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Damon Cooney, MD PhD
- Clinical Director, Face Transplant Program, Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center
- Associate Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Chad R. Gordon, DO
- Director, Neuroplastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Ilana Zinn, DMD MS
- Director, Cleft-Craniofacial Orthodontics
- Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Scott Lifchez, MD
- Director, Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery Service, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Michele Manahan, MD
- Assistant Medical Director for the Johns Hopkins Office of Telemedicine
- Professor of Clinical Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Rick Redett, MD
- Director, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Robin Yang, MD DDS
- Director of Pediatric Plastic Surgery
- Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Our Procedures: Craniofacial Injuries and Conditions
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.
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New and existing patients can schedule by phone using this number: 443-997-9466
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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
Craniofacial Reconstructive Surgery | Restoring Vincent’s Smile
By the time Vincent came to Johns Hopkins for head and neck cancer treatment, he required extensive reconstruction of his jaw and face. A multidisciplinary team that included oral and maxillofacial surgeon Robin Yang, maxillofacial prosthodontist Ghassan Sinada, and plastic and reconstructive surgeon Sami Tuffaha devised an innovative three-part surgery to use his fibula to construct a new upper jaw, in which they mounted dental implants. After being without a smile that he felt comfortable with, Vincent is now able to grin confidently from ear to ear.
Patient Resources
- Taking on a "Giant" Giant Cell Granuloma
- A New Center for Children with Complex Cranial Conditions
- Learn more about cranioplasty.
- Through computer-aided design and manufacturing such as 3-D printing and rapid prototyping, surgeons can plan their surgeries and shorten the amount of time patients need to be under anesthesia, reducing blood loss.
- Learn more about facial transplants
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.