B. Todd Schaeffer, M.D., F.A.C.S.

B. Todd Schaeffer, M.D., F.A.C.S. is a board certified endoscopic plastic and reconstructive surgeon of the head and neck region.  His areas of expertise are in endoscopic surgery of the nose, face, neck, sinuses and anterior skull base.   He is the founder of a facial plastic surgery group on Long Island and co-founder of NY Facial Plastics. He has been performing endoscopic and laser surgery for over twenty years since graduating from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Dr Schaeffer is the Chief and Associate Chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology -Communicative Disorders at North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset. He maintains his private practice office at NY Facial Plastics in Lake Success. He has a dual teaching position as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at The Mount Sinai School of Medicine and The New York University School of Medicine. His teaching efforts have helped train our next generation of facial plastic surgeons and endoscopic head and neck surgeons.

Dr Schaeffer's main clinical interests are endoscopic facial plastic surgery (EFPS). He performs concurrent cosmetic and functional nasal and sinus surgery which makes him uniquely qualified from his peers. He has extended his expertise with EFPS to the face and neck. A recent contribution to the plastic surgery literature published in The Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery Oct- Dec 2000 (http://archfaci.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/2/4/264) issue is a new technique for liposculpture of the neck. This new technique for neck recontouring was presented at a facial plastic symposium in New York City in June 2000. He has taught other aspiring facial endoscopists his technique at a national meeting in Los Angeles in September 2005. For those patients in Dr Schaeffer's practice who are not ready for facial enhancement with plastic surgery, other minimally invasive procedures are offered. These include office procedures such as Botox and Restylane, which refresh the face immediately with no down time. 

Since 2006, Dr. Schaeffer has been at the forefront of two minimally invasive procedures by utilizing new technology and techniques. Dr Schaeffer and a colleague from North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset were the first to perform Balloon Sinuplasty in New York State.  At the time, only thirty surgeons were credentialed world wide to perform this minimally invasive procedure.  Balloon Sinuplasty opens blocked paranasal sinuses with a small balloon placed in the natural blocked sinus opening.  It is then inflated in the operating room under radiographic guidance.   This procedure offers quick recovery, little to no bleeding and no tissue removal.  This procedure is quickly becoming a part of the armamentarium of endoscopic sinus surgeons with Dr. Schaeffer being one of the most experienced in this procedure. 

Also since 2006, Dr. Schaeffer has partnered with Neurosurgery colleague Dr. Mark Eisenberg also of North Shore and LIJ.  Dr Schaeffer performs the approach and access for removal of anterior (front) skull base and brain tumors to be removed through the nose.  This endoscopic technique is most commonly used to remove pituitary tumors.  This approach offers a more complete tumor removal and an easier recovery for the patient since no nasal packing is required.  This endoscopic technique is only available in limited major health institutions in the country.  Besides pituitary tumors, other skull base lesions include craniopharyngiomas, Rathke’s Cleft Cysts, chordomas, chondrosarcomas, meningiomas, CSF leaks, meningocoeles, esthesioneuroblastoma and osteoma can selectively be removed through the nose with this minimally invasive approach.

 Dr. Schaeffer has also been involved in local and national organizational affairs by promoting his profession and advocating for improved patient care over the past nine years. Locally, he was the President of the Long Island Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Nationally, he is involved as a committee member in legislative, public relations and carrier relations committees for several different Academies.

• The American College of Surgeons
• The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
• New York Facial Plastic Society
• The American Board of Otolaryngology
• The New York Head & Neck Society
• The New York State Medical Society
• The New York State Society of Otolaryngology
• Nassau Academy of Medicine
• The Nassau County Medical Society
• The Nassau Surgical Society
• The Long Island Society of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery

Dr. Schaeffer's hospital affiliations include:

• North Shore University Hospital at Manhasset (Associate Chairman)
• Long Island Jewish Medical Center
• Schneider's Children's Hospital
• The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York

Moshe Ephrat, M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr. Moshe Ephrat is a fellowship trained and Board Certified surgeon who has expertise and interests in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery as well as all aspects of ear, nose and throat surgery. He graduated medical school from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Dr. Ephrat completed his residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center of Albert Einstein College of Medicine. In addition, he was awarded a fellowship devoted to facial plastic and reconstructive surgery with Dr. Fred J. Stucker, in Louisiana.

In addition to his clinical appointments, Dr. Ephrat maintains memberships in several professional societies, including:

Dr. Ephrat's hospital affiliations include:

Dr. Ephrat is an assistant clinical instructor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and is actively involved in resident teaching at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.