Dr. Drew Marano, MD is a highly skilled plastic and reconstructive surgeon in New York City specializing in Gender Affirmation Surgery. His latest research is focused on social and systemic barriers to care, scarcity of providers and formalized training, and advancements of surgical techniques.
Latest Research
Androgen therapy worsens scar formation in masculinizing mastectomy.
Mroueh V, Reiche E, Mroueh J, Keller PR, Marano A, Suresh V, Schuster C, Soares V, Coon D. Br J Surg. 2023 Oct 10;110(11):1422-1424.
Building an Academic Transgender Medicine Center of Excellence: The 5-Year Johns Hopkins Experience.
Marano AA, Noyes M, Eisenbeis L, Hedian HF, Segna K, Neira PM, Thomas K, Lee WPA, Redett RJ, Coon D. Acad Med. 2023 May 1;98(5):569-576.
Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals experience many health care barriers, including the scarcity of multidisciplinary teams formed to coordinate and deliver complex care in an efficient and affirming way. By sharing their experience in creating and developing a center of excellence, the authors hope to provide a blueprint for others to expand health care quality and access for TGD individuals.
Computer-aided Planning and Execution in Facial Gender Surgery: Approaches, Concepts, and Implementation. [FULL TEXT]
Louis M, Qiu CS, Travieso R, Marano D, Coon D. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open. 2022 May 13;10(5):e4330.
Facial gender surgery (FGS) is growing in popularity among patients but represents a technically demanding set of procedures. Computer-aided surgery (CAS) has improved precision and accuracy of osteotomies and decreased operative time in complex reconstructive craniofacial surgery. FGS is a natural application for CAS because the procedures are not only technically challenging but also demand a high standard of aesthetic results. Computer-aided planning and execution has the potential to deliver a paradigm shift in precision for predictable results with facial skeleton modification, expanding procedures to their maximum potential magnitude to achieve highly aesthetic and feminine results.
Patients and Procedures of Facial Gender Confirmation Surgery: A NSQIP Study.
Murphy AI, Asadourian PA, Marano AA, Rohde CH. J Craniofac Surg. 2022 Jan-Feb 01;33(1):298-302.
Various recent developments, including legislation in 2014 banning healthcare discrimination against gender minorities, have contributed to expanding insurance coverage for gender-affirming care, which includes facial gender confirmation surgery (FGCS).
