Background
Dr. Hooman Soltanian is an associate professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include breast reconstruction, such as microvascular tissue transfer, and major reconstructive procedures for post-traumatic and oncologic defects. He also performs cosmetic procedures for breast and body enhancement.
Dr. Soltanian earned his medical degree from the University of Munich. He completed two years of residencies in neurosurgery at the University of Saarland and the University of Bonn in Germany, general surgery at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire, and plastic surgery at Albany Medical Center in New York. He received fellowships in hand surgery and microsurgery at New York University Medical Center. Dr. Soltanian joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2017.
Before joining Johns Hopkins, Dr. Soltanian was the interim chair of the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio.
Dr. Soltanian has published numerous papers and presented at various national meetings. He has served in several educational and organizational capacities and has been recognized with several awards. He is board-certified with the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.