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Rick Redett III, MD
Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Pediatric Craniofacial Plastic Surgery
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Rick Redett III
Professional Titles
- Director, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Director, Cleft Lip and Palate Center
- Director, Genitourinary Transplant Program
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Background
Dr. Rick Redett is the director of the Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery and pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include pediatric plastic surgery, cleft lip and palate surgery, obstetric brachial plexus palsy reconstruction, facial paralysis, pediatric burn surgery and reconstruction and genital reconstruction.
Dr. Redett serves as the director of the Cleft and Craniofacial Center, and the director of the Facial Paralysis and Pain Center at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Redett directs the genital transplant program at Johns Hopkins.
He graduated from Dartmouth Medical School after earning his undergraduate degrees in biology and psychology at Emory University. He did his general surgery and plastic surgery training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital. After completing a one-year pediatric plastic surgery fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, Dr. Redett joined the Johns Hopkins faculty.
Dr. Redett lectures nationally on facial paralysis, genital reconstruction and many other pediatric plastic surgery topics. He is a member of many professional organizations including the American Cleft Palate – Craniofacial Association, American Association of Plastic Surgeons and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
Dr. Redett has a strong commitment to international health and has done many teaching medical missions to Central and South America and Africa. Dr. Redett serves on the Board of ReSurge International, a 501(c)(3) not-for profit organization which provides reconstructive surgical care for poor children and adults who lack access and builds surgical capacity in developing countries. He and his wife Becky are the proud parents of three wonderful children.
Centers and Institutes
- Burn Center at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Cleft and Craniofacial Center
- Cleft Lip and Palate Center
- Facial Paralysis and Pain Treatment Center
- Global Health, Center for
- Johns Hopkins Children's Center
- Peripheral Nerve Surgery Center
- Transgender and Gender Expansive Health, Center for
Videos
Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
Meet the wounded veteran who got a penis transplant
Reconstructive Surgery After Lawn Mower Accidents
Collaboration Conquers a Rare Intracranial Cyst, e-Pediatrician June 17, 2019
I Performed the World's First Penis and Scrotum Transplant
Five 'economically disadvantaged' startups get TEDCO investments from new fund
A New Center for Children with Complex Cranial Conditions
‘Whole Again’: A Vet Maimed by an I.E.D. Receives a Transplanted Penis
Exploring the Vanguard of Transplantation: Hand, Face and Urogenital
Facial Trauma, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Additional Academic Titles
Professor of Pediatrics
Research Interests
Clinical outcomes, Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=Richard+Redett+&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C21&as_sdtp=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Redett+RJ&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C21
PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Redett%20RJ%5BAuthor%5D&cauthor=true&cauthor_uid=25158721
Honors
- Baltimore Magazine, Best Doctor, Plastic Surgery 2013, 2014, 1/1/13
- Johns Hopkins/University of Maryland, Teacher of the Year, 1/1/12
- Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society, 1/1/12
- Health Care Hero Ward, The Daily Record, 1/1/11
- Johns Hopkins/University of Maryland, Teacher of the Year, 1/1/09
- One of five Best Microsurgery Cases of the Year, American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgeons, 1/1/08
- EKO Club International, Mark of Excellence Award, Lagos, Nigeria, 1/1/07
- Resident Research Award, Basic Science (Effects of Deferoxamine on Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Chronic Nerve Compression: A Biochemical and Morphologic Analysis), Baltimore Academy of Surgery, 1/1/98
- 1998 Resident Research Award (Improved Axonal Regeneration Using Deferoxamine in Chronic Nerve Compression), The John Staige Davis, Maryland Plastic Surgery Society and The National Capital, Washington D.C. Plastic Surgery Society, 1/1/98
- CERT Research Scholarship, 1/1/91
Memberships
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow
- American Association of Plastic Surgeons,
Research and Education Committee - 2012, 2013, 2014
Program committee - 2014, 2015, 2016
Ethics Committee - 2013
- American Burn Association,
Ethics Committee - 2006-2008
- American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
- American College of Surgeons, Fellow
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgeons
- AO Craniomaxillofacial, Faculty
- Association of Academic Chairs in Plastic Surgery
- Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association
- Plastic Surgery Research Council
- Miller-Coulson Academy of Clinical Excellence
- American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association,
Ethics Committee - 2014-present
- American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgeons
- American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons,
New curriculum Committee - 2013
Education Committee - 2011
Locations
- Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
- 601 North Caroline Street, Floor 8, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 443-997-9466
- fax: 410-367-2022
- Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
- 601 North Caroline Street, Floor 8, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 443-997-9466
- fax: 410-367-2022
Expertise
Education
University of Toronto Health
Fellowship, Pediatric Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery, 2003Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, Plastic Surgery, 2002Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency, Plastic Surgery, 2000Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Medical Education, MD, 1995Board Certifications
Plastic Surgery
American Board of Plastic Surgery, 2004Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)