Haley Carpenter, MD PhD, is a plastic surgeon specializing in the full spectrum of adult reconstructive & cosmetic surgery.
She is observant, thoughtful, and detail-oriented, and those qualities allow her to deliver personalized care to patients at the highest level of surgical excellence. She loves her work, and her guiding philosophy is that she wants to help her patients feel whole, healthy, happy, and at home in their bodies.
A Florida native, she grew up in north central Florida and she is a proud triple Gator - obtaining her undergraduate, PhD, and medical degrees from the University of Florida. For her undergraduate studies, she graduated Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Neurobiological Sciences. Thereafter, she pursued her PhD in Neuroscience, completing her dissertation on the electrophysiological hallmarks of aging in cortical memory networks. During medical school she was elected into Alpha Omega Alpha honor society and graduated with honors in academic excellence, with a class rank of 1. She is passionate about teaching, and throughout both her graduate and medical studies she was involved in K-12 science outreach and medical education. She is now a Clinical Affiliate Instructor of Plastic Surgery for FAU’s College of Medicine.
She completed her surgical training in Plastic Surgery at the Lahey Clinic in Boston. There, she benefited from a multitude of training sites, including Lahey Clinic, Maine Medical Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess, a Harvard teaching hospital. This diverse and extensive training allows her offer comprehensive care in plastic surgery to her patients.
Q&A with Dr. Carpenter
My personal philosophy when I’m taking care of patients can be summarized with the four H’s: I want to help my patients feel whole, healthy, happy, and at home in their bodies. Plastic surgery is about reconstructing what has been lost through trauma or cancer, restoring the vitality of health and youth, and enhancing natural beauty. Whether a surgery is cosmetic or reconstructive, I want my patients to look in the mirror and feel happy, comfortable, and confident.
My strengths are my thoughtfulness, attention to detail, and my consistent drive to provide the highest caliber surgical results to the best of my ability.
Choosing a plastic surgeon can be a deeply personal decision - you’re trusting that surgeon with your body, and oftentimes, in a way that will affect how you face the world. It is a field in which the personal bond between surgeon and patient is especially important. As Theodore Roosevelt said ‘people don't care how much you know unless they know how much you care’ - this quote was ingrained in me during my medical education, and I find it especially true in plastic surgery. I think it is vitally important to take the time to listen to patients, connect with them, and use that trust to guide them through their surgical journey.
The best part of being a plastic surgeon is the broad diversity of people whom I can help - I’ve had the privilege of operating all over the body and on people of all ages, literally from head to toe and on patients as young as 2 days old to those in their 90s. As a reconstructive surgeon, I get to work alongside other surgical specialists as part of a patient's medical team, including general surgeons, breast surgeons, cardiothoracic surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, and more, and experiencing that teamwork and camaraderie in patient care is heartening. Additionally, plastic surgery is both an art and a science - it allows me to appreciate daily the beauty of our human anatomy, while also requiring applied creativity to solve problems of both form and function. As someone who enjoys challenges, this diverse practice is rewarding and allows me the opportunity to utilize the full potential of my talents and training to help others.
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