Dr
Jennifer Capla
Jennifer Capla, M.D.
Dr. Jennifer Capla is a plastic surgeon based in NYC, board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. She is one of a few plastic surgeons fellowship-trained in body contouring after weight loss surgery, now a leading pioneer in the field. Her specialized training qualifies her to perform the latest surgical techniques in a safe fashion while optimizing results.
Dr. Capla graduated cum laude from Columbia College and received her medical degree from New York University School of Medicine, graduating with honors. Following medical school, she trained at the world-renowned Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery at New York University Medical Center.
Dr. Capla contributes to the advancement of the field, performing both basic science and clinical research. She has published over 15 articles in peer-reviewed journals and recently authored a chapter of Body Contouring and Liposuction, 1st Edition (El Sevier, 2013). She has earned prestigious awards, including the highly competitive Gingrass Award from Plastic Surgery Research Council.
Distinction
Dr. Capla has received the highly respected Peter J. Gingrass Memorial Award for Plastic Surgery Research Council in addition to 1st (2010) and 3rd (2009) place for the New York Regional Society of Plastic Surgeons. Additionally, she is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, on the Medical Advisory Board for the Little Baby Face Foundation and leads the initiative to bring awareness to Massive Weight Loss.
Dr. Capla has presented at national meetings including American College of Surgeons, Plastic Surgery Research Council, Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgery, American Society of Aesthetic Surgery and the American Society of Plastic Surgery.
The Surgery Center
The Surgery Center is our private facility located at 225 East 64th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Within this elegant center we maintain two operating rooms, a serene recovery area, four exam rooms and a comfortable lounge for friends and family members.
Our fully accredited center maximizes patient safety, sterility and privacy in an atmosphere of luxury. On the morning of surgery patients enjoy the calm efficiency of this facility and after their operation awake to specialized care by their own private-duty nurses.
When ready to depart from the facility patients exit through a private door with the assistance of their nurse. Conveniently located next door is the Affinia Gardens Hotel, where the majority of our facelift and blepharoplasty patients recover for the first night or two after surgery. Our office reserves rooms here or at other nearby hotels and facilitates any other amenities needed for patients visiting from out of the New York region.
The Surgery Center is accredited by the American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, Inc. The facilities emphasize patient safety and have been inspected and have met 100% of the standards set by AAAASF for accreditation.
- Personnel: Prove to have current and appropriate credentials of medical staff.
- Operating Room: Prove to have safe surgical equipment, sterile technique, and policies.
- Recovery Room Safety: Prove to have safe equipment, staff and policies.
- Blood and Medications: Availability of emergency drugs, equipment, and staff.
- Anesthesia: Appropriate anesthesia equipment, drugs and qualified providers.
- Quality Assessment/Quality Improvement: Adhere to oversight thru a strict reporting and peer review policy.
- General Environment and Safety: Provide a safe, comfortable, non-threatening, and personal atmosphere in which to have surgery.
- Medical Records: Prove to have complete and accurate medical records.
AAAASF is unique among accrediting agencies in protecting patients in an office-based surgery (OBS) setting:
- Requires surgeons to have hospital privileges for any procedure that is performed.
- Requires the use of Anesthesia professionals for deeper levels of anesthesia.
- Requires safe surgical environment, equipment, drugs, etc. through specific standards.
- Holds OBS to Hospital standards.
- Requires peer review (peer oversight) and tracks data (complications, mortalities, etc. with extensive data covering over 2 million procedures).
Modern surgery and anesthesia have reached new heights in safety and new, less invasive procedures have been developed. However, economic pressures have created a trend in outpatient surgery in which all types of physicians are doing surgery in their offices. Many of these physicians are performing procedures learned during a weekend course and in many cases, are far afield from their training or not in their field of specialty. Another concern is the use of oral or intravenous sedating drugs on patients undergoing these procedures in non-accredited facilities. AAAASF accreditation assures proper credentials and strict requirements for safeguards prevent this scenario from happening.