Dr. Zuhaib Ibrahim, MD, FACS

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Get to know Plastic Surgeon Dr. Zuhaib Ibrahim, who serves patients throughout the State of New Jersey. 

Dr. Ibrahim, a board-certified plastic surgeon, has extensive training in cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery with a special interest in breast reconstruction and peripheral nerve surgery. He practices at The Institute for Advanced Reconstruction at The Plastic Surgery Center in New Jersey, where his philosophy centers on providing the highest quality personalized care in a warm and professional environment.

The Institute for Advanced Reconstruction is uniquely positioned as the ‘go to’ center for revolutionary nerve procedures, as well as world-class reconstructive treatments. These include cutting-edge procedures such as nerve transplantation that may restore a significant degree of function for those who have suffered from stroke and other forms of paralysis.

Among his other vocations, Dr. Ibrahim serves as the Director of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Hunterdon Medical Center in Flemington, New Jersey. His expertise and surgical services contributed to the development of this new division. He has made state-of-the-art breast reconstruction procedures available to breast cancer patients at Hunterdon Medical Center, performing the first DIEP Flap Breast reconstruction at time of mastectomy alongside Eric Wimmers, MD.

Named a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), the doctor is board-certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery 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.

On the subject of his educational background, Dr. Ibrahim completed his medical training at the Aga Khan University Medical College, graduating in the top 5% of his class with honors in anatomy, physiology, and medicine. During medical school, he was an exchange scholar at the University of Pittsburgh Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute, where he performed groundbreaking work on genetically engineered organs. He went on to complete his surgical training at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, followed by an integrated plastic and reconstructive surgical program at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was a key member of the team that performed the first bilateral arm transplant in a quadruple amputee. He also completed a postdoctoral research fellowship in hand and face transplantation at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

While at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Dr. Ibrahim received numerous awards and accolades, including the prestigious Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine Career Enrichment Award, the Paul S. Lietman Global Health Award, and the J.K. Hardesty Award from the Plastic Surgery Research Council. He has published twenty-four peer reviewed articles and his work has been extensively presented in both national and international conferences.

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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