Frank S. Ciminello, MD

Dr. Ciminello serves as the Co-Director of Craniofacial Surgery at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center. His work and research has been published extensively in the specialized field of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, and he has lectured nationally and internationally as an expert on numerous Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery subjects. He has been recognized by his peers by being selected as a Castle Connolly Top Plastic Surgeon, an America's Best Plastic Surgeon, a NJ Top Doc, and a Favorite Kids Doc. In addition, he is a professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Seton Hall-Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine.

A fully trained General Surgeon, Dr. Ciminello completed his surgical residency at the New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center. After his surgical residency, Dr. Ciminello went on to complete his Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship at the University of California Davis. Following that, he went on to sub-specialize in Craniofacial, Facial Plastics & Pediatric Plastic Surgery at the Tony Wolfe Fellowship in Miami.

Dr. Ciminello has been a Board Certified Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon since 2008 with a sub-specialty in Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery. His current areas of interest are the treatment of craniosynostosis, cleft lip and palate, ear reconstruction (microtia), head and neck reconstruction, and facial aesthetics.