Alexander B. Dagum, MD

  • Professor of Surgery
  • Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Division

Board Certifications

Training

Medical School
  • University of Ottawa (1987)
Residency Training
  • Plastic Surgery, University of Toronto
Fellowship Training
  • Hand and Microsurgery, University of Toronto and SUNY-Stony Brook

Affiliated Specialty Center

Clinical Interests/Expertise

  • Reconstructive and aesthetic surgery
  • Breast reconstruction after cancer
  • Breast reduction and augmentation
  • Nose surgery
  • Cleft lip and cleft palate surgery
  • Treatment of facial fractures
  • Hand surgery (microsurgical repair of bony, soft tissue, and nerve injuries)
  • Reconstructive surgery for burn patients
  • Facelift, general liposuction, and tummy-tuck surgery
  • Evaluation and surgical management of chronic wounds (skin grafting and soft tissue flap coverage)
Alexander B. Dagum, MD

Contact Information

Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Department of Surgery, Health Sciences Center T19-060
Stony Brook Medicine
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8191
Tel: 631-444-9265
Fax: 631-444-6007

Practice Locations

Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Center
24 Research Way
Suite 100
East Setauket, NY 11733-3453
Tel: 631-444-4666
Fax: 631-444-4610


Orthopaedics
14 Technology Drive
Suite 11
East Setauket, NY 11733-3464
Tel: 631-444-4230
Fax: 631-444-4217


Surgical Care Center
37 Research Way
East Setauket, NY 11733-3465
Tel: 631-444-4666
Fax: 631-444-4610


