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Dr. Elizabeth Kiwanuka, M.D., Ph.D., is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon practicing in New York. Dr. Kiwanuka is Ivy League trained at both Harvard Medical School and Brown University and is Board-Eligible by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Kiwanuka offers excellence and compassion in cosmetic and gender-affirming breast and body surgery. Dr. Kiwanuka is renowned for her expertise in scar management and holistic plastic surgery. She provides the highest quality care and offers cutting-edge techniques and therapies. Dr. Kiwanuka's academic and clinical success is built on her dedication to the field of plastic surgery. Dr. Kiwanuka was born in Russia and raised in Sweden. Parallel with her medical studies, she developed several in vitro models and biochemical techniques at the Tissue Regeneration Laboratory at the Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery at Uppsala University Hospital. She expanded her research to include a translational wound healing model and joined the Laboratory of Gene Transfer and Tissue Repair at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. After completing her Ph.D. in wound healing and tissue engineering, she was accepted to the prestigious Plastic Surgery training program at Brown University. Dr. Kiwanuka was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society and received several awards and recognitions during her training. Before starting her practice in New York City, Dr. Kiwanuka completed a fellowship in reconstructive microsurgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, one of the highest-ranked cancer hospitals in the nation.