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Damon Cooney, MD PhD
- Clinical Director, Face Transplant Program, Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center
Expertise: Breast Surgery, Plastic Surgery
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD
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Salih Colakoglu, MD
Expertise: Breast Surgery, Plastic Surgery
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD
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Mark D. Fisher, MD
- Director, Johns Hopkins Burn Center
Expertise: Plastic Surgery, Burn Surgery
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
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Scott Lifchez, MD
- Director, Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery Service, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Expertise: Plastic Surgery, Hand Surgery
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Community Physicians - Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center, White Marsh, Nottingham, MD
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Christopher Michael Frost, MD
Expertise: Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
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Lily Mundy, MD
Expertise: Breast Surgery, Plastic Surgery
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD
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Nima Khavanin, MD
Expertise: Gender Affirming Care, Gender Surgery, Breast Surgery, Plastic Surgery
Primary Location: Sibley Memorial Hospital, Washington, DC
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William Benedict Norbury, MBBS
Expertise: Plastic Surgery, Burn Surgery
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
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Sami H. Tuffaha, MD
- Director, Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Expertise: Plastic Surgery
Primary Location: Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center, Baltimore, MD
When people have a very severe injury or tumor of the arms, legs or upper or lower extremities, advanced techniques may be needed to prevent an amputation. The term used to describe this care is “limb salvage" and it often requires a multidisciplinary team. Limb salvage may include complex methods of bone, muscle and skin reconstruction. It may involve multiple surgeries to better optimize the form and function of the limb, or to get rid of a challenging infection.
Advanced techniques to reconstruct the bony injury or defect may include bone grafting, limb lengthening surgeries, as well as complex fracture fixation and joint replacement. Flap surgery, including free tissue transfer may be used to reconstruct the injury or defect in the soft tissues. This can include replacing missing skin, muscle, and at times bone. In patients with nerve injuries, muscles or tendons can be transferred to help reconstruct functional losses.
Why Choose Johns Hopkins for Reconstructive Plastic Surgery?
Surgical Expertise
Compassionate Care
Advanced Research
Multidisciplinary Approach
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What to Expect
- An individualized treatment plan will be created for each patient based on a patient’s needs and goals.
- This may include collaboration with infectious disease or oncology experts.
- Pre-operative imaging is often required to plan for surgery.
- The reconstructive effort may require multiple stages, or surgeries, for some patients.
- Some surgeries are outpatient surgeries where patients go home the day of surgery, and others require staying in the hospital for several days for pain control and post-operative monitoring.