Dr. Leland M. Deane obtained his M.D. degree from State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York in 1978. After his internship, he completed his General Surgical Internship and Residency at the Tufts New-England Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. He finished his Plastic Surgery Residency at Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine in Norfolk, Virginia. Continuing his education, Dr. Deane completed a Fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Division of Hand Surgery and Department of Orthopedic Surgery in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Deane joined the Long Island Plastic Surgical Group as an associate in 1986 and became a partner in the Group in 1988.
Dr. Deane is also distinguished as one of the few plastic surgeons in the country to be successfully recertified by the American Board of Surgery. This allows him to continue to be certified by BOTH the American Board of Plastic Surgery AND the American Board of Surgery. He is also a member of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, which promotes the highest professional standards for plastic surgeons. He is widely recognized and is listed in a number of Who’s Who publications as well as the How to Find the Best Doctors in the New York Metro Area, 1998 and 1999 editions. Currently, Dr. Deane is Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the North Shore/LIJ Health System, Southside Hospital.
As a teaching professional, Dr. Deane is a faculty member at Cornell University Medical College. He has authored papers in plastic surgery literature and continually participates in conferences and courses in the national and international medical community. Dr. Deane has organized and led humanitarian missions to Colombia, South America to treat congenital malformations in children. He is also a Fellow of The American College of Surgeons and a past Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Dr. Deane is on the Advisory Board of several patient support organizations, including Mother of Supertwins (for multiple birth families) and Bariatrics Today/ObesityHelp.com (for patients recovering from weight loss surgery). He has been featured and interviewed on the Wall Street Journal televised network, the Discovery Health Channel, Cablevision Network, the New York Post, and many other media sources.
