About Dr. Greco

Dr. Gregory A. Greco is a dual board-certified plastic surgeon. He is a Diplomate of the both the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Greco is the Chairman of the Division of Plastic Surgery at Rutgers-Monmouth Medical Center and is in private plastic surgery practice with offices in Red Bank, New Jersey and New York City since 2002. He specializes in full body cosmetic surgery and breast reconstruction.

Dr. Greco’s academic appointments include General Surgery Residency Program Director at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health-Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, NJ. and he serves as the assistant Program Director of the Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson General Surgery residency program located in New Brunswick, NJ. Dr. Greco is a Clinical Assistant professor of surgery at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Drexel University School of Medicine. He serves as a member of the Monmouth Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees.

Dr Greco is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). He is on the on the Board of Directors of ASPS and currently serves as the Board Vice President of Health Policy and Advocacy. As of November of 2022 he began his term as President of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Dr. Greco is a member and past President of the New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons. He is a member of the Board of trustees for The Visiting Nurse Association Health Care Group-Personal Care Board and the Tigger House Foundation, an organization committed to eradicating opioid addiction.

Dr. Greco is a graduate of Adelphi University and received his medical degree from The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. After completing his five-year general surgery training at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, NJ, he went on to complete a three-year plastic surgery residency at The University of Illinois at Chicago.

Dr. Greco grew up in Long Island, NY, is married, and resides at both the Jersey Shore and Manhattan.

Gregory A. Greco, DO., FACS Curriculum Vitae

GREGORY A. GRECO, DO FACS
Plastic, Reconstructive & Cosmetic Surgery

EDUCATION
1985-1989 – Adelphi University, Garden City, NY – B.S. Honors
1989-1993 – University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ – D.O.

POST-GRADUATE TRAINING
1993-1994 – Rotating Internship, UMDNJ Kennedy Memorial Hospitals – Stratford, NJ
1994-1998 – General Surgical Residency

Monmouth Medical Center – Long Branch, NJ
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center – Newark, NJ

1998-1999 – Chief Resident, General Surgery, Monmouth Medical Center
1999-2001 – Plastic Surgery Residency, The University of Illinois at Chicago Cook County Hospital
2001-2002 – Chief Resident, Plastic Surgery, The University of Illinois at Chicago Cook County Hospital
2002-Present – Private Plastic Surgery Practice – Red Bank, New Jersey / New York, New York

LICENSURE
New Jersey – MB62193
New York – 225357
NPI – 1083764187

WORK EXPERIENCE
2001-2002 – Attending Burn Surgeon – Sumner L. Koch Burn Center, Cook County Hospital – Chicago, IL

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2009-Present – Chairman, Division of Plastic Surgery, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ
2016-Present – Program Director, General Surgery Residency – Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson/Barnabas Health-Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ
2019-Present – Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency – Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ
2018-Present – Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery – Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ
2010-Present – Program Evaluation Committee, General Surgery Residency – Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ
2019-Present – Program Evaluation Committee, General Surgery Residency – Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ
2004-2018 – Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery – Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
2014-2016 – Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency – Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ
2004-2018 – Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery – Saint George’s School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies
2013-2016 – Clinical Competency Committee, General Surgery Residency
2009-Present – Breast Program Leadership Committee – Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ
2003-2016 – General Surgery Clerkship Director – Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ

CERTIFICATIONS
2000 – Diplomate American Board of Surgery
2003 – Diplomate American Board of Plastic Surgery
2004 – Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
2010 – American Board of Surgery Recertification #45009
2021 – Continuous Certification American Board of Surgery
2013 – American Board of Plastic Surgery Recertification #6550
2021 – Advanced Cardiac Life Support
2021 – Basic Life Support

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Society of Plastic Surgeons
New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons
Monmouth County Society of Plastic Surgeons
New York Regional Society of Plastic Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
American College of Surgeons, New Jersey Chapter
Association of Surgical Educators
American Medical Association

