About Me
I provide advanced surgical care to patients with malignant melanoma, breast cancer, and a variety of other skin cancers and soft tissue tumors, such as Merkel cell carcinoma and sarcomas. My goal, through personalized treatments provided in a compassionate environment, is to help people return to their everyday lives as quickly as possible.
To make that transition as seamless and comfortable as possible, I carefully consider the cosmetic outcomes of surgical treatment. I achieve successful results through meticulous attention to detail and have refined minimally invasive procedures. I am an expert in the oncoplastic techniques required to achieve optimal results in breast conserving surgery, and I utilize complex repair and tissue rearrangement when required after melanoma and soft tissue tumor resection on all parts of the body, including the face and scalp.
I was one of the first surgeons to perform, evaluate, and refine the surgical techniques for sentinel lymph node mapping and biopsy, and I have incorporated these processes successfully into treatment of patients with melanoma, breast cancer, and other skin and soft tissue tumors.
I have been a leader in the performance of nipple areola sparing mastectomy, and have the earliest and the most extensive and successful experience with this technique at our medical center.
Throughout my years at NYU Langone’s Perlmutter Cancer Center, I have been closely involved in the development and application of melanoma treatment vaccines designed to stimulate the body’s immune response to an existing melanoma. I have personally treated more than 700 patients using immunotherapy, and I have served as an investigator in many clinical trials that involved people with melanoma and breast cancer. As a faculty member at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, I work closely with students, residents, and fellows to educate them on how to attend to the medical and emotional needs of patients and their families.
I have published more than 125 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and abstracts in the field of surgical oncology, lectured regionally and internationally at conferences, and have appeared in various media outlets. I was featured in an Emmy-award winning television special that addressed the treatment of young women with breast cancer. I frequently am invited to speak at patient oriented support events, including SHARE, helping people with cancer and their families to better understand a diagnosis, as well as their treatment options.
I have been an active member in medical societies, including the American College of Surgeons, the Society of Surgical Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Association for Cancer Research, the Association for Academic Surgery, and the American Society of Breast Surgeons. I am honored to be consistently recognized in “America’s Top Doctors” for cancer and “Top Doctors” for the New York Metro Area by Castle Connolly, as well as in New York Magazine’s “Best Doctors in New York” feature.
In 2013, I was chosen as the sole physician honoree at the annual NYU Cancer Institute Gala where more than $1.7 million was raised. To date, more than $11 million has been donated in my name to NYU Langone Medical Center to support our multidisciplinary melanoma and breast cancer programs and our Department of Surgery.
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- basal cell cancer
- breast cancer
- melanoma
- merkel cell carcinoma (mcc)
- skin cancer
- soft tissue sarcoma
Treatments
- bloodless surgery
- excision of melanoma
- local flap
- lymph node excision
- sentinel lymph node biopsy
- skin graft transplant
Learn more about conditions we treat at NYU Langone:
Basal & Squamous Cell Skin Cancers , Breast Cancer , Male Breast Cancer , Intraocular Melanoma in Adults , Melanoma , Soft Tissue SarcomaCredentials
Positions
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery - General Surgery, 1994
Education and Training
- Fellowship, Bellevue Hospital Center, Surgical Oncology, 1995
- Fellowship, Veterans Affairs Medical Ctr, Surgical Oncology, 1995
- Fellowship, NYU Medical Center, Surgical Oncology, 1995
- Residency, Bellevue Hospital Center, 1993
- Residency, Veterans Affairs Medical Ctr, 1993
- Residency, NYU Medical Center, 1993
- MD from New York University, 1988
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This provider accepts the following insurance plans.
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Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Indemnity
- Aetna International
- Aetna Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Open Access EPO
- Aetna Open Access HMO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna POS (American Express Employer)
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
- Aetna Student Plan
- Allied
- Chesterfield Resources Inc
- Christian Brothers Services
- CoreSource
- Nippon Life of America-Aetna
- Nippon Life-Aetna
- Starmark
- WellNet
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Amida Care
- Amida Care Medicaid
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Anthem BCBS Health Plus
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 1
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- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 4
- BCBS Healthplus Gatekeeper exchange
- BCBS Healthplus Mediblue Advantage
- BCBS Healthplus NY Child Health Plus NY
- BCBS Healthplus NY Medicaid Managed Care NY
- BCBS Healthplus Special Needs
- Empire Mediblue Healthplus Dual
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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem BCBS CT PPO
- Anthem BCBS CT Pathway PPO
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Large Group
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access GEPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access PPO Large Group
- BCBS EPO
- BCBS EPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS EPO (LICH Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (NYU Langone Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (NYU Langone Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS Federal Program
- BCBS Florida Blue Care HMO
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- BCBS Local 32BJ Employees
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare HMO
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Mediblue Select HMO/Extra HMO
- BCBS POS
- BCBS PPO
- BCBS PPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS PPO (LICH Employees)
- BCBS PPO - Empire PPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS PPO/EPO Small Group
- New York Hotel Trades
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Centerlight Healthcare
- CenterLight Healthcare DIRECT
- CenterLight Healthcare PACE
- CenterLight Healthcare Select
- Centerlight Pace Medicare HMO
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Centers Plan For Healthy Living
- Centers Plan For Healthy Living
- Centers Plan For Healthy Living Medicaid Advantage Plus HMO D-SNP
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Cigna
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- Cigna - Humana
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- Great West HMO
- Kaiser Permanente
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Connecticare
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Elderplan
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Emblem
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Fidelis Care
