Dr. Andrew Jacono Proves Surgical Excellence and Service Can Coexist
A successful facial plastic surgery practice in New York and a sustained record of international humanitarian missions might seem difficult to maintain simultaneously. For Dr. Andrew Jacono, a dual board-certified facial plastic surgeon, the two have not only coexisted but have reinforced each other over the course of his career. The skills he has developed performing complex facial procedures for private patients are the same skills he carries into operating rooms in Colombia, Ecuador, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Dr. Andrew Jacono has provided surgical care to more than 750 children across developing countries through missions with Healing the Children, the HUGS Foundation, and THAI Children. Completing roughly two international trips per year, he treats conditions including cleft lip and palate, microtia, burn scars, and facial tumors. For the children he operates on, these conditions are not just medical issues but social ones, preventing school attendance and full participation in community life.
Where the Commitment Began
The roots of Dr. Jacono’s humanitarian work trace to medical school, where he observed how reconstructive surgery changed the life of a young girl who had spent years isolated because of a cleft lip and palate. That observation clarified something for him: surgical skill acquired through training and experience carries implications beyond the patient population able to pay for it. His career has been built on that understanding.
Teaching the Next Generation
Dr. Andrew Jacono trains surgical fellows and medical students through his Fellowship Director role with the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and through his academic appointments at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and North Shore University Hospital. His teaching connects technical training to a broader ethical framework, one that holds specialized ability as both an opportunity and a responsibility.
His domestic work through the FACE TO FACE program brings the same philosophy home, offering pro bono reconstructive surgery to survivors of domestic violence in the United States. Recognized by U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn McCarthy in the Congressional Record and by the Center for the Women of New York, Dr. Jacono has built a record that extends well beyond the operating rooms of his Manhattan clinic. Visit this page on LinkedIn, for related information.
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