The 20 Best Craniosynostosis Doctors in The United States

Jesse A. Goldstein, MD, is a craniofacial plastic surgeon certified in plastic and reconstructive surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is chief of the Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, director of the Cleft-Craniofacial Center at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. He is also program director of the Plastic Surgery Residency program and the Craniofacial Fellowship programs and an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Dr. Goldstein is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 14 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Metopic Ridge, Plagiocephaly, Osteotomy, and Bone Graft. Dr. Goldstein is board certified in American Board Of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Goldstein is currently accepting new patients.

Alex Kane is a Plastic Surgeon practicing medicine in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Kane is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 35 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Metopic Ridge, Lambdoid Synostosis, Craniectomy, and Osteotomy.

Joseph E. Losee, MD, is a pediatric plastic surgeon certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is the Dr. Ross H. Musgrave Endowed Chair of Pediatric Plastic Surgery and executive vice chair of the Department of Plastic Surgery at UPMC. Dr. Losee serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, and an Advisory Dean of Students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is the co-chair of the UPMC Health System Physician Wellness Initiative. Dr. Losee received his medical degree from University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He completed a residency in plastic surgery at the University of Rochester and a fellowship in craniofacial surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.View Dr. Losee's full list of publications from PubMed. Dr. Losee is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 10 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Plagiocephaly, Metopic Ridge, Bone Graft, and Osteotomy. Dr. Losee is board certified in American Board Of Plastic Surgery. Dr. Losee is currently accepting new patients.

Scott Bartlett is a Plastic Surgeon practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Bartlett is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 29 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Pfeiffer Syndrome, Apert Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Bone Graft. Dr. Bartlett is board certified in Plastic Surgery, 1987. Dr. Bartlett is currently accepting new patients.

Jordan Swanson is a General Surgeon and a Plastic Surgeon practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has been practicing medicine for over 18 years. Dr. Swanson is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 30 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Plagiocephaly, Crouzon Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Bone Graft. Dr. Swanson is board certified in Plastic Surgery, 2018. Dr. Swanson is currently accepting new patients.

Michael Alperovich is a Plastic Surgeon practicing medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. He has been practicing medicine for over 17 years. Dr. Alperovich is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 14 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Metopic Ridge, Plagiocephaly, Craniectomy, and Osteotomy.

Mark Urata is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon practicing medicine in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Urata is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 27 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Metopic Ridge, Plagiocephaly, Osteotomy, and Bone Graft. Dr. Urata is currently accepting new patients.

Robert Keating, MD, is currently a McCullough distinguished professor, interim senior vice president, Neuroscience and Behavioral Medicine Center and chief of Neurosurgery at Children’s National Hospital. A graduate of Georgetown University Medical School, he completed a neurosurgery residency and fellowship in pediatric neurosurgery/craniofacial surgery at the Albert Einstein and Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. Following his training, Dr. Keating served in the U.S. Navy and was stationed at the Oakland Naval Hospital serving as the chief from 1991-1994. After his time in the Navy, he returned to the Bronx where he was on staff at Montefiore Medical Center as well as the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center for two years before coming back to Washington, D.C., in 1996 to join the faculty at Children’s National Dr. Keating's past appointments include the president of the medical staff at Children’s National, as well as head of credentials. He currently maintains a busy practice of pediatric neurosurgery, with an emphasis on tumors, Chiari malformations, craniofacial reconstruction, spinal dysraphism, spasticity and brachial plexus surgery. As a member of the American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery and International Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery, he has published and presented extensively in the field. His publications include the previous texts, “An Atlas of Orbitocranial Surgery” and “Tumors of the Pediatric Nervous System” (2nd edition published in 2013), with current work on Neurosurgical Operative Atlas, (2nd ed. Goodrich JT, and Keating RF, Thieme) due for publication in 2018. He is also chair, medical advisory committee on the Board of the American Syringomyelia Alliance Project as well as a founding member of the Posterior Fossa Society and maintains long-standing membership in the CNS, AANS, ASPN and ISPN. Dr. Keating is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 22 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Metopic Ridge, Chiari Malformation Type 1, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Craniectomy. Dr. Keating is board certified in Neurological Surgery: American Board Of Neurological Surgery, 2000 and Neurological Surgery: American Board Of Neurological Surgery, 1993.

