Speaker Topics: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Richard J. Redett, M.D.
Dr. Redett obtained his bachelors degree in biology in 1987 from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. After serving four years in the United States Peace Corps in Central Africa, he developed an interest in pursuing a medical career.
In 1995, he received his medical degree with honors from Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, New Hampshire. Dr. Redett has been a member of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine since 1995, and has completed residencies in general surgery and plastic surgery in conjunction with the University of Maryland Shock Trauma. Dr. Redett completed a fellowship in pediatric plastic surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario.
In 1998, Dr. Redett was awarded the Baltimore Academy of Surgery Resident Research Award, the John Stage Davis, Maryland Plastic Surgery Society and the National Capital Washington, DC Plastic Surgery Society Resident Research Award.
Dr. Redett has held professional memberships in the Plastic Surgery Research Council, the American College of Surgeons, American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Burn Association and the American Cleft Palate Association. He is a frequent presenter and has published over 20 peer reviewed scientific papers and several chapters.
Dr. Redett’s clinical interests include cleft lip and palate and craniofacial disorders, pediatric and adult nerve injuries and pediatric burns. He is the director of the Johns Hopkins Cleft Lip and Palate Center and the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Burn Unit. Through his work in the US and in developing countries abroad, he is dedicated to providing healthcare to children in need.
