New York
Early in practice, Dr. Klapper ran a reconstructive clinic at NYU Downtown Hospital while building an aesthetic practice on Fifth Avenue in New York City. That chapter also brought substantial television, newspaper and magazine exposure.
About Andrew Mark Klapper, MD
A career spent solving difficult problems.
Reconstructive surgery, trauma, complex wounds, instrument and technique development, academic teaching, and the systems that determine whether advanced care remains available.
Current work
Hospital-based reconstruction in South Florida.
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.
His academic work includes resident education, microsurgical training, surgical innovation, peer-reviewed research, and healthcare economics and governance.
Approach
The work divides into problems rather than procedures.
Trauma presents defects that cannot simply be closed. Complex wounds present biological and mechanical barriers that routine wound care cannot overcome. Skin tears present tissue that can be wrongly discarded. Reconstruction asks what tissue should be preserved, what must be removed, and what form of coverage will remain durable.
The common thread is not a single 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 wound care itself.
New York to South Florida
Two chapters. One surgical identity.
South Florida
He later returned the center of his career to hospital-based reconstruction — trauma, limb salvage, complex wounds, teaching, surgical innovation and research.
Professional record
Credentials, affiliations and academic work.
Board certification
American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Verification →Clinical affiliations
Delray Medical Center and Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
Academic appointment
Florida Atlantic University, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine.
FAU faculty →Professional practice
Hospital-based reconstructive surgery at the intersection of trauma, limb salvage, complex wounds and upper-extremity reconstruction.
ReconstructiveTrauma.com →Professional membership
American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Council of Educators in Plastic Surgery, AMSUS — The Society of Federal Health Professionals, and Wound Healing Society.
Research & publications
Peer-reviewed work in reconstructive surgery, wound care, skeletal muscle repair and healthcare economics.
Publication record →Innovation
Named surgical instruments and reconstructive techniques developed in response to specific operative problems.
View innovation →Teaching
Resident education, surgical teaching and participation in graduate medical education.
Teaching →Wound research
Published work includes tissue-preservation approaches for geriatric skin tears and traumatic avulsion injuries.
Skin-tear work →Continue
Clinical work, research and innovation.
The wound program is one part of a broader reconstructive, academic and innovation record.