Gary F. Rogers, MD, JD, LLM, MBA, MPH, is an academic pediatric plastic surgeon, the Johnston Family professor of pediatric plastic surgery and chief of the Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery at Children’s National Hospital. A native of California, he earned his undergraduate education at UCLA in 1987 and matriculated at Tulane University School of Medicine. During the next four years, he completed three concurrent graduate degrees: a degree in medicine with honors (Alpha Omega Alpha), a Masters of Business Administration (1988-1991; A.B. Freeman School of Business) and a Masters of Public Health (1990-1991; Tulane University School of Public Health). Between 1991 and 1997, he completed a residency in orthopaedic surgery from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1991-1996) while attaining a law degree (JD) from the University of North Carolina, School of Law (1993-1997). His subsequent training included a plastic surgery residency from University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, fellowships in pediatric plastic/craniofacial surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard and orthopaedic hand and microsurgery from Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard (2001-2002). From 2002-2010, Dr. Rogers was a faculty member of the Division of Plastic and Oral Surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital and he held an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School. During this time, he co-invented two medical devices designed to prevent plagiocephaly. In 2010, Dr. Rogers joined Children’s National as the Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery. He is a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Rogers completed a Masters in Law (LL.M.) focusing on healthcare law from the George Washington School of Law in 2016 and is currently a student in the Masters of Applied Economics program at the George Washington University Columbian College of Arts and Science. Dr. Rogers holds a subspecialty board certification in hand surgery (CAQHS) from the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He has authored more than 170 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters. He has also lectured at numerous regional, national and international meetings. He and his wife of 23 years, Wendy, have four children and live in Great Falls, Virginia. Dr. Rogers is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 20 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Metopic Ridge, Plagiocephaly, Craniectomy, and Osteotomy. Dr. Rogers is board certified in Surgery Of The Hand: American Board Of Plastic Surgery, 2006, Plastic Surgery: American Board Of Plastic Surgery, 2005, and Orthopaedic Surgery: American Board Of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2004.

Derek Steinbacher is a Plastic Surgeon practicing medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Steinbacher is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 19 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Metopic Ridge, Craniosynostosis, Crouzon Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Bone Graft.

Dr. Magge is a Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery and serves as the Surgical Director of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Program. His clinical practice encompasses all types of pediatric neurosurgery, with particular clinical and research interests in pediatric brain tumors, craniosynostosis (endoscopic and open surgery), and pediatric neurovascular disease (including AVM’s and moyamoya disease). His brain tumor research has focused on finding better treatments for diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPG’s) and methods for liquid biopsy. He has been involved in multicenter clinical trials. In the field of craniosynostosis, he has been the principal investigator of a multicenter trial examining long term outcomes of children with craniosynostosis treated with either endoscopic or open surgery. He also started the first endoscopic craniosynostosis surgery program in the Washington, DC area and helped to grow a busy craniosynostosis practice in California. He has authored numerous scholarly papers, and he is a regular speaker at national and international conferences. Dr. Magge works to find the best treatment for each patient in the least invasive method possible.Prior to joining University of Michigan Health, Dr. Magge served as the Director of Neurosurgery and Co-Director of the Children’s Hospital of Orange County Neuroscience Institute and Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery at University of California Irvine. Prior to that, he was a faculty member in the Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC, where he started the pediatric neurosurgery fellowship program and served as fellowship director.Dr. Magge grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and he attended Harvard College for his undergraduate studies, where he majored in biochemistry. He then obtained his medical degree from Harvard Medical School, graduating in 2001. During medical school, he completed a 1 year Howard Hughes research fellowship at the NIH. He then completed neurosurgery residency training at the University of Pennsylvania in 2008, and fellowship training in pediatric neurosurgery at Boston Children’s Hospital in 2009. Dr. Magge is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 42 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Plagiocephaly, Cortical Dysplasia, Craniectomy, and Posterior Fossa Decompression. Dr. Magge is board certified in Neurological Surgery and Pediatric Neurosurgery.

