Dr. Michael J. Pecoraro, MD

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Get to know Plastic Surgeon Dr. Michael J. Pecoraro, who serves patients in New Jersey.

An acknowledged authority on cosmetic, reconstructive, and hand repair procedures, Dr. Pecoraro has performed thousands of operations for more than 15 years. He is the owner and operator of Seashore Plastic & Hand & Surgery Center with two convenient locations in New Jersey, one in Monmouth County and one in Ocean County. 

With specialization in cosmetic surgery, non-cosmetic surgery, and breast surgery, a few of the more common procedures that Dr. Pecoraro performs include breast augmentation and breast reduction, nasal surgery, eyelid surgery, abdominoplasty, facelifts, and liposuction. He also performs micro and hand surgery procedures for carpal tunnel syndrome, De Quervain’s tenosynovitis, Dupuytren’s, stenosing tenosynovitis, ganglion cysts, lateral epicondylitis, arthritis of the metacarpophalangeal joint, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, as well as nerve and flexor tendon injuries.

A 1982 graduate of St. George’s University School of Medicine, Dr. Pecoraro went on to complete his training at University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, and at Stony Brook University Hospital in New York.

A member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the doctor is triple board-certified in plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, and surgery of the hand by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS). The mission of the ABPS is to promote safe, ethical, efficacious plastic surgery to the public by maintaining high standards for the education, examination, certification, and continuous certification of plastic surgeons as specialists and subspecialists. 

Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the human body. It can be divided into two main categories – reconstructive surgery and cosmetic surgery. A plastic surgeon’s primary responsibility is performing surgical and non-surgical procedures, and they use a variety of reparative and reconstructive techniques to get the job done. 

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