Oscar J. Manrique Mogollon, M.D.

Oscar J. Manrique M.D., F.A.C.S., is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and Fellow of The American College of Surgeons at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

He has a special interest and expertise in breast reconstruction, lymphedema surgery, gender affirming surgery, oncologic and trauma reconstruction, vascularized composite allotransplantation and minimally invasive surgery.

Dr. Manrique most recently built and structured the microsurgery-training program at Clinica Reina Catalina in his home country Colombia, where he received the “Jose Consuegra Higgins”, Endowed-Chair Award in Reconstructive Microsurgery.

Dr. Manrique received his medical degree at the Universidad Militar “Nueva Granada” in Bogota, Colombia. Upon coming to the United States, he pursued his clinical training in General Surgery and Trauma-Surgical Critical Care at the Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and Boston Medical Center/Boston University, followed by Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and subsequently by Fellowships in Microsurgery and Lymphatic Surgery at the University of Southern-California in Los Angeles and China Medical University Hospital in Taiwan. Due to his interests in gender affirming surgery and robotic surgery, he spent time training in Bangkok, Thailand and Nancy, France respectively.

Prior to joining the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at URMC, he spent several years as a Plastic Surgeon at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester MN, where he was instrumental in the development of the surgical gender affirming and lymphedema programs.

Research and Academic Activities
Research is a very important component of his clinical practice, as he describes: “helps him and his team offer top cutting edge clinical care”. He is very passionate towards clinical outcomes related to breast reconstruction, lymphedema surgery, gender affirming surgery, limb/body reconstruction, vascularized composite allotransplantation and minimally invasive surgery. Through out his academic career, he has received multiple awards and honors, published more than 120-peer review articles, over a dozen book chapters, presented at more than 150 national/international meetings and serves as reviewer for several journals in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Areas of Interest and Expertise:

- Breast cancer
- Lymphedema surgery
- Gender affirming surgery
- Abdominal wall reconstruction
- Limb reconstruction
- Pelvic and torso reconstruction
- Cosmetic Surgery