PERSONAL
Plastic Surgeon -The Peer Group for Plastic Surgery
124 Columbia Turnpike
Florham Park, NJ- 07932
Tel- 973-822-300 Fax—973-822-1726
Email: fgcolon@peergroupnj.com
Born: January 31, 1962 – Puerto Rico, USA
EDUCATION
Doctor of Medicine—1983-1987
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, New York
Bachelor of Arts, Major in Biology—1979-1983
Washington University in St Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
Honors–Dean’s List 1980, 1981, 1982
High School Diploma—1975-1979
San Ignacio de Loyola High School
San Juan, Puerto Rico,
Post Graduate - Surgical Training
Microsurgery Fellow/ Assistant professor 1994-95
Harvard Medical School/ Beth Israel Hospital/ Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Chief Resident in Plastic Surgery—1993-94
Harvard Medical School/ Beth Israel Hospital/ Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Plastic Surgery Residency—1992-94
Harvard Medical School /New England Deaconess/ Beth Israel Hospital,
Boston, Massachusetts,
Chief Resident in General Surgery–1992
General Surgery Residency—1987-1992
St. Luke’s – Roosevelt Hospital Center—Mt Sinai West
New York, New York
Board Certification
American Board of Surgery, Certified in General Surgery September 21, 1993
American Board of Plastic Surgery, Certified November 8, 1997
American Board of Plastic Surgery, Recertified- 2007
American Board of Plastic Surgery, Recertified – 2017
Licensure
Licensed to practice medicine in New Jersey since 1995
Licensed to practice medicine in Massachusetts—1992-96
Hospital Affiliations and Appointments
Morristown Memorial Medical Center, Morristown, NJ,
Plastic Surgery Attending 1995—present
Chief of Plastic Surgery Section, Morristown Memorial Hospital—2010-2012
Trauma Committee, Performance Improvement Committee—2010-2017
OR Cost and Technology Committee—2010-2017
St Barnabas Medical Center-Livingston, NJ
Plastic Surgery Attending 1995 – present
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, NJ
Associate Attending 2014-present
Somerset Medical Center
Associate Attending 2014-present
Honors
Top Plastic Surgeon New York Metro Area
Castle Connelly
Top Plastic Surgeon—Top Docs New Jersey Monthly
Top Plastic Surgeon—Inside New Jersey
New Jersey Top Docs
Top Doc for Women’s Care
Top Doc for Breast Cancer care
American Cancer Society, 2013 Diamond Ball Honoree
Award for Medical Excellence in Breast Cancer Reconstruction
Consumer’s Research Council of America
America’s Top Surgeons
Morristown Medical Center—25 Years of Medical Service Award
Memberships & Societies
Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
New Jersey Society of Plastic Surgeons
Presentations and Publications
The History of Blepharoplasty
F G Wolfort, Francisco G Colon MD
Chapter in “Techniques of Blepharoplasty”, Little & Brown 1994
Ptosis after Blepharoplasty
Francisco G Colon MD, F G Wolfort MD
Presentation at New England Plastic Surgery Society, Newport, Rhode Island, July 1993
The History of Facelift Surgery –Rhytidectomy
Presentation at the Brigham and Woman’s Hospital Plastic Surgery Rounds
Boston, MA, December 1993
Pediatric Hand Tumors,
Joseph Upton MD, Francisco G. Colon MD
Chapter in Hand Clinics, W.B. Saunders May 1995
The Use of Multiple Free Flaps in Sequence: The Chimeric Principle
J. Rodgers, MD, J. Upton MD, Francisco G Colon MD, F.G. Wolfort, MD
Presented at The New England Society of Plastic Surgery, Boston, MA, June 1995
Surgical Treatment of the Cleft Hand
Francisco G. Colon MD, J Upton MD
Presented at The New England Hand Society, Sturbridge, MA, December 1994
Pediatric Hand Tumors
Presentation at The New England Hand Society, Sturbridge, MA, December 1993
Moderator – Microsurgery Session
Senior Resident’s Conference- ASPS, Boston, MA, May 1994
General Surgery- St Luke’s Roosevelt Medical Center Grand Rounds
Presentations and Papers
Management of Esophageal Cancer – 1991
Pulmonary Sequestration – A Case Report – 1991
Lung Cancer- Staging and Management – 1990
Morristown Memorial Surgery Grand Round Presentations
Abdominal Wall Reconstruction 2012
The History of Surgery 2012
Advances in Microsurgery 1995
Advances in Head and Neck Reconstruction 1996
