Yoel Antonio Rojas Ortiz, MD CV

Overview

• Board-Certified Plastic Surgeon, Owner & Partner, Evolve Plastic Surgery. Plastic surgeon certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery, with fellowship training in burn surgery and a practice focused on aesthetic surgery and body contouring. Former Director of Hyperbaric Medicine & Wound Care and Sub-Director of the Nassau County Firefighters Burn Center at Nassau University Medical Center, with faculty responsibility in the NUMC / Stony Brook plastic surgery residency.

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Professional Experience

• May 2024 – Present
  Owner & Partner — Evolve Plastic Surgery, PLLC. Private plastic surgery practice, New York, NY and Long Island
• Nov 2022 – Apr 2024
  Associate Physician — Jason Emer, MD PC. Private plastic surgery and dermatology practice, Los Angeles and New York
• Aug 2018 – Nov 2022
  Director, Hyperbaric Medicine & Wound Care — Nassau University Medical Center. Clinical and academic leadership of the hyperbaric chamber unit and hospital wound service and clinics
• Aug 2018 – Nov 2022
  Sub-Director, Nassau County Firefighters Burn Center — Nassau University Medical Center. Clinical and academic responsibility for the burn unit and burn ICU
• Aug 2017 – Nov 2022
  Associate Physician — Long Island Plastic Surgical Group. Private plastic surgery group; faculty in the NUMC / Stony Brook University plastic surgery residency program

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Education & Training

• Jul 2014 – Jun 2017
  Plastic Surgery Residency — Long Island Plastic Surgical Group / Nassau University Medical Center, Long Island, NY
• Jul 2012 – Jun 2014
  Burn Surgery Fellowship — Jacobi Medical Center, Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
  Co-created the A500 Burn Surgery elective for 4th-year Einstein medical students (approved 2014)
• Jul 2007 – Jun 2012
  General Surgery Residency — University of Puerto Rico Department of Surgery, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, PR
• Jul 2003 – Jun 2007
  Doctor of Medicine, Magna Cum Laude — University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, PR

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Board Certification & Licensure

• American Board of Plastic Surgery — Diplomate (written 2017, oral 2018)
• American Board of Surgery — Diplomate (qualifying 2013, certifying 2014)
• USMLE Steps 1, 2 CK, 2 CS and 3 · FLS · ATLS · ACLS · BLS

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Honors & Awards

• 2026 Long Island Beauty Awards 2025 — Best Plastic Surgeon, Liposuction & Tummy Tuck; Best Plastic Surgery Practice (Evolve Plastic Surgery)
• 2025 Long Island Beauty Awards 2024 — Best Overall Plastic Surgeon; Best Plastic Surgeon, Liposuction & Tummy Tuck
• 2024 Long Island Beauty Awards 2023 — Best Plastic Surgeon, Liposuction & Abdominoplasty
• 2024 Los Angeles Times Southern California Super Doctors
• 2021 – 2023 Newsweek America's Best Plastic Surgeons — Liposuction (top 150 nationally, three consecutive years)
• 2022 Long Island Business News Readers Rankings — Best Cosmetic or Plastic Surgeon
• 2021 – 2022 Castle Connolly Top Doctors, New York State (peer-nominated)
• 2021 Long Island Business News 40 Under 40
• 2020 – 2021 The New York Times Super Doctors — Rising Stars
• 2012 Best Teaching Senior Resident — UPR General Surgery Residency
• 2007 Best Student in Surgery Medal · Academic Excellence Award · Leadership Medal, UPR School of Medicine, on graduation
• 2006 Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

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Publications

• 2018 Rojas Y, Sinnott C, Colasante C, Samas J, Reish RG. Facial Implants: Controversies and Criticism — A Comprehensive Review of the Current Literature. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, October 2018.
• 2006 Rojas Y, Rivera-Ramos I, Rundle V, Jorge JC. Modulation of Elevated Plus Maze Behavior after Chronic Exposure to the Anabolic Steroid 17α-methyltestosterone in Adult Mice. Hormones and Behavior. 2006;49(1):123-128.

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Presentations & Invited Lectures

• Aug 2026 Advanced Pearls and Techniques in Quantum-RF Skin Tightening
• Mar 2022 Social Media Reputation Management. Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, Spring Meeting
• Jan 2022 Fish-Skin Graft Application in Pediatric Deep Partial- and Full-Thickness Scald Burn Injury. Poster and oral CME presentation — 44th Annual John A. Boswick Burn & Wound Symposium, Maui, HI
• Oct 2021 Reconstructive Surgery in Burn Patients. Guest speaker, General Surgery Grand Rounds — NYU Winthrop Hospital
• Jan 2019 Flaps for Soft Tissue Reconstruction. Guest speaker, Orthopedic Surgery Grand Rounds — NYU Winthrop Hospital
• Aug 2018 Wound Care from Clinics to the Operating Room. Guest speaker, General Surgery Grand Rounds — Northwell Health Southside Hospital
• Jul 2018 Hand Burn Reconstruction and Thumb Reconstruction. Guest speaker, Orthopedic Surgery Grand Rounds — Nassau University Medical Center
• 2015 – 2016 Complications with Medpor and Silicone Implants in Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery of the Mid and Lower Face: 20-Year Literature Review. Oral presentations — ASPS Annual Meeting Senior Residents Conference, Los Angeles (Sep 2016); ACS Brooklyn & Long Island Chapters / Nassau Surgical Society Clinic Day (Dec 2015)
• Feb 2016 Three-Dimensional Modeling for Preoperative Planning in Burn Surgery. Poster and oral CME presentation — 38th Annual John A. Boswick Burn & Wound Symposium, Maui, HI
• Feb 2016 Dehydrated Human Amnion/Chorion Membrane Allografts as an Alternative to Autologous Tissue Transfer in Small Wounds: A Case Series. Poster — 38th Annual John A. Boswick Burn & Wound Symposium, Maui, HI
• Dec 2014 National Epidemiological Characteristics of Hand Burn Injuries: 10-Year Analysis. Poster and oral presentation — ACS Brooklyn & Long Island Chapters / Nassau Surgical Society Clinic Day

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Community Service & Global Health

• Aug 2016 Global Health Mission — Cuba. Albert Einstein College of Medicine Global Health Department: coordinated free burn and plastic surgery clinics and reconstructive surgeries for underserved patients
• Jun 2014 Global Health Mission — Puerto Rico. Einstein Global Health Department, supported by a 2014 Einstein Global Health grant: free burn clinics, reconstructive surgeries, and burn surgery education for Puerto Rico's medical students and residents
• Nov 2012 Superstorm Sandy People's Relief Initiative. Volunteer physician in Coney Island community clinics; delivered prescriptions, supplies, food and clothing to victims' homes and shelters

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Memberships & Languages

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons (2014 – present)
• American College of Surgeons (2007 – present)
• Alpha Omega Alpha (2006 – present)
• American Medical Association (2004 – present)
• Languages: English and Spanish (fluent); French (basic)