Joel Pessa, M.D.

Associate Professor

Department: Plastic Surgery

Education
Medical School University of Massachusetts Medical School (1980)
Residency University of Massachusettes School of Medicine (1985), General Surgery
Fellowship St. Vincent Hospital - Worcester (1987), Cardiac Surgery
Fellowship Christine Kleinert Inst. for Hand/Microsurgery (1987)
Residency Duke University Medical Center (1989), Reconstructive Surgery
Fellowship Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital (1990)
Fellowship Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne (1995), Craniofacial Surgery
Residency Christine Kleinert Inst. for Hand/Microsurgery (2012), Hand and Micro Surgery

Specialty Areas

Clinical Interests
  • Primary Interests
  • Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck)
  • Adult Otoplasty
  • Botox / Fillers / Injectables
  • Brachioplasty
  • Breast Augmentation Surgery - (Teenager)
  • Breast Augmentation Surgery (Adult)
  • Breast Mastopexy Surgery
  • Breast Surgery - Reduction
  • Burn Reconstruction of the Face
  • Cosmetic Facial Surgery
  • Craniofacial Trauma
  • Earlobe Repair
  • Facial Reanimation
  • Hand Surgery
  • Intensed Pulsed Light (IPL) Photofacial
  • Keloids
  • Lacerations
  • Lip Augmentation
  • Maxillofacial Reconstruction
  • Moh's Reconstructive Surgery
  • Panniculectomy
  • Pediatric Cyst Removal
  • Pediatric Gynecomastia
  • Pediatric Mole Removal
  • Pediatric Otoplasty
  • Pediatric Scar Revision
  • Rhinoplasty

Honors/Awards
  • Tiffany Award American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
    (1995)
  • Tiffany Award American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
    (1993)
  • Duke University Art Competiton Drawing Category
    First Prize (1989)
  • Southeastern Plastic Surgery Resident’s Competition
    Second Prize (1988)
  • Phi Beta Kappa
    (1975)