Fares Samra, MD

Dr. Samra is one of the regions only plastic surgeons with fellowship training in reconstructive microsurgery.


Dr. Samra brings unique surgical expertise to the region, as he specializes in DIEP flap surgery, the gold standard in autologous breast reconstruction. Dr. Fares Samra joined his family in their practice, Samra Plastic Surgery, in 2019. He provides a knowledge and passion for microsurgery, a field of medicine that involves transferring tissue from one part of the body to another to solve challenging surgical problems.


Dr. Samra completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania and attended medical school at New York University School of Medicine. He completed his training with a reconstructive microsurgery fellowship program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City where he performed over 200 free flaps, mastering the latest techniques in breast reconstruction, head and neck reconstruction, and lymphedema surgery. He also has extensive training from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), where he mastered caring for children with congenital and trauma conditions.