Andrew N. Kornstein, MD, FACS
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About the Surgeon
To view additional photos of the procedures Dr. Kornstein has performed, please visit his website using the link above.
In high school I told my guidance counselor I did not need to take chemistry because "I did not plan to be doctor" - words I later realized would make a satisfying meal. At the University of Pennsylvania I followed my passions, art and math, as I pursued architecture. However my older brother's roommate was an architect looking for work and he told me to find something else to do. With some encouragement from a friend, I pursued a pre-med curriculum and wound up at my first choice, Cornell University Medical College. My freshman advisor was a Cardiologist. Hearts and lungs, that is what medicine is all about, I reasoned. I did research in nuclear medicine and clinical cardiology as a budding cardiologist.
My first rotation in the third year of medical school was surgery and I fell in love. Now I was seeing the path more clearly. I was marrying surgery to art and architecture. The former is the ability to intervene thoughtfully and meticulously seeing immediate results. The latter is working closely with Mother Nature's principles to create shapes and images that please the eye and reach emotionally deep within us.
Once in private practice I enjoyed the process of diagnosing the issue at hand. More and more I realized aesthetics could not be taught, one had it or they didn't. I felt blessed, without aesthetics, things would be pretty formulaic. In addition, my sensitivity and personal journey worked well with those who were searching for direction and answers. Once the correct diagnosis is established, a treatment plan can be creatively formulated, anatomically in harmony with Mother Nature. Then, and only then, the unique surgical plan can be meticulously carried out. The first post operative encounter with a patient is like an art opening, with unbridled emotion and the culmination of a collaborative journey. I enjoy the whole process and believe I always will. This journey takes me deeper and deeper into the world of medicine and plastic surgery, where my lifelong passion is continually unfolding.
Andrew Nelson Kornstein, MD
"We are undoubtedly at our happiest when creating, however humbly and inconspicuously."---Paul Johnson, biographer
"Life is good when you do something good."---Jonathan Haidt, psychologist
"You must live for another, if you wish to live for yourself."---Seneca, Stoic philosopher
"The deed is everything, the Glory naught"---Goethe, writer and polymath
"The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way to make life more bearable...to create or relish something...a way to make your soul grow."---Vonnegut, humanist and humorist
In high school I told my guidance counselor I did not need to take chemistry because "I did not plan to be doctor" - words I later realized would make a satisfying meal. At the University of Pennsylvania I followed my passions, art and math, as I pursued architecture. However my older brother's roommate was an architect looking for work and he told me to find something else to do. With some encouragement from a friend, I pursued a pre-med curriculum and wound up at my first choice, Cornell University Medical College. My freshman advisor was a Cardiologist. Hearts and lungs, that is what medicine is all about, I reasoned. I did research in nuclear medicine and clinical cardiology as a budding cardiologist.
My first rotation in the third year of medical school was surgery and I fell in love. Now I was seeing the path more clearly. I was marrying surgery to art and architecture. The former is the ability to intervene thoughtfully and meticulously seeing immediate results. The latter is working closely with Mother Nature's principles to create shapes and images that please the eye and reach emotionally deep within us.
Once in private practice I enjoyed the process of diagnosing the issue at hand. More and more I realized aesthetics could not be taught, one had it or they didn't. I felt blessed, without aesthetics, things would be pretty formulaic. In addition, my sensitivity and personal journey worked well with those who were searching for direction and answers. Once the correct diagnosis is established, a treatment plan can be creatively formulated, anatomically in harmony with Mother Nature. Then, and only then, the unique surgical plan can be meticulously carried out. The first post operative encounter with a patient is like an art opening, with unbridled emotion and the culmination of a collaborative journey. I enjoy the whole process and believe I always will. This journey takes me deeper and deeper into the world of medicine and plastic surgery, where my lifelong passion is continually unfolding.
Andrew Nelson Kornstein, MD
"We are undoubtedly at our happiest when creating, however humbly and inconspicuously."---Paul Johnson, biographer
"Life is good when you do something good."---Jonathan Haidt, psychologist
"You must live for another, if you wish to live for yourself."---Seneca, Stoic philosopher
"The deed is everything, the Glory naught"---Goethe, writer and polymath
"The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way to make life more bearable...to create or relish something...a way to make your soul grow."---Vonnegut, humanist and humorist
