Salem Samra

I am a double board certified plastic and hand surgeon in private practice in central New Jersey.

10/10/2025

Thank God, another awesome day in this majestic city. It started with Fairuz playing in the background at breakfast. That followed with an update on the latest information and technology in endoscopic carpal tunnel release. I learned a new innovative and less invasive approach to thumb CMC arthroplasty with the “Fiberlock” system and was able to demonstrate it on a silicone model of the hand. I was then super impressed after trying out the new “Nerve Tape” technology that can be used for sutureless nerve repair and coaptation. The day ended with a “Poutine Bar” 🍟 and “Donut Wall” 🍩 ASSH, you know how to run a meeting! So grateful and looking forward to take what I learned back home 🙏🏻 ✋🏻

10/09/2025

What an amazing first day in Vancouver at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand National Meeting! It started at 7AM learning and performing the latest techniques in nerve and tendon transfers on cadaver arms guided by national experts. The evening included an educational session on using Xiaflex to treat Dupuytren’s contractures and I was able to trial their “mixed reality” teaching model for injecting PIP and MP joint cords. All this with incredible views of this beautiful city sprinkled in. So grateful to be here for this outstanding educational experience 🤓🌄✋🏻 🇨🇦

10/01/2025

It’s officially so I figure it’s appropriate to post a recent interesting breast reconstruction case. This patient had a mastectomy on the left side with reconstruction by an outside surgeon for breast cancer in the distant past and was referred to me after being diagnosed with a new cancer on the right. I performed an immediate breast reconstruction to reconstruct her right breast, but she was also asking if something could be done about her reconstructed left breast as her implant was migrating laterally towards her side. After completing tissue expansion to rebuild her right breast, I took her for implant exchange last week, where I switched out her expander for a permanent breast implant on the right, but also took the opportunity to revise what had been previously done on the left. Check out the video to see what we did.

08/22/2025

Three weeks ago I had the opportunity to use the latest technology in breast implants during a revision breast reconstruction surgery. The “Motiva” implant has a shell design that makes it hypocapsulogenic, meaning less likely to cause a capsular contracture. The specialized surface of the implant does not affect its natural feel. I was pleased to be one of the first surgeons using it at Riverview Medical Center this summer, and even happier to see my patient looking and feeling great three weeks postop. Not that I can afford to eat another cake, but thank you for the support! 🍰 🙏🏻 🚫

07/28/2025

This lovely patient had massive breasts and a strong family history of breast cancer. She chose to have bilateral prophylactic mastectomies. She presented to me to discuss the options for breast reconstruction and we settled on using expanders and breast implants. I knew it would be a difficult case given how large she was and the fact that implants are limited in size. She is almost three months out from her implant exchange and her body is unrecognizable (in a positive way) compared to what it once was. I am thrilled for her, and her husband, who has been a constant support throughout her process.

07/11/2025

Hopefully, for once I can actually drop a few lbs on summer vacation! 😅 🏊🏻‍♂️ 💪🏻🇸🇾🦅🙏🏻

07/06/2025

🎶”Raise your head high, you are a free Syrian”🎶 💃🕺🏻🎉🇸🇾🦅 🙏🏻

07/04/2025

Wishing all of my patients, friends, and family the happiest 4th of July from the heart of Damascus, Syria. So grateful the celebration reached me here 🤲🏻🇺🇸🇸🇾🦅 🥙 🎆

06/30/2025

I love to see young people full of confidence and vigor after breast reduction surgery. These are too young adults who felt burdened by being heavy-chested. In addition to having neck, shoulder, and back discomfort, they felt like their breasts were out of proportion to their bodies. I used different techniques for the different patients. The former had a vertical breast reduction with inferolateral pedicle and the latter had a Wise-pattern breast reduction with inferior pedicle. In both cases, I feel like I accomplished my goal of reducing the breasts and optimizing the patient’s aesthetic outcome. In addition to looking and feeling great I noticed both patients exuding a new confidence and joyfulness that I didn’t appreciate when they came for their pre-op consultations. I am souped for them both. 🙏🏻

06/27/2025

The Plastic and Hand Surgery elective at Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine was today completed by two wonderful 4th year medical students, .almadani and . Hamzah and Max are two aspiring plastic surgeons and it was a pleasure to have them aboard with us these past 4 weeks. They both did an outstanding job and I was particularly pleased with their final presentations today. Both Hamzah‘s talk on “Acellular Dermal Matrices in Breast Reconstruction: Current Concepts and Evolving Evidence” and Max’s talk on “Latissimus Dorsi with Implant Breast Reconstruction in the Irradiated Breast: Considerations in a Young and Active Patient” were thoughtful, well-researched, and provoked great discussion. I am confident these two will represent HMSOM well as they embark on the super-competitive process of applying for Plastic Surgery residency training programs and I wish them both good luck. I am grateful and humbled that they chose the elective to kickstart their journeys and hope that they learned concepts and techniques with us that will benefit them throughout their careers. I look forward to having them as colleagues in our amazing specialty. 👨🏻‍⚕️ ⭐️⭐️

06/26/2025

It was a great pleasure to be invited to speak this evening in Red Bank to a group of Certified Hand Therapists from across New Jersey. I gave a presentation entitled “Wound Care and Soft Tissue Reconstruction of the Hand”. I hope they enjoyed my talk as much as I did giving it. ✋🏻

06/24/2025

Believe me this is harder than it looks! 😅🤚🏻🙏🏻

Address

733 North Beers Street, Suite U-1
Holmdel, NJ
07733

Telephone

+17327392100

Website

http://samraplasticsurgery.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Salem Samra posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to Salem Samra:

Want your practice to be the top-listed Clinic in Holmdel?