Dr. Smyth is chief of the pediatric neurosurgery division at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital and director of the pediatric neurosurgery fellowship program. His specialties include pediatric neurosurgery, with sub-specialization in pediatric epilepsy surgery and craniofacial surgery with an emphasis on minimally invasive techniques. In addition, Dr. Smyth is a professor of neurosurgery in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Before joining the Johns Hopkins All Children’s medical staff, Dr. Smyth was the Appoline Blair Professor of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Dr. Smyth earned his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. He completed a general surgery internship in the Department of Surgery at the University of California, Irvine. He then completed a residency in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of California in San Francisco, where he was chief resident. Dr. Smyth completed a pediatric neurosurgery fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Alabama, Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Smyth is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 17 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Syringomyelia, Chiari Malformation Type 1, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Craniectomy. Dr. Smyth is board certified in American Board Of Pediatric Neurological Surgery and American Board Of Neurological Surgery.

Albert K. Oh, MD, is a surgeon specializing in cleft/craniofacial surgery and pediatric plastic surgery. Dr. Oh has published over 75 peer-reviewed scientific articles and book chapters, and is a member of the Plastic Surgery Research Council. His current research interests involve outcomes and safety of cleft/craniofacial procedures, 3D analysis of craniofacial morphology, Pierre Robin Sequence and vascular anomalies. Dr. Oh is a member of the American Association of Academic Chairmen of Plastic Surgery and is Associate Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School. He is also a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. Dr. Oh is Director of the Fellowship for Craniofacial and Pediatric Plastic Surgery and Co-Director of the Cleft and Craniofacial Center at Children’s National. Dr. Oh is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 17 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Plagiocephaly, Micrognathia, Craniectomy, and Osteotomy. Dr. Oh is board certified in Plastic Surgery: American Board Of Plastic Surgery, 2007, Cardiothoracic Surgery: American Board Of Surgery, 2005, and Surgery (General Surgery): American Board Of Surgery, 2005.

John S. Myseros, MD, is a senior pediatric neurosurgeon who joined Children’s National in 2004 and has been in practice since 1997. He has clinical and surgical expertise in and published manuscripts and textbook chapters on practically every aspect of pediatric neurosurgery, including tumors of the brain and spinal cord, craniofacial and tethered cord surgery, and vascular neurosurgery. Dr. Myseros has vast experience in and a national and international reputation and referral for brain tumors in children. He plays a vital and collaborative role in the world-class Brain Tumor Institute at Children's National. As part of the dynamic, cutting-edge and world-renowned Division of Neurosurgery, Dr. Myseros is a professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics and the vice chief of the division. He sees patients at the main hospital in Washington, D.C., as well the neurosurgical office in Fairfax, VA. Publications Google Scholar PUBMED. Dr. Myseros is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 25 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Chiari Malformation, Chiari Malformation Type 1, Posterior Fossa Decompression, and Osteotomy. Dr. Myseros is board certified in Neurological Surgery: American Board Of Neurological Surgery, 2000 and American Board Of Pediatric Neurological Surgery, 2000.

Matthew White is a Radiologist and a Neuroradiologist practicing medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. He has been practicing medicine for over 33 years. Dr. White is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Lambdoid Synostosis, Baller-Gerold Syndrome, Metopic Ridge, Craniosynostosis, and Tissue Biopsy.

John Smetona is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Oak Lawn, Illinois. Dr. Smetona is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Metopic Ridge, Plagiocephaly, Craniosynostosis, Osteotomy, and Craniectomy. Dr. Smetona is board certified in American Board Of Plastic Surgery.

Jesse Taylor is a Plastic Surgeon practicing medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Taylor is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 40 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Crouzon Syndrome, Treacher Collins Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Glossectomy.

John Persing is a Neurosurgery provider practicing medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Persing is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 18 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Metopic Ridge, Craniosynostosis, Plagiocephaly, Crouzon Syndrome, and Craniectomy.

Mark Proctor is a General Surgeon practicing medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Proctor is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 33 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Metopic Ridge, Plagiocephaly, Craniectomy, and Posterior Fossa Decompression.

Kamlesh Patel is a Plastic Surgeon practicing medicine in Saint Louis, Missouri. Dr. Patel is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Craniosynostosis. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Craniosynostosis, Metopic Ridge, Plagiocephaly, Craniectomy, and Osteotomy.