children%u2019s Hospital in Dallas, Texas under the tutelage of Dr. Jeffrey Fearon.
Dr. Ruotolo has significant experience in pediatric plastic surgery, having performed over 100 cleft and craniofacial surgeries in 2008-2009 alone. She focuses on birth deformities including cleft lip and palate, syndactyly, craniosynostosis, Pierre Robin Sequence, Apert Syndrome, Crouzon Syndrome, Pfeiffer Syndrome, and Saethre-Chotzen Syndrome and vascular malformations such as hemangiomas and port wine stains. Dr. Ruotolo also specializes in facial trauma in children and adults such as orbital fractures, mandible fractures, and zygoma fractures, as well as ear reconstruction, and cranioplasty after craniotomy.
Dr. Ruotolo performs a broad spectrum of reconstructive procedures and has a special interest in pediatric plastic surgery with an emphasis on craniofacial surgery. She is affiliated with North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System through Schneider%u2019s Children Hospital and the Hagedorn Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Center and has privileges at Winthrop and Good Samaritan Hospital.
Dr. Ruotolo has authored numerous publications and has given extensive presentations on pediatric plastic and craniofacial surgery throughout the United States.
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Education Background
MEDICAL SCHOOL
George Washington University School Of Medicine & Health Sciences - 1999
George Washington University School Of Medicine & Health Sciences - 1999
Languages Spoken
Spanish
Russian
Location & Hours
Long Island Plastic Surgical Group
999 Franklin Ave, Garden City, NY 11530
Mon:8:00 am - 7:00 pm Tue:8:00 am - 7:00 pm Wed:8:00 am - 7:00 pm Thu:8:00 am - 7:00 pm Fri:8:00 am - 7:00 pm Sat:Closed Sun:Closed
Specialties Treated
Plastic Surgery
Pediatric Surgery
Conditions Addressed
Cleft Palate
Pediatric Craniofacial Disorders
Procedures Performed
Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Craniofacial Surgery
Rhinoplasty
Cleft Palate Correction
Cleft Lip or Nasal Deformity Repair
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