Dr. Bruce Brewer graduated from Brown University in 1971. He obtained his M.D. degree in 1975 from the State University of New York at Downstate, Brooklyn. The next five years were spent at North Shore University Hospital completing a General Surgery residency.

Dr. Brewer then received his advanced training in Plastic Surgery at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. He completed his training with the Christine Kleinert Hand Surgery Fellowship in Louisville, Kentucky. He joined the Long Island Plastic Surgical Group in 1983.

Board Certifications:

• » Diplomat, American Board of Plastic Surgery (1984-present)
• » Diplomat, American Board of Plastic Surgery-Hand (1994-2004)
• » Diplomat, American Board of Surgery (1981-1991)

In addition to his board certifications, Dr. Brewer is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Dr. Brewer has always maintained an interest in academics and teaching. He is Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at Cornell University Medical College. He has served as the Assistant Director of the Plastic Surgery Program at Nassau County Medical Center and is directly involved in the daily teaching of plastic surgery residents. He has served as the Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery at North Shore University Hospital at Glen Cove. Dr. Brewer has presented papers, given instructional courses and lectured at meetings nationally as well as in Mexico, Greece and Bermuda.

Dr. Brewer has been recognized as one of “America’s Top Surgeons” by the Consumers’ Research Council of America.

He is a member of the following medical societies:

• » American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• » American Association for Hand Surgery
• » American Burn Association
• » American Cleft Palate Association
• » Association of Academic Chairmen of Plastic Surgery
• » Medical Society of the State of New York
• » Nassau County Medical Society
• » Nassau Surgical Society
• » New York Regional Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• » Member of Long Island Plastic Surgical Group, voted "Best Cosmetic Surgeons of Long Island for 2008" by the Long Island Press poll

Dr. Brewer is married and has two sons. Outside the operating room his interests are fishing, tennis, sailing and photography.