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Rachel Bluebond-Langner

Biography​

Rachel Bluebond-Langner is the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Professor of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery and a professor of urology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.1 She earned her MD from Johns Hopkins University in 2003 and completed a plastic surgery residency at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 2011.1 She completed a craniomaxillofacial fellowship at Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez in 2012.1

Contributions​

Her cited work addresses gender-affirming vaginoplasty, including vulvar construction, robotic peritoneal flap approaches, urinary function, and surgery for neovaginal stenosis and other complications. Other cited studies address patient-reported outcomes after penile reconstruction and a gracilis flap technique for vaginectomy and urethral lengthening.23456

Cited on WARWIKI

14 publications with Rachel Bluebond-Langner as a listed author are cited on WARWIKI, ordered by the number of pages that cite them. Papers whose author list is shortened to "et al." before this name are not included.

  1. Dy GW, Salibian AA, Blasdel G, Zhao LC, Bluebond-Langner R. External genital revisions after gender-affirming penile inversion vaginoplasty: surgical assessment, techniques, and outcomes. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022;149(6):1429–1438. doi
    Cited on: Clitoroplasty — Preputial-Skin Flap with Dorsal Neurovascular-Bundle Pedicle · Feminizing Labiaplasty — Labia Majora and Labia Minora Construction · Feminizing Urethroplasty — Urethral Shortening and Feminizing Repositioning
  2. Dy GW, Kaoutzanis C, Zhao L, Bluebond-Langner R. Technical refinements of vulvar reconstruction in gender-affirming surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020;145(5):984e–987e. doi
    Cited on: Clitoroplasty — Preputial-Skin Flap with Dorsal Neurovascular-Bundle Pedicle · Feminizing Labiaplasty — Labia Majora and Labia Minora Construction · Feminizing Urethroplasty — Urethral Shortening and Feminizing Repositioning
  3. Lin JS, Douglass LM, Cohn JA, Bluebond-Langner R, Zhao LC. Vaginoplasty and Vulvoplasty. In: Smith JA Jr, Dmochowski RR, Thomas JC, Preminger GM, eds. Hinman's Atlas of Urologic Surgery. 5th ed. Elsevier; 2025:644–659.
    Cited on: Clitoroplasty — Preputial-Skin Flap with Dorsal Neurovascular-Bundle Pedicle · Penile Inversion Vaginoplasty (PIV) · Peritoneal Flap Vaginoplasty
  4. Robinson IS, Cripps CN, Bluebond-Langner R, Zhao LC. "Operative Management of Complications Following Intestinal Vaginoplasty: A Case Series and Systematic Review." Urology. 2023;180:105–112. doi
    Cited on: Müllerian Anomalies & Vaginal Agenesis · Intestinal Vaginoplasty (Sigmoid / Ileum / Right Colon) · Neovaginal Stenosis Management — Stepwise
  5. Dy GW, Blasdel G, Shakir NA, Bluebond-Langner R, Zhao LC. Robotic peritoneal flap revision of gender-affirming vaginoplasty: a novel technique for treating neovaginal stenosis. Urology. 2021;154:308–314. doi
    Cited on: Intestinal Vaginoplasty (Sigmoid / Ileum / Right Colon) · Neovaginal Stenosis Management — Stepwise · Peritoneal Flap Vaginoplasty
  6. Robinson IS, Blasdel G, Cohen O, Zhao LC, Bluebond-Langner R. Surgical outcomes following gender-affirming penile reconstruction: patient-reported outcomes from a multi-center, international survey of 129 transmasculine patients. J Sex Med. 2021;18(4):800–811. doi
    Cited on: Principles of Genital Reconstruction · Masculinizing Gender-Affirming Surgery · Vagina-Preserving Metoidioplasty
  7. Robinson IS, Blasdel G, Bluebond-Langner R, Zhao LC. "The Management of Intra-Abdominal Complications Following Peritoneal Flap Vaginoplasty." Urology. 2022;164:278–285. doi
    Cited on: Peritoneal Flap · Peritoneal Flap Vaginoplasty
  8. Dy GW, Jun MS, Blasdel G, Bluebond-Langner R, Zhao LC. "Outcomes of Gender Affirming Peritoneal Flap Vaginoplasty Using the Da Vinci Single Port Versus Xi Robotic Systems." Eur Urol. 2021;79(5):676–683. doi
    Cited on: Peritoneal Flap · Peritoneal Flap Vaginoplasty
  9. Cohen O, Stranix JT, Zhao L, Levine J, Bluebond-Langner R. Use of a split pedicled gracilis muscle flap in robotically assisted vaginectomy and urethral lengthening for phalloplasty: a novel technique for female-to-male genital reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020;145(6):1512-1515. doi
    Cited on: Pars Fixa Urethral Construction · Gender-Affirming Vaginectomy / Colpectomy
  10. Lee J, Oh C, Brucker B, Bluebond-Langner R, Zhao LC. Impact of gender-affirming vaginoplasty on lower urinary tract function: a single-center prospective cohort study. Neurourol Urodyn. 2025;44(2):311–318. doi
    Cited on: Feminizing Gender-Affirming Surgery
  11. Mishra K, Bluebond-Langner R, Zhao LC. Male-to-Female Gender-Affirming Surgery: Vaginoplasty. In: Partin AW, Dmochowski RR, Kavoussi LR, Peters CA, eds. Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology. 13th ed. Elsevier; 2025:2664–2676.
    Cited on: Feminizing Gender-Affirming Surgery
  12. Parker A, Brydges H, Blasdel G, Bluebond-Langner R, Zhao LC. Mending the gap: AlloDerm as a safe and effective option for vaginal canal lining in revision robotic-assisted gender-affirming peritoneal flap vaginoplasty. Urology. 2023;173:204–208. doi
    Cited on: Peritoneal Flap Vaginoplasty

Footnotes​

  1. Rachel Bluebond-Langner, MD. NYU Langone Health. Accessed October 2026. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. Dy GW, Salibian AA, Blasdel G, Zhao LC, Bluebond-Langner R. External genital revisions after gender-affirming penile inversion vaginoplasty: surgical assessment, techniques, and outcomes. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2022;149(6):1429–1438. doi:10.1097/prs.0000000000009165 ↩

  3. Dy GW, Kaoutzanis C, Zhao L, Bluebond-Langner R. Technical refinements of vulvar reconstruction in gender-affirming surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2020;145(5):984e–987e. doi:10.1097/prs.0000000000006796 ↩

  4. Robinson IS, Cripps CN, Bluebond-Langner R, Zhao LC. "Operative Management of Complications Following Intestinal Vaginoplasty: A Case Series and Systematic Review." Urology. 2023;180:105–112. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2023.07.005 ↩

  5. Robinson IS, Blasdel G, Cohen O, Zhao LC, Bluebond-Langner R. Surgical outcomes following gender-affirming penile reconstruction: patient-reported outcomes from a multi-center, international survey of 129 transmasculine patients. J Sex Med. 2021;18(4):800–811. doi:10.1016/j.jsxm.2021.01.183 ↩

  6. Dy GW, Blasdel G, Shakir NA, Bluebond-Langner R, Zhao LC. Robotic peritoneal flap revision of gender-affirming vaginoplasty: a novel technique for treating neovaginal stenosis. Urology. 2021;154:308–314. doi:10.1016/j.urology.2021.03.024 ↩