Duc T. Bui, MD

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery
  • Director, Reconstructive Breast Surgery

Board Certifications

Training

Medical School
  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University (1995)
Residency Training
  • General Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
  • Plastic Surgery, University of California at San Francisco
Fellowship Training
  • Breast Surgery/Microsurgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Affiliated Specialty Center

Clinical Interests/Expertise

  • Reconstructive and aesthetic surgery
  • Breast reconstruction after cancer
  • Breast reduction and augmentation
  • Nose surgery
  • Treatment of facial fractures
  • 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)
Duc T. Bui, 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


  • Honors
  • Publications
  • Bui D, Ikeda C. Reconstruction of aplasia cutis congenita (group V) of the trunk in a newborn. Plast Reconstr Surg 2003;111:2119-20.
  • Bui DT, Chunilal A, Mehrara BJ, Disa JJ, Alektiar KM, Cordeiro PG. Outcome of split-thickness skin grafts after external beam radiotherapy. Ann Plast Surg 2004;52:551-6; discussion 557.
  • Bui DT, Cordeiro PG, Hu QY, Disa JJ, Pusic A, Mehrara BJ. Free flap reexploration: indications, treatment, and outcomes in 1193 free flaps. Plast Reconstr Surg 2007;119:2092-100.
  • Bui DT, Mehrara BJ, Disa JJ, Cordeiro PG. Use of liposuction for secondary revision of irradiated and nonirradiated free flaps. Ann Plast Surg 2004;52:541-5.
  • Chiu ES, Kraus D, Bui DT, Mehrara BJ, Disa JJ, Bilsky M, Shah JP, Cordeiro PG. Anterior and middle cranial fossa skull base reconstruction using microvascular free tissue techniques: surgical complications and functional outcomes. Ann Plast Surg 2008;60:514-20.
  • Draper LB, Bui DT, Chiu ES, Mehrara BJ, Pusic AL, Cordeiro PG, Disa JJ. Nipple-areola reconstruction following chest-wall irradiation for breast cancer: is it safe? Ann Plast Surg 2005;55:12-5.
  • Goodwin SJ, McCarthy CM, Pusic AL, Bui D, Howard M, Disa JJ, Cordeiro PG, Mehrara BJ. Complications in smokers after postmastectomy tissue expander/implant breast reconstruction. Ann Plast Surg 2005;55:16-20.
  • Mehrara BJ, Chunilal A, Bui D, Disa JJ, Schattner M, Cordeiro PG. Timing of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement after cervical esophageal reconstruction with free jejunal transfer. Ann Plast Surg 2004;52:578-80.
  • 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.