Colonel (Ret.) Quetell, MD, FACS has joined Crouse Medical Practice after 38 years of combined service in the Active, Reserve, and National Guard components of the US Army and US Air Force, as well as 20 years of private practice in Syracuse, NY. His last military assignment was as the Senior State Air Surgeon and Chief of Aerospace Medicine with the New Mexico Air National Guard at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Education and Training
Bachelor's Degree: B.S., Major - Zoology, Minor - History, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Medical School: M.D., SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Internship: General Surgery, St. Luke's - Roosevelt Hospital Center, NY City, NY
Residency: General Surgery, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, TX
Double Board Certified in Plastic Surgery and General Surgery.
Specialty: Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery
Fellowship for Hand & Microsurgery: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Fellowship for Plastic Surgery: New York - Presbyterian Hospital of Cornell and Columbia University Medical Centers, NY City, NY
Special Interests
- Passionate about traveling and sailing
- Currently pursuing an MBA with a specialization in Health Care Administration
- Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery and Chief of Plastic Surgery Service at SUNY Upstate Community Hospital, Syracuse, NY
- Head of the Plastic and Hand Service at our Syracuse VA Medical Center
Languages
- Native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and raised in New York City.
- Other languages spoken, Spanish
