Background & Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Plastic Surgery 1990
American Board of General Surgery 1985

Professional Background

Dr. Friedlander was accepted into the City University of New York/State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn 7 year BA-MD program while still in high school. After obtaining her medical degree, she completed an accelerated General Surgery Residency in 4 years, attaining Board Certification. She was drawn to Plastic Surgery early in her general surgery career because of the emphasis on creativity and details, completing her Plastic Surgery residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore Hospital. Although trained in all aspects of plastic and reconstructive surgery, she now limits her practice to cosmetic procedures of the breast, body and face, revision surgery of the breast and reconstructive surgery of the breast.