Rachel A. Ruotolo, MD, Upper Brookville resident and partner at Long Island Plastic Surgical Group, has been named a Regional Top Doctor by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.
As a healthcare research, information, and publishing company, Castle Connolly’s mission is to help consumers find independent, trusted information about quality healthcare. The website listing remains a prestigious, peer-nominated recognition for doctors throughout the United States.
Consisting of 38,000 peer nominated physicians, whose acknowledgements have been thoroughly reviewed by Castle Connolly’s physician-led research team, this database exists as a detail oriented tool for consumers. All Regional Top Doctors are considered to be among the top 10%-15% of physicians in their communities and metropolitan areas. Unlike other publications of its kind, Doctors do not and cannot pay to be included in this list.
Dr. Rachel A. Ruotolo is a board-certified plastic surgeon who specializes in pediatric craniofacial surgery. She treats patients with conditions such as cleft lip and palate, protruding ears, syndactyly (fused digits), and ear reconstruction. However, her mission to help children extends beyond the medical field as she also serves on the board of Child Abuse Prevention Services, Long Island’s leading non-profit resource on the prevention of child abuse and neglect. In 2010, she was honored by the organization with the Distinguished Service to Children Award.
