Background & Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Plastic Surgery – 1991

Professional Background

M.D. – Hahnemann University Medical School, Philadelphia, PA. – 1981
General Surgery Residency – Hahnemann University Medical School, Philadelphia, PA. – 1981
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Residency – Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, Norfolk, VA. – 1985
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Fellowship – Drs. Baker, Gordon and Stuzin, Miami, FL – 1988
Oculoplastic and Maxillofacial Surgery Fellowship – Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine, Norfolk, VA – 1988
Operation Smile Medical Director – Completed 19 oversees missions since 1987 including:
Phillipines
Liberia
West Bank
Ghana
Colombia
Kenya
Nicaragua
Morocco

Dr. Kurtzman has personally performed over 500 reconstructive procedures for free. Most notably, repairing cleft lip/palates in children.