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Elan Horesh, MD, MPH (he/him) is an Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He joined the faculty after completing the comprehensive Transgender Surgery Fellowship at Mount Sinai. He received his medical degree and Master of Public Health degree from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and completed a plastic and reconstructive surgery residency at The Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC.
Dr. Horesh is proud to serve the needs of the transgender/gender non-binary community alongside his colleagues Bella Avanessian, MD, Marci Bowers, MD, and Jess Ting, MD. He offers gender affirming genital reconstruction (vaginoplasty, metoidioplasty and phalloplasty), microsurgical reconstruction, gender affirming chest/breast surgery, and gender affirming facial feminization and masculinization surgery.
He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health. He maintains interest in medical student and resident surgical education as well as clinical outcomes research.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Evaluating the safety of perioperative selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor use in patients undergoing penile inversion vaginoplasty
Roth, J. M., Chen, D., Yu, B., Vingan, P., Fung, E. & Horesh, E., 1 Jan 2026, In: Journal of Sexual Medicine. 23, 1, qdaf344.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing racial disparities in gender-affirming surgery utilization and hospital-level experience
Shamamian, P. E., Kwon, D. Y., Oleru, O., Seyidova, N., Suydam, R., Wang, C., Montalmant, K., Horesh, E. & Taub, P. J., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. 100, p. 16-23 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of Gender-Affirming Surgery on Craniofacial Exposure for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Training: A Preliminary, Single-Institution Study
Shamamian, P. E., Guerra, D., Oleru, O., Seyidova, N., Gyasi, A., Sarosi, A., Horesh, E. & Taub, P. J., 1 Mar 2025, In: Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 36, 2, p. 411-413 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of intraoperative intravenous tranexamic acid on hematomas and bleeding events in gender-affirming vaginoplasty patients
Shamamian, P. E., Wang, A., Karim, S., Chen, D., Wang, C., Montalmant, K., Pang, J. H., Laarakker, A., Avanessian, B., Ting, J. & Horesh, E., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. 100, p. 36-44 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Predictors of dilation difficulty in gender-affirming vaginoplasty
Shamamian, P. E., Chen, D., Wang, A., Karim, S., Wang, C., Montalmant, K. E., Trebby, A., Pang, J. H., Avanessian, B., Ting, J. & Horesh, E., Feb 2025, In: Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery. 101, p. 178-186 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Scopus citations
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Researchers from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Detail Findings in Hematoma (Impact of Intraoperative Intravenous Tranexamic Acid On Hematomas and Bleeding Events In Gender-affirming Vaginoplasty Patients)
Horesh, E., Ting, J. & Pang, J. H.
6/01/25
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Findings in Information Technology Reported from Mount Sinai Hospital (Vaginal Reconstruction In the Pediatric Population: an Analysis of a National Database)
26/12/23
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