HONORS AND AWARDS

2020 – Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching – Monmouth Medical Center, General Surgery Residency
2014 – Diamond Award for Philanthropy, Beauty Foundation for Cancer Care
2014 – Honoree – Monmouth Medical Center Leon Hess Cancer Center, Power of Pink – Physician Honoree and award recipient for commitment to Women’s Health
2011 – Deans Special Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching – Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
2011 – Chairman’s Award for Clinical Innovation and Excellence, Department of Surgery – Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ
2004–12 – Golden Apple Teaching Award Nominee – Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
2008 – Golden Apple Teaching Award Recipient – Drexel University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
2006–08 – Best Doctors in America – Peer review
2012–17 – Best Doctors in America – Peer review
2013–22 – New Jersey Top Doctor’s – Peer Review
1999 – Charles L. Zukaukas Award for Outstanding Patient Care, Department of Surgery – Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ
1995 – Harry B. Slocum Award for Outstanding First Year Resident in Surgery, Department of Surgery – Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ
1993–94 – Chief Intern – Kennedy Memorial Hospitals, Stratford, NJ – Chosen to lead the rotating internship class of 50 PGY-1s
1989–93 – Deans list – UMDNJ School of Medicine

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY AND COMMITTEES

2022–Present – President – The American Society of Plastic Surgeons
2021–22 – President Elect – The American Society of Plastic Surgeons
2020 – Tigger House Foundation – Opioid Addiction Awareness Charity – Board of Directors
2018–2021 – Present – Board of Directors, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Vice President of Health Care Policy and Advocacy
2014–Present – Visiting Nurse Association Health Group, Personal Care Board of Trustees
2013–Present – Monmouth Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees
2013–18 – PlastyPAC Board of Governors, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
2015–18 – Vice Chairman PlastyPAC, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
2015–18 – Federal Chairman – Legislative and Advocacy Committee, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
2016–Present – Graduate Medical Education Committee, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ
2015–16 – Nominating Committee – New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons
2014–15 – Vice Chairman – Legislative and Advocacy Committee, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
2011–2014 – New Jersey Representative – Council on State Affairs, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
2008–14 – Government Affairs Committee, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
2013–14 – President – New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons
2012–13 – President Elect – New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons
2011–12 – Vice President – New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons
2010–11 – Secretary – New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons
2009–10 – Treasurer – New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons
2008–09 – Historian – New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons
2007–08 – Member at Large – New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons
2007–08 – Young Plastic Surgeons Steering Committee, American Society of Plastic Surgeons

PEER REVIEWER

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology

PUBLICATIONS

Kozusko SD, Lopez J, Sheck CG, Greco GA. Political Advocacy from Plastic Surgery Trainees in the United States. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2021 May 21;9(5):e3590 doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000003590. PMID: 34036027; PMCID: PMC8140763.
A Proposed Mutlimodal Pain Control Regimen for Patients Undergoing Mastectomy with Reconstruction and Its Effect on Narcotic Usage and Hospital Length of Stay: (English) Lepis, G; Taussant, A, ; Almagno, V; Shalek, A,; Coleman, A,; Paulin, E; Kohli, M.; Greco,G. Journal of Pain and Relief, July 1, 2020 Volume 9, Issue 3, ISSN 2167-0846
Cutaneous Cholangiocarcinoma: An Unusual Presentation;(English) Greco, G; Jennings, P.; Coleman, A.; Abbas, S.; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, Aug 2020 Vol 8, Issue 8, Pe2980, Wolters, Kluwer Health, Inc. PMID 32983762
Patient Advocacy in Plastic Surgery: An Underutilized Tool: (English) Mullens, C.; Shelby,N.; Kozac, G.; Fisher, J.; Greco, G.; Ueno, C.:Plastic Surgery Global Open 2019;e2207 May 3 2019, Publisher, Wolters, Kluwer Health, Inc. PMID 31333940
The Use of Intercostal Nerve Blocks for Implant Based Breast Surgery: (English) Vemula, R.; Kutzin,M.; Kutzin, T.; Greco, G.; Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery July, ISSN 1592-4242 Vol:132(1), pp178e-80. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins PMID 23806943
An Unusual Presentation of Branchial Cleft Cyst: (English) Vemula, R.; Greco, G.; The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery: 1536-3732, 2012 May; Vol.23 (3) ppe 270-2, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins. PMID 22627457

BOOK CHAPTERS

Seung, Ah Lee, Gregory R.D. Evans, Gregory A. Greco
2018 Plastic Surgery: “Diseases of the Skin and Soft Tissue, Face and Hand”. Peter F. Lawrence , General Surgery and Surgery Specialties. Publisher: Lippincott Raven, Chapter 24

