Matthew Kaufman, M.D.

Dr. Matthew Kaufman is a double board-certified plastic and reconstructive surgeon. He has the rather rare distinction of achieving board certification in both plastic surgery and otolaryngology - head and neck surgery. This training has provided him with the added expertise to comprehensively manage both aesthetic and functional nasal concerns. Dr. Kaufman is highly skilled in all aesthetic procedures of the face and body. In addition to aesthetic surgery, Dr. Kaufman has pioneered treatments for breathing muscle (diaphragm) paralysis and ventilator dependency due to spinal cord injury, and has treated nearly 800 patients with these conditions from throughout the U.S. and worldwide. Dr. Kaufman is also a national expert in nerve decompression surgery for migraine headaches and occipital neuralgia. Dr. Kaufman has been featured in Cosmetic Surgery Times for his tissue engineering research and been a medical consultant for “Untold Stories of the ER”, a syndicated series on The Learning Channel. Other media appearances include CBS News, Discovery Health, Eyewitness News, Good Morning America, IVANHOE, Markets Insider, PBS (NJTV), PIX 11: NYC, Radio Pacifica, SIRIUS Doctor Radio, and WCTC (The Voice of Central New Jersey). He has lectured at over 60 national and international surgical meetings and published over 45 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in surgical literature. He is a lead author of “Aesthetics and Cosmetic Surgery for Darker Skin Types”, the first textbook dedicated to cosmetic surgery in darker racial ethnic groups. Additionally, Dr. Kaufman is an author and co-editor of the first textbook dedicated to the field of Rehabilitative Surgery entitled, “Rehabilitative Surgery: A Comprehensive Text for an Emerging Field”. Dr. Kaufman is the founder and co-director of Axon Advance Foundation, a 501(c)3 charitable organization developed in 2013 to improve the lives of people with spinal cord injury through clinical research, access to innovative surgical procedures, and community outreach.