Jersey City · 377 Jersey Ave, Suite 440
Breast Reduction in Jersey City, NJ
Breast reduction with board certified plastic surgeon Dr. Steven Ovadia, at the office directly across the street from Jersey City Medical Center. Consultation, surgery and follow-up visits on the same block, close to home for patients across Hudson County.
Your care
Consultation, surgery and recovery on one block
Neck and shoulder pain, grooves from bra straps and rashes under the breasts are the most common reasons Hudson County patients come in to talk about breast reduction. The operation makes the breasts smaller and lighter and lifts them at the same time.
For patients in Jersey City, the whole course of care stays close to home. You meet Dr. Ovadia at 377 Jersey Avenue, most operations are across the street at Jersey City Medical Center, and your follow-up visits are back in the same office.
Consultation
Dr. Ovadia examines you, goes over your symptoms and the size you would like to be, and explains which approach fits you. Photographs and measurements are taken, and you have time to ask everything you want to ask.
Surgery
Surgery is done under general anesthesia, most often across the street at Jersey City Medical Center. Patients often stay overnight, though some go home the same day. While you are in the hospital, the nurses care for your drains and teach you how to empty them.
Follow-up
Follow-up visits are at the Jersey City office. Drains, when used, are removed there. You wear a surgical bra, whose compression helps prevent and minimize swelling; some swelling is normal and expected.
This is a general guide. Everyone heals differently, and Dr. Ovadia reviews your timeline with you during recovery. Full instructions: recovering after breast reduction.
The office
Across from Jersey City Medical Center
The office is in Suite 440 at 377 Jersey Avenue, directly across the street from Jersey City Medical Center. The building shares its parking lot with the hospital, so there is ample parking, and the Jersey Avenue light rail stop is about five minutes on foot.
Jersey City office
Ovadia Plastic Surgery377 Jersey Ave, Suite 440
Jersey City, NJ 07302
- Phone
- (212) 222-4628
- info@ovadiaps.com
- Across from
- Jersey City Medical Center
- Parking
- Ample parking, in the lot shared with the hospital
Driving
From the Turnpike Extension (I-78), take Exit 14C to Grand Street. From Route 440 or Route 1&9, follow Grand Street east to the hospital, and park in the lot the building shares with the medical center.
Light rail
Both Hudson-Bergen Light Rail routes stop at Jersey Avenue, about five minutes on foot: from Hoboken, Weehawken, Union City and North Bergen, and from Bayonne and the West Side.
Bus
NJ Transit buses 1 and 81 stop on Grand Street at the hospital, about two minutes from the door.
PATH
Grove Street is the closest PATH station, about fifteen minutes on foot. From the Exchange Place PATH station, the light rail reaches Jersey Avenue in a few stops.
Recovering at home
Healing close to home in Hudson County
For most patients in Jersey City, Hoboken, Bayonne and Union City, the ride home from Jersey City Medical Center is a short one. Plan for someone to drive you home and, ideally, to help you the first day or two.
Your first follow-up visits, including drain removal when drains were used, are in the office across the street from where you had surgery, with parking in the same lot. No part of your care requires crossing the river.
Your recovery, week by week
The surgical bra, drains, showering and lifting, and when walking and running come back.
Recovery instructionsResults from real patients
Before-and-after photographs of Dr. Ovadia's breast reduction patients, grouped by type.
View the galleryIs breast reduction right for me?
Candidates, incision patterns, how much can be removed, and what to ask at your consultation.
Read the full guideInsurance
Breast reduction and New Jersey insurance plans
Most patients at the Jersey City office have New Jersey plans. Because breast reduction treats physical symptoms, many plans cover it when their medical criteria are met and it is a covered benefit. Those criteria usually look at how long you have had symptoms such as neck and back pain or rashes, what you have already tried, and how much tissue will be removed.
If you have questions regarding possible insurance coverage for surgery, call or email us and we will go over it with you.
Your surgeon
A Jersey City plastic surgeon, board certified and double fellowship-trained
Dr. Steven Ovadia is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. After his plastic surgery training he completed two fellowships: gender-affirming surgery and microsurgery at Johns Hopkins, and craniofacial and pediatric plastic surgery at UT Austin / Dell Children's Hospital. More about Dr. Ovadia.
He operates regularly at Jersey City Medical Center and does a great deal of breast surgery, from reduction and lift to breast reconstruction after cancer. Before founding his own practice, he was on the faculty at Rutgers.
Questions
Breast reduction questions from Jersey City patients
Where is breast reduction surgery done for Jersey City patients?
Most of Dr. Ovadia's operations are at Jersey City Medical Center, directly across the street from the office at 377 Jersey Avenue. Consultations and follow-up visits are in the office, so the place you meet Dr. Ovadia, the place you have surgery and the place you come back to afterward are a short walk apart. He also operates at other hospitals in northern New Jersey and in Manhattan, and the hospital is chosen with you.
Can whoever brings me park at the hospital?
Yes. The office building and Jersey City Medical Center share a parking lot, so the person who brings you can park in the same place on the day of surgery and again for your follow-up visits.
Will I stay overnight at Jersey City Medical Center?
Often, yes, though some patients go home the same day. During the stay the nurses look after your drains and show you how to empty them before you leave.
Do New Jersey insurance plans cover breast reduction?
Many do, when the plan's medical criteria are met and breast reduction is a covered benefit. If you have questions regarding possible insurance coverage for surgery, call or email us and we will go over it with you.
What does a breast reduction cost in Jersey City?
Call (212) 222-4628 to inquire. With insurance, your share depends on your plan. Without it, the fee depends on the surgery, the hospital and anesthesia, and it is reviewed with you before you decide.
Will I lose feeling in my nipples?
Permanent loss of nipple sensation is uncommon. Early after surgery there can be changes in sensation, and they typically return to baseline over time.
I live in Hoboken, Bayonne or Union City. Is this office convenient?
Yes. The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail stops at Jersey Avenue, about five minutes on foot, on the routes from Hoboken, Weehawken, Union City, North Bergen and Bayonne, and there is ample parking for patients who drive.
Can I have my consultation in Manhattan and surgery in Jersey City?
Yes. The practice also has an office at 225 Broadway in Lower Manhattan and one in Millburn, NJ, and phone and video consultations are available. Visits can be at whichever office suits you.
Next step
Book a breast reduction consultation in Jersey City
Call, email or send a message and we will find a time to meet at 377 Jersey Avenue.
377 Jersey Ave, Suite 440, Jersey City, NJ 07302
Also at 225 Broadway in Lower Manhattan and 90 Millburn Ave, Millburn, NJ
Phone and video consultations available · info@ovadiaps.com