Andre Shomorony

About Andre Shomorony

Andre was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to parents of Jewish-European descent. In 2005, when Andre was fifteen, his family moved to Miami in search of financial stability and better educational and professional opportunities. Once in the United States, Andre's parents had trouble convincing potential employers of the value of their Brazilian college degrees, and Andre had trouble earning high school credits for classes he had already taken in Brazil.

Quickly overcoming institutional, cultural and language barriers, Andre excelled in school and was awarded a QuestBridge scholarship to attend Yale University. Combining his interests in natural sciences and technology, he majored in biomedical engineering and spent his summers conducting research in micro-tissue engineering and cancer biology. During this time, he helped take care of his father and mother in their battles against cancer, a life-changing experience that inspired him to become a physician. 

Andre went on to earn his medical degree from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program, where he conducted research in biomaterials and drug delivery. He then completed residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, which prepared him for the most complex cases in head and neck surgery; afterward, a prestigious fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania refined those skills and drew him to the precision-driven field of cosmetic facial plastic surgery. Today, he sees patients on Park Avenue in Manhattan, as well as in Greenwich and Wilton, Connecticut.