Dr. Stephen Baker

Georgetown University Plastic Surgeon

6845 Elm Street Suite 603 | McLean, VA 22101 | Phone: (202) 444-9302

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons

Georgetown University Plastic Surgeon – Dr. Stephen Baker

We would like to welcome you to the practice of Dr. Stephen Baker. Dr Baker is a board certified plastic surgeon who practices all aspects of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery specializing in surgery of the face. Dr Baker has both dental and medical degrees and has completed eleven years of plastic surgery training at the Ivy League University of Pennsylvania. His training includes completion of specialty training in two recognized medical specialties as well as certification in two fellowships after residency. This expertise is applied to all of his patients in both cosmetic and reconstructive procedures. Dr. Baker has been featured in magazines and newspapers such as Elle, Allure, Newsweek, the Washington Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. He has also appeared on local and national news programs including ABC World News Tonight, Nightline, NBC National Nightly News, MSNBC, and The Learning Channel. Dr. Baker has been recognized as one of the Washingtonian’s Top Docs in Plastic Surgery since 2005, one of America’s Top Doctors, and one of America’s Top Plastic Surgeons. Dr. Baker has received numerous awards for his accomplishments in plastic surgery and excellence in teaching. He is also a member of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, the most elite, peer reviewed society into which one is elected for clinical excellence toward the advancement of plastic surgery.

Specialized Training in Face and Body Cosmetic Surgery

Dr. Baker’s specialized training in facial surgery extends beyond traditional plastic surgery. His expertise includes eyelid, brow, facelift, nasal, chin, facial implants and jaw surgery as well as soft tissue filler injections. His experience and training give him a unique expertise to assess the optimal way to obtain an ideal aesthetic result. Whether it is by adding soft tissue fillers, repositioning folds and creases, adding facial implants, or by moving bones into a more favorable position, Dr. Baker is one of a few surgeons in the world who has expertise in each of these techniques allowing him to address each patient’s concern with the most appropriate treatment. Not every option is ideal or appropriate for every patient; therefore, Dr Baker will discuss individual approaches that best match each patient’s goals with the desired result and recovery. Not everyone has downtime available in order to recover from a surgical procedure. Dr. Baker will discuss less invasive methods to achieve desirable results with a more rapid recovery. Dr. Baker also specializes in body recontouring which includes procedures such as liposuction, abdominoplasty, breast augmentation, breast reduction, breast lift, and surgery after massive weight loss.

Reconstructive Surgery

Dr. Baker’s reconstructive practice focuses on facial reconstructive surgery. The variety of problems he treats include skin cancer, cleft lip and palate, craniofacial anomalies, nasal anomalies, facial tumors, facial trauma, and post-traumatic facial reconstruction. His medical and dental training give him expertise in the dental, maxillofacial, and plastic surgical principles which he incorporates into each of his patient’s treatment plans. This expertise also allows him to provide the continuum of care from birth through adolescence maintaining the relationship that is developed with the patient and his or her family in the treatment of children with congenital anomalies

Georgetown University Hospital

Department of Plastic Surgery
The Georgetown Department of Plastic Surgery is one of the premiere plastic surgery programs in the United States. Our department consistently recruits the top medical students in the United States who come to Georgetown to become plastic surgeons under the expert tutelage of our faculty. Residents may assist during the procedures while they are being taught by Dr. Baker, but Dr. Baker personally performs the surgery on all his patients. Dr. Baker operates in Washington DC at Georgetown University Hospital and in Northern Virginia at Inova Fairfax Hospital.

Dr. Baker has edited textbooks, written numerous chapters, published many articles and presented at national and international surgical conferences (see Awards and Accomplishments). His practice at Georgetown keeps him at the forefront of the latest advances in plastic surgery. He works as a consultant for several companies who have sought his expertise in developing technology and aesthetic dermatologic compounds to improve results in cosmetic surgery.

However, the most important part of Dr. Baker’s practice is his patients. Dr. Baker aspires to treat every patient as he would want himself or his family to be treated while safely achieving the best result for his patient.