H ealth & bea u ty
david greuner, md, facs By David Delay
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r. David Greuner is a founding member and managing partner of NYC Surgical Associates, a multi-specialty practice with six locations in the tri-state area, each with its own on-site surgical facilities. Their broad-based expertise spans the spectrum of surgical specialties from neurosurgery to plastic surgery and their niche is using the most modern technological advances to offer their patients minimal downtime solutions to even the most complex surgical problems. Dr. Greuner takes great pride in the team he has managed to put together and the environment that he has cultured inside the offices, and the results show with thousands of patients satisfied over the course of the last six years. Dr. Greuner’s professional and personal life is a fascinating mix of personal achievements and societal contributions. For six years in a row, he has been voted a “Top Surgeon” by the Consumers’ Research Council. Dr. Greuner is only 39, yet he has already perfected a level of success that makes him a standout among his peers of all ages. He began his professional accolades at an early date when he was named chief resident of the year during his training at the Mount Sinai–affiliated hospital in Morristown, New Jersey. He trained there after beginning post-graduate work in general surgery at the University of Arizona–affiliated hospitals in Phoenix, Arizona. He was then awarded a two-year fellowship in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and a one-year fellowship in body contouring and complex reconstruction in the massive weight-loss patient with the renowned plastic surgeon Dr. Victor Rosenberg. What do these two specialties have in common, you may ask? Interestingly enough, a great deal. Dr. Greuner’s particular expertise lies in addressing all of the problems that plague patients after weight loss, which is a large, and ever growing population in the United States today. As our society as a whole becomes more and more health conscious, the number of patients losing weight and keeping it off is growing annually. When we gain weight, our body is stretched — our skin, our tissue, and our blood vessels, especially veins — in all different ways. Often, when the weight is lost, this tissue recoils to a certain extent, but in most cases, there is still a significant amount of laxity that remains. Floppy, saggy skin; hernias; and bulging veins are all problems that typically remain after weight loss, and are a humiliating and persistent reminder that often acts as an impediment to future progress. Social Life