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Bronze Exchange
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- Ambetter Fidelis Care Platinum Exchange
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- Wellcare by Fidelis Care Medicare
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First Health
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GHI
- American Plan Administrators
- GHI CBP (City of New York Employees)
- GHI Emblem Health EPO
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- GHI HMO Medicare
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- GHI Network Access - Benefit Services of PA
- GHI Network Access - Humana
- GHI Network Access - Total Plan Concepts
- IUOE Local 14-14B
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HIP
- Emblem Essential Plan 1
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- Emblem Essential Plan 4
- HIP Access I
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- HIP Child Health Plus
- HIP EPO
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- Vytra HMO
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Hamaspik Choice
- Hamaspik Choice Medicare DSNP
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Healthfirst
- Health And Recovery Plan (Harp)
- Healthfirst Bronze Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Bronze Total, Pro, Plus EPO
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- Healthfirst Essential Plan 1 & 2
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- Healthfirst Gold Total, Pro, Plus EPO
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- Healthfirst Medicare
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- Healthfirst Platinum Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Platinum Total, Pro, Plus EPO
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- Healthfirst Silver Total, Pro, Plus EPO
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Hotel Trades Council
- Hotel Trades Council
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Humana
- Humana Medicare Advantage
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Local 1199
- Local 1199 - NYU Hospital Member Choice
- Local 1199 PPO
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Magnacare
- Magnacare PPO
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Medicare
- Medicare Part A and B
- Medicare Part B
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Metroplus
- Metroplus Bronze Plus Plan Exchange
- Metroplus Child Health Plus
- Metroplus Essential Plan 1 and 2
- Metroplus Essential Plan 3 and 4
- Metroplus Gold
- Metroplus Gold Plus Plan Exchange
- Metroplus Goldcare
- Metroplus Medicaid Managed Care
- Metroplus Medicare
- Metroplus Medplus Plan Exchange
- Metroplus Platinum Plus Plan Exchange
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Multiplan
- AXA Assistance USA
- Administrative Concepts
- Beech Street PPO
- Diversified Administration Corporation
- Fiserv Health
- GEHA
- Global Excel
- Global Health
- Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America
- Health Net Of California
- Health Republic Of NJ
- Insurance Design Administrators
- Kaiser Foundation
- Kaiser Permanente
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- Multiplan PPO
- Multiplan-Capital Dist Phys Health
- Mutual Of Omaha
- Nippon Life Ins Co
- PHCS
- Professional Benefit Admin
- Qualcare Inc
- Screen Actors Guild
- Teamsters Allied Benefits
- US Life Insurance Company
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NYSHIP - The Empire Plan
- NYS Health Insurance Plan - The Empire Plan, Excelsior Plan, NY Student Employee Health Plan
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Oxford
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POMCO Insurance Company
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Partners Health Plan Inc
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Qualcare Inc.
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Railroad Medicare
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River Spring Health Plan
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Sedgwick WTC
- World Trade Center - Sedgwick
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Tricare
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- Tricare
- US Family Health Plan
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Complete
- AARP Medicare Complete Mosaic
- Bind Benefits inc
- Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage
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- Unite Healthcare (NY University Care Plan)
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- United Healthcare Choice (Blackrock employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (CBS employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Simon
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- United Healthcare EPO (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Golden Rule Insurance
- United Healthcare HMO
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- United Healthcare Indemnity (NYU Langone Health Employees)
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- United Healthcare Navigate
- United Healthcare Nexus
- United Healthcare Nexus (Amex Employees)
- United Healthcare POS
- United Healthcare PPO
- United Healthcare Plus (NYU Langone Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Student Resources
- United Healthcare Student Resources (NYU)
- United Healthcare Value, Advantage and HDHP (New York University employees)
- UnitedHealthcare Choice (NY Power Authority Employees)
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VA Community Care Network
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VNS Choice Advantage
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- VNS NY Choice Select Health
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Village Care
- VillageCare
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WTC Health Program
- NY Fire Department - WTC
- WTC Health Program
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Wellcare
- WellCare Medicare
Richard L. Shapiro, MD does not accept insurance.
Locations and Appointments
NYU Langone Breast & Surgical Oncology
160 East 34th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Research Academic Contact
Academic office
160 East 34th Street
Fourth Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone
Clinical Trials and Research Studies
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Melanoma Margins Trial (MelMarT): A Phase III Multi-Centre Multi-National Randomised Control Trial Investigating 1cm v 2cm Wide Excision Margins for Primary Cutaneous Melanoma
Publications
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Boyd, Carter J; Ramesh, Sruthi; Bekisz, Jonathan M; Guth, Amber A; Axelrod, Deborah M; Shapiro, Richard L; Hiotis, Karen; Schnabel, Freya R; Karp, Nolan S; Choi, Mihye
Plastic & reconstructive surgery. 2024 Jan 01; 153(1):37e-43e
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Boyd, Carter J.; Bekisz, Jonathan M.; Ramesh, Sruthi; Hemal, Kshipra; Guth, Amber A.; Axelrod, Deborah M.; Shapiro, Richard L.; Hiotis, Karen; Schnabel, Freya R.; Choi, Mihye; Karp, Nolan S.
Plastic & reconstructive surgery. Global open. 2023 Jun 14; 11(6):E5087-?
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Boyd, Carter J; Salibian, Ara A; Bekisz, Jonathan M; Axelrod, Deborah M; Guth, Amber A; Shapiro, Richard L; Schnabel, Freya R; Karp, Nolan S; Choi, Mihye
Plastic & reconstructive surgery. 2022 Oct 01; 150:13S-19S