Mamtha S. Raj, MD, MA, FACS, is a board-certified plastic surgeon with advanced fellowship training in microsurgery. She serves as Director of Breast Reconstruction. Her clinical interests include comprehensive breast reconstruction, including implant-based and microsurgical flap reconstruction; facial and body aesthetic surgery; breast reduction and lift; body contouring; limb salvage; adult reconstructive surgery; and treatment of upper-extremity lymphedema.
Dr. Raj completed a combined undergraduate and master’s program at Boston University, earning her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology and her master’s degree in biotechnology. She graduated magna cum laude and completed the College of arts and sciences Honors Program. She received her medical degree from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, where she was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha and received the Academic Excellence Award.
She completed an integrated residency in plastic surgery at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where she served as chief resident in her final year and received an Excellence in Teaching Award from medical students. She then completed a microsurgery fellowship at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. Her fellowship training included breast reconstruction using abdominal, trunk, and thigh-based flaps, as well as APEX flap reconstruction, immediate lymphatic reconstruction, and nipple–areolar complex reinnervation with nerve grafting.
Dr. Raj’s research has been published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, and the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. She has also served as faculty for national plastic surgery education courses, including the Oncologic Reconstructive Course. Her professional memberships include the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery, and the American College of Surgeons.
