New York
Early in practice, Dr. Klapper ran the reconstructive clinic at NYU Downtown Hospital while building a busy aesthetic practice on Fifth Avenue in New York City. That practice later brought television and broader media exposure.
About
A career spent
solving difficult
problems
Reconstructive surgery, trauma, microsurgery, instrument and technique development, academic teaching, and the economics that determine whether any of it remains available.
Current work
Andrew Mark Klapper, MD is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon in Delray Beach, Florida, certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
His hospital-based clinical practice focuses on trauma reconstruction, limb salvage, complex wounds, and reconstruction of the hand and upper extremity.
He is affiliated with Delray Medical Center and Boca Raton Regional Hospital, and holds an appointment at Florida Atlantic University as Clinical Affiliate Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery in the Department of Surgery.
His academic work includes resident education, microsurgical training, surgical innovation, peer-reviewed research, and healthcare economics and governance.
His scholarly record is available through PubMed, Scopus and ORCID.
Approach
The work divides into problems rather than procedures. Trauma presents defects that cannot be closed. Microsurgery presents margins measured in millimeters. Instruments present a tool that does not yet exist. Muscle transection presented a repair that would not hold. Reimbursement and dispute resolution present a system that does not reliably pay for any of it.
The common thread is not a procedure or subspecialty. It is a pattern: difficult problems, incomplete solutions, and the decision to build something better — whether that means reconstruction, an instrument, a technique, a teaching system, or a different way of looking at healthcare itself.
New York to South Florida
South Florida
He ultimately left the aesthetic and media world and returned the center of his career to hospital-based reconstruction — trauma, limb salvage, complex wounds, teaching, and surgical innovation.
Earlier media
Long before the current focus on hospital-based reconstruction, research and healthcare systems, the New York chapter of Dr. Klapper's career included a busy Fifth Avenue aesthetic practice and substantial media exposure.
Appearances and features included outlets and programs such as CNN, The New York Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, ABC, Fox, Inc., Gotham, Metro, Z100, The Doctors, and Naked New York.
Earlier media
Long before the current focus on hospital-based reconstruction, research and healthcare systems, the New York chapter of Dr. Klapper's career included a busy Fifth Avenue aesthetic practice and substantial media exposure.
Appearances and features included outlets and programs such as CNN, The New York Times, New York Daily News, New York Post, ABC, Fox, Inc., Gotham, Metro, Z100, The Doctors, and Naked New York.
- Naked New York
Historical reference only. These outlets and programs do not endorse, sponsor or maintain any current affiliation.
Historical reference only. These outlets and programs do not endorse, sponsor or maintain any current affiliation.
Professional record
01
Board certification
American Board of Plastic Surgery
02
Clinical affiliation
Delray Medical Center
Clinical affiliation
Delray Medical Center, Palm Beach Health Network →
Boca Raton Regional Hospital
Clinical affiliation
Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Baptist Health South Florida →
03
Academic appointment
Florida Atlantic University
Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine
- Clinical Affiliate Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery in the Department of Surgery
Appointment term July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2028.
04
Professional practice
Plastic Surgery Trauma Associates
Delray Beach, Florida
Hospital-based reconstructive surgery at the intersection of trauma, limb salvage, complex wounds, and upper-extremity reconstruction. Regional referral reconstruction — referrals from Palm Beach County and beyond.
Floridian Institute of Plastic Surgery · Director, since 2014
05
Medical licensure
Florida Active
New York
A New York licence is recorded in the national provider registry. Its current status is not asserted here.
06
Professional membership
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- American Council of Educators in Plastic Surgery
- AMSUS — The Society of Federal Health Professionals
- Wound Healing Society
- Palm Beach Plastic Surgery Society
07
Recognition
Top Doctor — Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Palm Beach Media Group · 2022–2026
Regional professional recognition. It is not board certification, hospital credentialing, an objective ranking of all physicians, or evidence of clinical outcomes.
08
Publications
Peer-reviewed work in reconstructive surgery, wound care, skeletal muscle repair, and healthcare economics.
09
Innovation
Named surgical instruments. Reconstructive techniques developed in response to specific operative problems.
Public record
The public record around Dr. Klapper's career spans two very different chapters: current coverage of his reconstructive, research and healthcare-systems work, and an earlier New York period that included substantial television, radio, newspaper, magazine and reality-television exposure.
Current coverage
In June 2026, the publication of SMART Muscle Repair was announced nationally through PR Newswire, generating broad distribution across newspaper, broadcast and online outlets.
- 592
- media pickups
- 134.6M
- potential audience
- 1,600
- click-throughs
Wire distribution and potential-reach figures from the PR Newswire report. Carriage of a release is not independent editorial coverage.
PR NewswireJune 16, 2026
When Stitches Act Like Saws: Florida Surgeons Publish New Strategy for Severe Muscle Injuries
National distribution announcing the peer-reviewed publication of SMART Muscle Repair in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery — Global Open, and its early clinical use at Delray Medical Center.
The release reports six early cases, reflecting the clinical experience available when it was issued in June 2026. That is not the denominator of the published series, and it is not the current cumulative experience.