Peter Costantino MD

Peter Costantino MD

Peter Costantino MD

Dr. Peter Costantino is a nationally and internationally recognized Craniofacial and Cranial Base Tumor Surgeon practicing in New York City. He specializes in both endoscopic (minimally invasive) and open cranial base surgery. He is one of the few surgeons in the country who routinely operates anywhere within the cranial base (posterior fossa, temporal bone, infratemporal fossa, endonasal, trans-orbital, and anterior cranial base).

Peter Costantino MD FULL BIO

In addition to cranial base surgery, he also specializes in adult craniofacial reconstruction and has performed over 500 cranioplasties primarily using implants that he designed.  He has also developed minimally invasive techniques for the endoscopic removal of recurrent nasopharyngeal cancer and has participated in one of the largest chordoma resection series in the world.

Dr. Costantino has published more than 170 peer-reviewed articles, chapters, and abstracts, and delivered more than 300 lectures. His most notable past publications include the first reported use of distraction osteogenesis to regrow a missing segment of jawbone (mandible) in a human.  He has been the Principle Investigator or Co-Principle Investigator for a number of IRB studies, one of which resulted in the FDA clearance of a new category of implantable biomaterials (hydroxyapatite cement).  Additionally, he is the only surgeon to have twice won the Ben Shuster Basic Research Award and the Ira Tresley Research Awards from the American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery.  He is also the recipient of the Ralph Millard Award for outstanding basic research from the Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation.  He is dual board-certified in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and in Facial Plastic & Reconstructive surgery, and Joint Counsel Certified in Head & Neck Surgical Oncology. In 2007 he became the Founder & Executive Director of the New York Head & Neck Institute. Dr. Costantino graduated from Northwestern University School of Medicine with highest honors, while his undergraduate education was achieved at the University of Notre Dame.

Dr. Costantino has been selected by Castle-Connolly as one of the nation’s top doctors within his specialty (Otolaryngology and Oncology) and in the field of Oncology every year for nearly 20 years.

Peter Costantino MD CREDENTIALS

CERTIFICATIONS:

  • Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery: American Board of Otolaryngology
  • Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery: American Board Facial Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery
  • Joint Council Certification in Head & Neck Surgical Oncology

PROFESSIONAL TITLES:

  • Director: New York Head & Neck Institute & Center for Cranial Base Surgery
  • Co-Executive Director for Institutes for Special Surgery
  • Clinical Professor: Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery: Weil Cornell School of Medicine

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIPS:

  • Intern in General Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York
  • Resident in Neurosurgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Research Associate, Institute for Medicine & Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Philadelphia Spine Fellow, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

SOCIETIES:

  • Congress of Neurological Surgeons
  • American Association of Neurological Surgeons
  • AANS/CNS Cerebrovascular Section
  • Medical Society of the State of New York
  • New York State Neurosurgical Society

SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION:

  • American Board of Neurological Surgeons

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

  • Associate Professor, New York Medical College, Westchester County Medical Center

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:

  • Northern Westchester Hospital, Chief of Neurosurgery, Mt. Kisco, New York
  • Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
  • White Plains Hospital, White Plains, New York
  • Lawrence Hospital, Bronxville, New York
  • Sound Shore Medical Center, New Rochelle, New York

INSURANCE PLANS ACCEPTED:

  • Workers Comp
  • No Fault
  • Medicare
  • Pomco
  • Railroad Medicare
  • Corvel Workers Comp PPO

Request A Consultation

Main Address:

4 Westchester Park Drive, 4th Floor White Plains, New York 10604

Phone:

914-948-8448

Email:

info@bssny.com

Contact

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.