Dr. Claudine Cafferata was raised on Long Island and currently lives there with her husband and son.  Dr. Cafferata has been in private practice since completing her surgical residency at NYU Langone Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital Center in 2008. Dr. Cafferata also received her DDS from NYU College of Dentistry in 2004. Dr. Cafferata is a part-time faculty at NYU College of Dentistry in the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department.

Dr. Cafferata also maintains privileges at NYU Langone Medical Center and Nassau University Medical Center for hospital based Oral Surgery procedures.