The girl on the school bus never left Dr. Andrew Jacono‘s memory. As a child, he watched classmates ridicule a girl with a cleft lip and palate, then witnessed the social transformation that followed her reconstructive surgery. That memory became the foundation for a humanitarian commitment that has shaped his career as much as any technical achievement.
Surgery for Children in Need
To date, Dr. Andrew Jacono has performed more than 750 surgeries on children with cleft lips, palates, and other facial deformities through organizations including Healing the Children. These operations take place in settings far from his practices in Manhattan and Great Neck, often reaching children who would otherwise have no access to the specialized care they need. Each procedure carries an echo of that childhood encounter, the knowledge that a face changed can mean a life changed.
His domestic humanitarian work extends to survivors of domestic violence. Through the FACE TO FACE program, Dr. Andrew Jacono has provided reconstructive surgery to more than 100 survivors, helping restore facial appearance after injuries sustained during abuse. That program became the subject of the television series Facing Trauma, which aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network, bringing broader public attention to both the patients and the reconstructive work being done on their behalf.
Recognition for Compassion
The Most Compassionate Doctor Award, given annually to fewer than 3% of physicians in the country, went to Dr. Andrew Jacono every year from 2012 through 2022. That eleven-year consecutive run is not merely a credential but a measure of how his peers and patients consistently describe him. Newsweek ranked him third among facelift surgeons in America for 2025. Harper’s Bazaar included him among the 24 best plastic surgeons in the nation. These rankings rest on clinical results, but the humanitarian dimension of his work has always sat alongside surgical skill in his professional identity. Visit this page for more information.
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