Dr. Gregory L. Borah
Plastic and Hand Surgery
Clinical Academic Building - Suite 4100 | 125 Paterson Street | New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Phone: (732) 235-7865 | Fax: (732) 235-7378 | borahgr@umdnj.edu
Princeton Professional Plaza | 601 Ewing Street | Princeton, NJ 08540
Meet Dr. Borah
Board Certification:
- Surgery of the Hand, American Board of Plastic Surgery – 1996
- Plastic Surgery, American Board of Plastic Surgery – 1986
Education, Fellowship, & Residency
- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
1983 - 1985 – Chief Resident - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
1982 - 1983 – Intern - General Surgery - John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, England
1981 - 1982 – Senior Registrar - Maxillofacial Surgery - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
1980 - 1981 – Chief Resident - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
1978 - 1980 – Resident - General Surgery - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
1976 - 1977 – Resident - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery - Brigham & Women's Hospital, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
1982 – Senior Resident - Oral & Plastic Surgery - Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
MD, 1978 - Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA
D.M.D., 1976 - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
B.S., 1972 – Biology
Research Interests & Grants
- Stem Cell Proliferation on Novel Tissue Engineered Scaffolds
Effective Date(s): 1998
Funding Agency: New Jersey Center for Biomaterials and Medical Devices
Role: Co- Principal Investigator - Appearance as a Normal Function of the Face
Effective Date(s): 1998
Funding Agency: Plastic Surgery Education Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator - Novel Approaches to Functional Characterization of Biohybrid Structures: IRG II: Materials Research Science and Engineering Center for Biohybrid Structures
Effective Date(s): 1998
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator - Engineered Craniofacial Structures, Tissue Engineering for Craniofacial Structures
Effective Date(s): 1998
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Dental Research
Role: Co-Principal Investigator - Post Doctoral Research Training in Implant Science and Tissue Engineering
Effective Date(s): 1998
Funding Agency: Faculty, NIH Training Grant
Role: Co-Principal Investigator - Artificial Sharpie's Fibers and Neotendons: Osteointegration of Tendon/HA Composites
Effective Date(s): 1995
Funding Agency: American Association of Hand Surgery
Role: Principal Investigator - Quality of Life Outcomes from Cosmetic Surgery
Effective Date(s): 1995
Funding Agency: Plastic Surgery Education Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator - Influence of Extracellular Matrix on Skin Ulcer Repair; Failure to Heal: Chronic Wound Healing on the Skin NIH AR-94-001
Effective Date(s): 1994
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Role: Co-Investigator - Osteogenesis by N-Acetyl Chitosan in the Craniofacial Skeleton
Effective Date(s): 1991
Funding Agency: Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator - Modification of Fibroblastic Collagen Proliferation in Capsular Contracture Model
Effective Date(s): 1990
Funding Agency: Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator - Systemic Ibuprofen in Periprosthetic Capsular Contractures
Effective Date(s): 1989
Funding Agency: American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Role: Principal Investigator
Academic Positions & Societies
- 2003 – Present:
Chief of Plastic Surgery,
Bristol Myers Squib Children’s Hospital - 1998 – Present:
Professor of Surgery,
Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ - 1996 – Present:
Director, Skin Laser Center,
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ - 1993 – Present:
Chief, Plastic Hand Surgery Service,
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ - 1992 – 1998:
Professor of Clinical Surgery,
Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ - 1992 – Present:
Professor and Chief,
Division of Plastic Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ - 1992 – Present:
Chief of Plastic Surgery,
Division of Plastic Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, UMDNJ - 1991 – 1995:
Associate Professor of Bioengineering,
Department of Bioengineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute - 1991 – 1992:
Associate Professor of Surgery,
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School - 1991 – 1992:
Associate Professor of Anatomy/Cell Biology,
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Massachusetts - 1989 – 1992:
Director of Craniofacial Center,
University of Massachusetts Medical Center - 1989 – 1992:
Director of Craniofacial Fellowship Program,
University of Massachusetts Medical Center - 1987 – 1990:
Assistant Professor of Anatomy/Cell Biology,
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Massachusetts - 1986 – 1992:
Associate Director,
University of Massachusetts Medical Center - 1985 – 1990:
Assistant Professor of Surgery,
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical School - 1983 – 1985:
Lecturer in Surgery,
Yale University School of Medicine - 1980 – 1983:
Clinical Teaching Fellow, Surgery,
Harvard Medical School
Recent Publications
- Rankin M, Borah GL, "Anxiety Disorders in Plastic Surgery - Clinical Update" Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vol. 113, No. 7, p. 2199-2201, Jun. 2004
- Patel, T, Borah GL: "Frontal Bone Periosteal Osteomas" Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vol.114, No. 3, p. 648-651, Sept. 2004
- Rankin M, Borah GL: "Perceived Functional Impairment of Abnormal Facial Appearance" Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vol. 111, No. 7, p. 2140-2147, Jun. 2003
Honors & Awards
- 1999, Who's Who in the World
- 1998, Who's Who in America
- 1995, Senior Investigator Research Award - American Association for Hand Surgery
- 1976, International College of Dentistry - Outstanding Achievement Award, Harvard University
- 1970, Phi Sigma Honorary Society - University of New Mexico
- 1969, Beta Beta Beta Honorary Society - University of New Mexico