Few surgeons occupy the same space as Dr. Andrew Jacono, where elite cosmetic practice and sustained charitable work converge in a career built deliberately around both. His extended deep-plane facelift has become a reference point in facial plastic surgery, and his patient base includes some of the most recognizable names in fashion and entertainment. Yet a parallel thread running through his career has always been a commitment to patients who receive his services for free.

Dr. Andrew Jacono is dual board-certified in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery and heads his New York practice while maintaining academic appointments at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and North Shore University Hospital, where he serves as Section Head of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Those credentials and institutional roles give him reach across clinical, research, and educational dimensions of his field.

Two Channels of Service

His humanitarian work divides into two areas. Within the United States, he has performed pro bono reconstructive surgery for more than 100 domestic violence survivors through his role as national chairman of the FACE TO FACE Committee of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Internationally, he has led surgical missions treating more than 750 children in developing countries, addressing cleft lip and palate, microtia, facial tumors, and burn scars through partnerships with Healing the Children, the HUGS Foundation, and THAI Children.

The missions take him to Colombia, Ecuador, Thailand, Vietnam, and other nations across Southeast Asia, Central America, and South America. In each location, the surgeries he performs address both medical function and the social barriers that visible facial differences create for children in their communities.

A Philosophy Rooted in Early Observation

Dr. Andrew Jacono has pointed to a memory from medical school as the moment that clarified his sense of purpose. He watched a girl isolated by classmates for a cleft lip and palate undergo reconstruction and return to school with a different social standing. The observation lodged something in his thinking that has informed every humanitarian commitment since. As Fellowship Director for the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, he now works to pass that framework on to surgeons who are just beginning their careers. Refer to this article to learn more.

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