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Dr. Truswell attended Hobart College where he graduated with Honors in Chemistry. After receiving is MD from The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey he received his general surgery training in Syracuse, New York. Then he did a dual residency in Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery and Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at The University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He is Board Certified by both specialties and practices only Facial Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Truswell is a frequent lecturer in the United States and Europe on Facial Plastic Surgery. In the last twelve months alone, he presented and was on 15 lectures/panels at eight state, national and international meetings across the US. He is on the faculty of The University of Connecticut Medical School as a clinical instructor in Facial Plastic Surgery. He has written several papers for publication the latest being “Dual Porosity Expanded Poloytetrafluoroethylene Soft Tissue Implant: A New Implant for Soft Tissue Augmentation” which appeared in the AMA publication The Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery this spring. He is the designer of the surgical instrument used to insert the implant. He established the first office based and accredited operating room in Western Massachusetts twenty five years ago. His experience in the field is twenty six years long and he has performed over 22,000 operations.
“it is a moral imperative that the physician gives back to the community all that he or she can. After all it is the community that gives the doctor his/her practice. Medical care means just that – caring – doing all that one can for the good of the community is part and parcel of being a good doctor”
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A believer in returning something to the community, Dr. Truswell participates in Face to Face, the pro bono domestic violence program of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He has performed numerous reconstructive procedures for victims of domestic violence. These women are referred in from recovery programs, are completely separated from their batterers and are working to restore their self esteem. That recovery is helped by erasing the physical evidence of beatings such as scars, deformed noses and unset facial fractures.
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Dr. Truswell is a Fellow of The American College of Surgeons, The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, The American Society of Laser Medicine and Surgery, The American Society for Head and Neck Surgery and The American Academy of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. He is a founder and incorporator of The Richard T. Webster New England Society of Facial Plastic Surgery. He is a member of The American Medical Association and The New York Academy of Sciences.
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