She attended the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Massachusetts and in 1980 received a BS in Microbiology and a BA in Sociology. Dr. Glicksman went on to attend The State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, receiving her MD in 1985. After completing her general surgery training at the Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC, she completed her plastic surgery residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital in 1991. She then went on to complete an additional fellowship in cosmetic surgery at the prestigious Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.