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  • Honors
  • Publications
  • Additional
  • Selected for inclusion in the Castle Connolly Guide, America's Top Doctors (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010), representing the top 1% of physicians in the nation
  • Selected for inclusion in the "Best Doctors" listing of New York Magazine (June 14, 2010; June 15-22, 2009; June 16, 2008; June 18, 2007), representing the top 2% of physicians in the New York Metropolitan area
  • Selected for inclusion in Guide to America's Top Plastic Surgeons (2007, 2008) and Guide to America's Top Surgeons (2007), both published by the Consumers' Research Council of America
  • Selected for inclusion in the Castle Connolly Guide, Top Doctors: New York Metro Area (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010)
  • Celebrated for his contribution to one of ten "Medical Marvels" featured in New York Magazine ("Factory worker loses hands. Doctors have twelve hours to reattach."; June 19, 2006) for his hands' reattachment surgery
  • Recipient of 2009 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award
  • Antonyshyn OM, Weinberg MJ, Dagum AB. Use of a new anchoring device for tendon reinsertion in medial canthopexy. Plast Reconstr Surg 1996;98:520-3.
  • Dagum AB. Controversy in carpal tunnel. Audio Dig Orthop 1997;20:1-2.
  • Dagum AB. Peripheral nerve regeneration, repair, and grafting. J Hand Ther 1998;11:111-7.
  • Dagum AB, Antonyshyn O, Hearn T. Medial canthopexy: an experimental and biomechanical study. Ann Plast Surg 1995;35:262-5.
  • Dagum AB, Best AK, Schemitsch EH, Mahoney JL, Mahomed MN, Blight KR. Salvage after severe lower-extremity trauma: are the outcomes worth the means? Plast Reconstr Surg 1999;103:1212-20.
  • Dagum AB, Dowd AJ. Simple monitoring technique for muscle flaps. Microsurgery 1995;16:728-9.
  • Dagum AB, Hurst LC. Dupuytren's contracture. In: Herndon JH, editor. Surgical Reconstruction of the Upper Extremity. New York: Appleton and Lange, 1999: 849-58.
  • Dagum AB, Hurst LC, Badelamente M. Peripheral nerve injury, regeneration, and repair. In: Dee R, Hurst LC, Gruber MA, Kottmeier SA, editors. Principles of Orthopaedic Practice. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997: 1207-14.
  • Dagum AB, Hurst LC, Finzel KC. Scapholunate dissociation: an experimental kinematic study of two types of indirect soft tissue repairs. J Hand Surg 1997;22:714-9.
  • Dagum AB, Mahoney JL. Effect of wrist position on extensor mechanism after disruption separation. J Hand Surg 1994;19:584-9.
  • Dagum AB, Mirza MA. Replantation surgery in the upper extremity. In: Dee R, Hurst LC, Gruber MA, Kottmeier SA, editors. Principles of Orthopaedic Practice. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1997: 1187-92.
  • Dagum AB, Park DJ, Lau KN, Khan SU. Antibiotic-impregnated polymethylmethacrylate beads and cement in the treatment of posttraumatic infections of the frontal sinus. Plast Reconstr Surg 2009;123:193e-4e.
  • Dagum AB, Peters WJ, Neligan PC, Douglas LG. Severe multiple mononeuropathy in patients with major thermal burns. J Burn Care Rehabil 1993;14:440-5.
  • Dagum AB, Sampson SP. Enchondroma protuberans: a case report. J Hand Surg 1998;23:338-41.
  • Dagum AB, Slesarenko Y, Winston L, Tottenham V. Long-term outcome of replantation of proximal-third amputated arm: a worthwhile endeavor. Tech Hand Up Extrem Surg 2007;11:231-5.
  • Dvali LT, Dagum AB, Pang CY, Kerluke LD, Catton P, Pennock P, Mahoney JL. Effect of radiation on skin expansion and skin flap viability in pigs. Plast Reconstr Surg 2000;106:624-9.
  • Jacob ZC, Tito MF, Dagum AB. MR imaging-related electrical thermal injury complicated by acute carpal tunnel and compartment syndrome: case report. Radiology 2010;254:846-50.
  • Kao JT, Dagum AB, Mahoney JL, Gardiner GW, Beaton D. The histopathological changes in irradiated vs. nonradiated tissue-expanded skin in the porcine model. Ann Plast Surg 1997;39:287-91.
  • Melendez MM, Beasley M, Dagum AB, Khan SU. Outcomes of abdominoplasty performed in an office-based surgical setting [abstract]. Plast Reconstr Surg 2008;122:128-9.
  • Melendez MM, Martinez RR, Dagum AB, McClain SA, Simon, M, Arora B, Sobanko J, Zimmerman T, Wetterau M, Muller, D, Xu X, Singer A. Porcine wound healing in full-thickness skin defects using Integra with and without fibrin glue with keratinocytes. Can J Plast Surg 2008;16:147-52.
  • Phillips BT, Lanier ST, Conkling N, Wang ED, Dagum AB, Ganz JC, Khan SU>, Bui DT. Intraoperative perfusion techniques can accurately predict mastectomy skin flap necrosis in breast reconstruction: results of a prospective trial. Plast Reconstr Surg 2012;129:778e-88e.
  • Singer AJ, Arora B, Dagum A, Valentine S, Hollander JE. Development and validation of a novel scar evaluation scale. Plast Reconstr Surg 2007;120:1892-7.
  • Singer AJ, Dagum AB. Current management of acute cutaneous wounds. N Engl J Med 2008;359:1037-46.
  • Slesarenko YA, Dagum AB, Hurst LC. False aneurysm of the superficial palmar arch causing acute carpal tunnel syndrome. Orthopedics 2007;30:493-4.
  • Slesarenko YA, Hurst LC, Dagum AB. Synovial chondromatosis of the distal radioulnar joint. Hand Surg 2004;9:241-3.
  • Slesarenko YA, Sampson SP, Gould ES, Dagum AB. Recurrent enchondroma protuberans: a case report. J Hand Surg 2005;30:1318-21.
  • Sobanko JF, Dagum AB, Davis IC, Kriegel DA. Soft tissue tumors of the hand. 1. Benign. Dermatol Surg 2007;33:651-67.
  • Sobanko JF, Dagum AB, Davis IC, Kriegel DA. Soft tissue tumors of the hand. 2. Malignant. Dermatol Surg 2007;33:771-85.
  • Expertise in not only conventional surgical approaches, but also the latest microsurgical techniques
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons (FACS)
  • Fellow, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada