About
Daniel Murariu, MD, MPH, MBA, FACS performs cosmetic surgery procedures and reconstructive surgery and has a particular interest in DaVinci robotic reconstruction, lymphedema surgery, complex abdominal wall reconstruction, and microsurgery focusing on head and neck and on breast reconstruction.
Dr. Murariu is double board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and by the American Board of Surgery. He received his MD/MPH degree from Tulane University in New Orleans and completed his general surgery residency at University of Hawai’i, plastic surgery training at University of Virginia and microsurgery fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. He serves on multiple committees for the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) and the American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS).
Dr. Murariu performed the world’s first surgery of a breast reconstruction with sensate flap and lymph node transfer, which was featured on CBS KDKA-TV nightly news, as well a novel reconstructive procedure using the DaVinci robot. He is one of few plastic surgeons worldwide performing robotic reconstruction surgery for perineal, head and neck, and breast reconstruction.
He is also part of a very small group of plastic surgeons performing robotic surgery for perineal, head and neck, and breast reconstruction. He appears in an AHN commercial regarding breast cancer and reconstruction.
Dr. Murariu has published several dozen journal articles and book chapters and is a peer reviewer for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery- Global Open Journal, the main plastic surgery journals. Since 2004, he has been working internationally to improve the healthcare in emerging countries, including introduction of new procedures and techniques. He has given a TEDx talk about his approach to international medical missions in 2015 in San Francisco.
Dr. Murariu is involved in charitable activities through his Rotary Club and a foundation he started in 2006 (www.fdm.ro). Dr. Murariu has received multiple awards for his charitable activities, including the Rotary Club District 5000 Peacemaker Award and a State of Hawai’i Proclamation by the House of Representatives in 2012 and named one of seven personalities of Iasi in 2015 by local magazine.
Dr. Murariu is the former Director of Microsurgery and Lymphatic Surgery, as well as Co-Medical Director for Clinical Access at Allegheny Health Network (AHN) in Pittsburgh, PA. He was Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Plastic Surgery at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
