About Paul Figlia, MD
With over twenty years in practice, Dr. Figlia’s comprehensive surgical training and experience, coupled with his aesthetic artistry and compassion, make him an ideal surgeon. Dr. Figlia performs the majority of today’s most requested cosmetic surgery procedures. Dr. Figlia is dedicated to providing an informed and patient-educated approach to each patient’s cosmetic procedures. Patients will receive the highest quality of surgical excellence, combined with superlative aesthetic judgment, and attentive post-treatment care. Dr. Figlia has been listed as a “Top Doctor” in New Jersey and in the New York metropolitan area by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., New York Magazine, and in New Jersey Monthly, and as “Top Surgeon” in the Guide to America’s Top Surgeons Consumer’s Research Council of America. He was also listed as New Jersey’s “Top Plastic Surgeon” in New Jersey Life Magazine and is included in “Ten Leaders in Plastic Surgery” in New Jersey. Aside from medicine, Dr. Figlia’s other passion is art. He has spent his lifetime studying and collecting many genres of art ranging from ancient to mid-century. Dr. Figlia’s interest in art offered educational benefits, which directed him to pursue a career in aesthetic surgery. Dr. Figlia is currently an Attending Associate at St. Barnabas Medical Center (Livingston, NJ), Morristown Medical Center (Morristown, NJ), Overlook Medical Center (Summit, NJ), and Chief of Plastic Surgery and Assistant Chairman, Department of Surgery at JFK Medical Center (Edison, NJ). Dr. Figlia has a Bachelor of Science degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University and later studied Art and Language at the Universita per Stranier di Perusia (Perusia, Italy). He graduated with a Doctor of Medicine degree from Rutgers Medical School (formerly University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ). He was an Intern and Resident of General Surgery at St. Barnabas Medical Center. Next, he was a Junior Fellow at the Microvascular Surgery Center in Washington, DC and continued to pursue General Surgery as a Resident and Chief Resident at Washington Hospital Center (Washington, DC). He was an invited guest and studied under world renowned cranial-facial surgeon, Dr. Paul Tessier, at L’Hôpital Foch in Paris, France. He completed his Plastic Surgery Fellowship as Chief Resident at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (Oklahoma City, OK). Subsequently, he was Chief Resident in Cosmetic Surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital (New York City) before entering his private practice.
