Ted Eisenberg D.O. is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based plastic surgeon who specializes in cosmetic breast surgery. He holds a Guinness World Record for the most breast augmentation surgeries performed in a lifetime (male) 3460.
Early years Eisenberg was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Martin (a graphic artist) and Mollie (a housewife), and graduated from Overbrook High School (Philadelphia). He received a B.S. in pre-medicine from the Pennsylvania State University and graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He trained in General Surgery at Metropolitan Hospital and Plastic Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University, Albert Einstein Medical Center Northern Division and Hahnemann Hospital. He married Joyce Kirschner in 1973 and has a son, Benjamin, and a daughter, Samantha.
Career Much of Eisenberg's early work in the mid-1980s involved the use of tissue expansion for reconstructive surgery. He implanted tissue expanders for a total nasal reconstruction after cancer surgery; to repair a scalp that was scarred from shrapnel wounds incurred by a Marine during the Korean War; to build a breast for a young woman with Poland syndrome; and to expand a contracted eye socket in order to provide a silicone foundation as require for an acrylic eye prosthesis.Detjen, Jim: "Skin Repair Is Expanding: Soft Tissue Expansion Is Giving Hope to Victims of Cancer, Burns, Accidents and Birth Defects." The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 1988.Van Atta, Burr: "It Was a Bit of a Stretch, But It Reversed His Baldness." The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 1989. Eisenberg's research on Dupuytren's contracture is published in a French monograph.LR. Tubiana, J.T. Hueston, eds. "La Maladie de Dupuytren." Expansion Scientific Francaise, 1986: p. 210-213. For over a decade, he served on a national committee that evaluates the standards for plastic surgery residencies.ACOS News, Feb. 1994: Vol. 32 (4): p. 5. He was National Chairman of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Division of the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons and served on the certifying board of the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery.Physician's News Digest, May 1992, p. 19.
Since 1999, Eisenberg has focused his practice solely on cosmetic breast surgery: augmentation mammoplasty, mastopexy (breast lift), correction of breast asymmetry, and breast reduction.Flam, Faye. "No End to the Quest for More Curves." Philadelphia Inquirer, Oct. 2005. He has contributed articles on the trade-offs between saline versus silicone breast implants,Eisenberg, Ted S. “Silicone Gel Implants are Back: So What?” American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery March 2009: 26 (1): 5-7.,Eisenberg, Ted S. "The Underappreciated Saline Breast Implant" Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 47 (2): 897–900. doi:10.1007/s00266-022-03106-z. PMID 36131136. S2CID 252437143 a new one-stage approach to correcting tuberous breast deformity with saline implants,Eisenberg, Ted S. “One-Stage Correction of Tuberous Breast Deformity Using Saline Implants: Without the Need for Radial Scoring or Lowering the Inframammary Fold ” American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery April 2019: https://doi.org/10.1177/0748806819841466.Thomas, M., and D’silva, J. (eds). “Manual of Cosmetic Medicine and Surgery: Volume 2 – Breast Reshaping.” Springer, Singapore 2023. Chapter 20, 303-313. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3726-4_20 minimizing post-operative nausea and vomiting,Eisenberg, Ted S. “Breast Augmentation: Minimizing Post-Operative Nausea and Vomiting (PONV), Maximizing Patient Satisfaction” American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery Dec. 2008: 25 (4): 264-267. and a novel use of the StratticeTM patch for breast implant exposure.Eisenberg, Ted S. “Implant Exposure Through a Breast Augmentation Incision Repaired with Porcine Acellular Dermal Matrix (StratticeTM): A Technique to Ensure Graft Take” Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Aug. 2011: 35: (4): 681-683. In a study of his 4761 augmentation mammaplasty patients, Eisenberg reported that overfilling saline breast implants 10-13% significantly reduced the rupture-deflation rate to 1.83% at 8-years post-implantation.Eisenberg, Ted S. "Does Overfilling Smooth Inflatable Saline-Filled Breast Implants Decrease the Deflation Rate? Experience with 4761 Augmentation Mammaplasty Patients" Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. March 2021: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-021-02198-3
An authority on simultaneous augmentation mastopexy,Drew, Eliza. "Aesthetic Exchange: Surgeons Discuss Simultaneous Augmentation Mastopexy Versus Staged Approach.” Cosmetic Surgery Times, April 1, 2012. Eisenberg is the creator of the IDEAL Breast Lift,Eisenberg, Ted S. "Ideal Breast Lift Augmentation Mastopexy for Moderately to Severely Ptotic Breasts: Previsualizing Breast Shape and Symmetry With an Innovative and Versatile Stapling Technique." American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery. Sept. 2009: 26 (3): 168-176. a technique to previsualize the extent of tissue to be removed to achieve symmetry and maximum lift.Eisenberg, Ted. S. "Simultaneous Augmentation Mastopexy: A Technique for Maximum En Bloc Skin Resection Using the Inverted-T Pattern Regardless of Implant Size, Asymmetry, or Ptosis." Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. April 2012: 36: (2): 349-354.Shiffman, Melvin A., and Alberto Di Giuseppe, eds. "Cosmetic Surgery: Art and Techniques." Springer, 2012: Chapter 39: 605-620.Thomas, M., and D’silva, J. (eds). “Manual of Cosmetic Medicine and Surgery: Volume 2 – Breast Reshaping.” Springer, Singapore 2023. Chapter 13: 185-197. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3726-4_13 He teaches his technique to surgeons around the country. Eisenberg was named a Fellow in the American College of Osteopathic Surgeons and is an associate professor of surgery at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Awards and community contributions In 1993, Dr. Eisenberg was nominated for the Knight Legion of Goodness Award by the Italian-American Press.“Highly Deserving Citizens Nominated for the Knights Legion of Goodness.” Philadelphia Exclusive, Oct. 6, 1993. In 2009, Dr. Eisenberg achieved a Guinness World Record for the most breast augmentation surgeries performed in a lifetime (male) 3,460. With Joyce K. Eisenberg, he co-authored The Scoop on Breasts: A Plastic Surgeon Busts the Myths, in 2012. Dr. Eisenberg was a longtime corporate sponsor of the Linda Creed Breast Cancer Foundation, whose core program was to provide free mammograms for women with little or no medical insurance.
Hobbies A tournament knife thrower, Eisenberg is a member of the International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame and is ranked 18th in the world. In 2009, he participated in his first tomahawk (axe) throwing competition; he is the 2018 world champion in the long distance tomahawk competition.Carey, Art: "Nip & Duck: Surgeon's Cool Hobby Is Throwing Knives at Targets." The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 2009.Apgar, Blake: "Amateurs, pros let blades fly at knife-throwing contest in Las Vegas." Las Vegas Review-Journal, April 9, 2017.Croatto, Pet: "Knife-Throwing as a Sport: Who Would Have Thunk It?." The New York Times, Sept. 2017. He is also an amateur ballroom dancer; he and his wife competed in a pre-show event during a "Dancing With the Stars" tour.
References
External links Dr. Ted Eisenberg American College of Osteopathic Surgeons The Scoop on Breasts