General Info

Dr. Coleman, at TriBeCa Plastic Surgery is best known as the originator of a successful fat grafting method known as LipoStructure, structural fat grafting, or Coleman fat grafting. Since 1988 he has championed fat grafting to replace or create volume for reconstructive & aesthetic surgeries. In 1995, defying prevailing dogmas, he grafted fat into breasts with astounding results which he published in 2007. 25 years ago, Coleman first announced that fat grafts can transform tissues into which they are grafted. In 2015, Dr. Coleman grafts fat to rejuvenate, thicken & lighten skin & to treat such conditions as burns, scars, wounds, irradiated tissues & pain. Dr. Coleman is involved in research of the regenerative abilities of fat & its components, stem cells & growth factors. For his contributions to Plastic Surgery, in 2014 Dr. Sydney Reese Coleman was awarded the highest honor given by the American Society of Plastic Surgery, the prestigious ASPS Trustee Award for lifetime achievement.