As pioneers of innovative facial reconstruction techniques, surgeons in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Johns Hopkins use state-of-the-art procedures to relieve pain and improve appearance, form and function. These treatments can be life-changing for those with craniofacial abnormalities resulting from injury, trauma or cancer.
Why choose Johns Hopkins?
The Johns Hopkins Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is staffed by surgeons who specialize in different techniques of surgery, such as craniofacial surgery, microvascular surgery, nerve transplantation and bone transplantation. Some of our fellowship-trained plastic surgeons, including pediatric surgeons, specialize in facial reconstruction. Over years of practice, they have built a reputation as being among the best facial reconstruction surgeons in the country. They have learned about and, in many cases, developed and taught the latest and most effective surgical techniques.
Our Specialty Centers
Our physicians specialize in conditions and treatments including cleft lip and palate, facial pain and paralysis, and cranioplasty.
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Cleft and Craniofacial Center
Our goal is to help our patients achieve their full potential, without being defined or limited by facial differences.
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The Multidisciplinary Adult Cranioplasty Center
If you have suffered from head trauma or a surgical procedure that has left a noticeable change in the contours of your skull or face, we can help you look and feel more like yourself.
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Pediatric Cranial Reconstruction Center
Our team meets with children and their families to develop a treatment plan to repair the skull and protect the brain, while taking into account the child’s future growth.
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Neuroplastic Surgery
By bridging the gap between neurosurgery and plastic surgery, we ensure patients have complete preservation or restoration of their preoperative appearance, providing them with an enhanced sense of confidence, health and happiness.
Conditions We Treat
- Atypical facial clefting
- Cleft lip and palate
- Congenital and acquired ear anomalies (e.g., microtia, cryptotia, Stahl ear, prominent ear deformity)
- Craniofacial microsomia
- Craniofacial syndromes (e.g., Apert, Crouzon, Pfeiffer, Nager, Treacher Collins)
- Craniosynostosis
- Facial paralysis arising from: traumatic injury, brain tumor or tumor removal, surgery, stroke, infection, Bell's Palsy, Moebius syndrome (a birth defect that results in the absence of the sixth and seventh facial cranial nerve), and other congenital abnormalities
- Facial pain arising from: trigeminal neuroma, trigeminal neuralgia and atypical facial pain
- Facial trauma
- Malocclusion/jaw disproportion
- Pediatric cranial reconstruction
- Pierre Robin Sequence
- Positional head shape deformities
- Romberg hemifacial atrophy
- Velopharyngeal insufficiency
Patient Resources
Taking on a "Giant" Giant Cell Granuloma
A New Center for Children with Complex Cranial Conditions
Our Physicians
As a part of our multidisciplinary approach to care, our reconstruction surgeons work with neurologists, pain management specialists and others to create a treatment plan that promises the best possible outcome for the patient. From the first consultation to the final check-up, our reconstructive surgeons are devoted to their profession and to providing attentive patient care.
Damon Sean Cooney, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical Co-Director, Penile Transplantation, Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center
Associate Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Chad Ronald Gordon, D.O.
Co-Director, Multidisciplinary Adult Cranioplasty Center (MACC)
Fellowship Director, Neuroplastic and Reconstructive Surgery, (Plastic Surgery)
Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Professor of Neurosurgery
Ilana M Ickow, D.M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Scott David Lifchez, M.D.
Chief, Plastic Surgery at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Program Director, Johns Hopkins/University of Maryland Plastic Surgery Residency
Associate Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Michele Ann Manahan, M.D.
Department Vice Chair for Faculty and Staff Development and Well-Being and Past Department Director of Patient Safety
Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Richard James Redett, III, M.D.
Director, Cleft Lip and Palate Center
Director, Genitourinary Transplant Program
Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Professor of Pediatrics
Robin Yang, D.D.S., M.D.
Division Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Dentistry
Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery