Chad Ronald Gordon DO
Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Appointment Phone:
410-955-9466
Primary Location:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Expertise:
Breast Reconstruction, Brow Lift, Complex Skull Reconstruction, Cosmetic Surgery of the Face, Craniofacial Reconstruction, Craniomaxillofacial Surgery, Cranioplasty, Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap, Face Transplant, Facelift, Facial Fracture Reconstruction, Facial Implants, Facial Reconstruction, Maxillofacial Surgery, Maxillofacial Transplant, Neck Lift, Plastic Surgery, Reconstruction After Skin Cancer, Rhinoplasty, Superior Gluteal Artery Perforator Flap, Superior Inferior Epigastric Artery Flap, Transverse Upper Glacilis Flap, Wound Closure
Education and Experience
Training
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (Philadelphia PA) (1997)
Residencies
- Cooper Hospital-University Medical Center (Camden NJ) - General Surgery (2008)
Fellowships
- Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston MA) - Craniomaxillofacial Surgery (2011)
- Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland OH) - Plastic Surgery (2010)
- Cooper Hospital-University Medical Center (Camden NJ) - General Surgery (2005)
Locations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
600 N. Wolfe Street
Baltimore, MD 21287
Appointment Phone: 410-955-9466
Location Map
Johns Hopkins Medicine - Green Spring Station
10755 Falls Road
Pavilion I
Lutherville, MD 21093
Pavilion I Room 450
Appointment Phone: 410-955-9466
Location Map
Department / Division
- Surgery Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Centers/Institutes
Centers / Institutes
- Comprehensive Transplant Center
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Bio
Biography
Dr. Chad Gordon will develop and direct the Johns Hopkins
craniomaxillofacial transplantation program. During his residency at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Gordon was involved in the country's first face transplant and the world's first craniomaxillofacial transplant as a team surgeon and the project coordinator of the operation. He is co-editor for a textbook on face and hand transplantation titled transplantation of Composite Tissue Allografts and has published many articles on facial transplantation, addressing infectious, psychological, and ethical issues. He also helped to develop the first preliminary face transplant candidate assessment tool the FACES score which considers both the physical and psychological health of the patient.
For his work related to the nations first face transplant, the Cleveland Clinic presented Dr. Gordon the Bruce Hubbard Stewart Memorial Award for Humanistic Medicine. Dr. Gordon is a founding member of the American Society of Reconstructive Transplantation and is on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals, including the Annals of Plastic Surgery and Microsurgery and Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.
With advanced training in craniomaxillofacial surgery, Dr. Gordons main clinical interests include reconstructive surgery in the facial region, complex skull reconstruction, skin cancer, and facial cosmetic surgery.
craniomaxillofacial transplantation program. During his residency at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Gordon was involved in the country's first face transplant and the world's first craniomaxillofacial transplant as a team surgeon and the project coordinator of the operation. He is co-editor for a textbook on face and hand transplantation titled transplantation of Composite Tissue Allografts and has published many articles on facial transplantation, addressing infectious, psychological, and ethical issues. He also helped to develop the first preliminary face transplant candidate assessment tool the FACES score which considers both the physical and psychological health of the patient.
For his work related to the nations first face transplant, the Cleveland Clinic presented Dr. Gordon the Bruce Hubbard Stewart Memorial Award for Humanistic Medicine. Dr. Gordon is a founding member of the American Society of Reconstructive Transplantation and is on the editorial board of several peer-reviewed journals, including the Annals of Plastic Surgery and Microsurgery and Journal of Craniofacial Surgery.
With advanced training in craniomaxillofacial surgery, Dr. Gordons main clinical interests include reconstructive surgery in the facial region, complex skull reconstruction, skin cancer, and facial cosmetic surgery.
Expertise
- Breast Reconstruction
- Brow Lift
- Complex Skull Reconstruction
- Cosmetic Surgery of the Face
- Craniofacial Reconstruction
- Craniomaxillofacial Surgery
- Cranioplasty
- Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap
- Face Transplant
- Facelift
- Facial Fracture Reconstruction
- Facial Implants
- Facial Reconstruction
- Maxillofacial Surgery
- Maxillofacial Transplant
- Neck Lift
- Plastic Surgery
- Reconstruction After Skin Cancer
- Rhinoplasty
- Superior Gluteal Artery Perforator Flap
- Superior Inferior Epigastric Artery Flap
- Transverse Upper Glacilis Flap
- Wound Closure
Research
Research Interests
- Craniomaxillofacial surgery
- Facial transplantation
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- English
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