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

Lepis, G; Taussant, A, ; Almagno, V; Shalek, A,; Coleman, A,; Paulin, E; Kohli, M.; Greco, G.; A Proposed Mutlimodal Pain Control Regimen for Patients Undergoing Mastectomy with Reconstruction and Its Effect on Narcotic Usage and Hospital Length of Stay: Poster Presented at Plastic Surgery the Meeting, Resident Poster Session: October 2021
Quavadze, T.: Greco, G.; Political Engagement Among Physicians in Training Presented at the Ellen Cosgrove House staff Poster Competition, April 2018
Farr, M; Zhong, M.; Greco, G.; A Rare Case of Tumoral Calcinosis. Presented at the Ellen Cosgrove House staff Poster Competition, April 2018
Vemula, R.; Greco, G.; An Unusual Presentation of a Branchial Cleft Cyst, Presented at the New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons Spring Meeting, May 2011.
Cohen, M.; Greco, G.; Donahue, P.; The use of Skeletal Muscle Flaps for the Reinforcement of Fistula Repairs. Presented at the Chicago Surgical Society, Northwestern University Hospital, February 2002, Chicago, Illinois.
Greco, G.; The use of Dermologen and its Incorporation into Surgical Wounds of Nude Mice. Plastic Surgery Senior Resident Conference, Seattle, Washington, March 2002.
Greco, G.; Cohen,M.; Gedebou, T.; Recalcitrant G.I . Fistualas and the Use of Muscle Flaps for Repair. Presented at the 70^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Orlando Florida November 2001
Greco,; Cohen, M.; Abdominal Wall Reconstruction, How, When, Why? Presented at the 69^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Los Angeles, California, October, 2000
Germino, J.; Greco, G.; The Amino Terminus of CDK4 Confers Resistance to P24 Binding, Presented at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey Meeting, Princeton New Jersey, May 1997

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Surgeon Advocacy and Leadership: Grand Rounds: Monmouth Medical Center – Rutgers Health – July 2022
Lipoabdominoplasty: The Emirates Plastic Surgery Society Congress-Dubai, UAE January 20-22,2022
Post Operative Pain Control in Body Contouring: The Emirates Plastic Surgery Society Congress – Dubai, UAE January 20-22,2022
Direct to Implant Breast Reconstruction – The Emirates Plastic Surgery Society Congress – Dubai, UAE January 20-22,2022
Umbilical Transposition: Keeping it Simple, How to Have Consistent Results – The Emirates Plastic Surgery Society Congress-Dubai, UAE January 20-22,2022
Current State of Surgical Mesh in the Breast: What You Need to Know – Plastic Surgery The Meeting October 2021, Atlanta, Georgia
A Fireside Chat With Dr. Rachel Levine – Plastic Surgery the Meeting 2021, Atlanta, Georgia. October 2021
WEBINAR – “Covid CARES Package, How to Follow Up”. Hosted by The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. May 2020
WEBINAR – “Covid CARES Package, How to Interpret for Your Practice” Hosted by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, April 2020
“Opioid Sparing Surgery” – Virginia Society of Plastic Surgeons, Richmond Virginia, November 2019
“The Patient That Changed My Life “-Grand Rounds-Schwartz Rounds panelist, Monmouth Medical Center, September 2019
“ERAS Protocols in Breast Surgery” The Doctors Company, American Society of Plastic Surgeons Patient Safety Retreat, Napa, CA. August 2019
“Opioid Awareness” Rise Up Walk and Run for Opioid Awareness, Pier 84, New York, NY. October 2018
“Opioid Sparing Surgery” Pain Symposium, Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center, New Brunswick, NJ., September 2018.
“Is Your Office Ready for a Surprise State Inspection?” The Doctors Company, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Napa, CA. July 2018
“Post-Operative Opioid Reduction” Plan Against Pain and Blogher 18′ annual Symposium. Tribeca, NY. February 2018
“Choices in Breast Reconstruction”, 9^th Annual Ladies Night Out Symposium, Eatontown, NJ. May, 2017
“Advances in Breast Reconstruction” – Barnabas Health Medical Group, Eatontown, NJ. September 2017
“Getting My Pre-Pregnancy Body Back” WE Forum Inaugural Women’s Health Symposium, Long Branch, NJ. May 2017
Dangers and Pitfalls of Cosmetic Procedures in Ob/GYN – Cutting Edge Symposium, Long Branch, NJ. June 2015