
Overview
Dr. Fisher is an associate professor of plastic surgery in the Johns Hopkins Department of Plastic Surgery. His areas of clinical expertise include burn surgery, burn reconstruction, craniofacial surgery, and reconstructive microsurgery. He serves as the Director of the Johns Hopkins Bayview Adult Burn Center. Committed to acute and reconstructive burn care of the highest quality, Dr. Fisher completed extensive training at multiple leading centers. These included a Burn Fellowship at the Shriners Hospital for Burns in Galveston, a Plastic Surgery Residency at Duke University, a Craniofacial Fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and a research fellowship at Harvard. Throughout his career Dr. Fisher has brought the full breadth and depth of his training to care for patients with the most complex injuries and deformities. From 2014 to 2022 he was on the faculty of the University of Iowa where he served in the burn unit, led the craniofacial team, and served the hand trauma team. Recognizing that complex injuries need coordinated care, he developed the Complex Face Group at Iowa to coordinate multiple specialty collaboration. Burns cause disfigurement, disability, and death particularly among the poor in the US and across the globe. Dr. Fisher’s research interests include improving prevention wherever burns happen, improving acute and reconstructive outcomes, and strengthening healthcare systems in the US and abroad in the face of burn and other disasters. His research interests also include wound healing and scar for burns and trauma. He has been a national and international leader in burn care. He founded and chaired the American Burn Association Committee on Reconstruction. He also founded and continues to lead the ABA series of burn reconstruction courses. He is frequently invited to speak internationally and serves actively in burn-related humanitarian agencies. Throughout his career, Dr. Fisher has emphasized the importance of a holistic approach seeking the restoration of not only physical health, but emotional recovery, social connection, and work reintegration of his patients.
Dr. Fisher is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crouzon Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Melanoma, Neurofibromatosis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), Osteotomy, and Bone Graft.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 54 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Crouzon Syndrome.
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Locations
4940 Eastern Avenue, Bayview Medical Offices, Level 01 (G), Clinic 6, Bayview Medical Offices, Level 01 (G), Clinic 6, Baltimore, MD 21224
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Fisher has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
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Craig Dufresne MD And Associates
Dr. Craig R. Dufresne is a plastic surgeon affiliated with Sibley Memorial Hospital and Inova Fairfax Hospital, as well as a clinical professor of plastic surgery at Georgetown University Medical Center, a clinical associate professor of plastic surgery at Johns Hopkins University and director of the craniofacial program at Inova Fairfax Hospital for Children. He has a private practice in Fairfax, Va. Dr. Dufresne has an expertise in aesthetic and cosmetic plastic surgery, pediatric craniofacial plastic surgery, and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Dufresne earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont and his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed a general surgery residency at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, followed by a plastic surgery fellowship at the Institute of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of New York University Medical Center. Dr. Dufresne also completed a fellowship in craniofacial and microvascular surgery at New York University Medical Center. He has served as the section chief of the division of plastic surgery at Inova Fairfax Hospital; assistant professor of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University; director of the facial rehabilitation center at the Children’s Hospital in Baltimore and Johns Hopkins Hospital; director of the ear deformity clinic for the Johns Hopkins Hospital; chief of plastic surgery service at Loch Raven VA Medical Center; and attending consultant at the University of Maryland and Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services. Dr. Dufresne is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the International Craniomaxillofacial Society. He is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, the American Medical Association, the American Cleft Lip and Palate Society, the John Staige Davis Society and the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons. Dr. Dufresne has been repeatedly named one of America’s Top Doctors by Castle Connolly, as well as a Top Doctor in the Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Washington-Baltimore areas. Consumers’ Checkbook Magazine has named him a Top MD and the Washington Post has named him a Super Doctor. Dr. Dufresne has also been named a Top MD by Washingtonian Magazine and a Top Plastic Surgeon by Northern Virginia Magazine. Dr. Dufresne has contributed to numerous presentations and exhibits, co-authored papers and book chapters, published book and articles reviews, appeared on documentaries and television specials, and conducted research grants and projects. Dr. Dufresne is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crouzon Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Crouzon Syndrome, Acromicric Dysplasia, and Keloids.
Jordan Gornitsky is a Plastic Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Gornitsky is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crouzon Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Goldenhar Disease, Microtia, Treacher Collins Syndrome, Osteotomy, and Bone Graft. Dr. Gornitsky is currently accepting new patients.
Medstar Medical Group Ii LLC
Kenneth Fan is a Plastic Surgeon in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Fan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Crouzon Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Micrognathia, Breast Enlargement In Males, Necrotizing Fasciitis, Leg or Foot Amputation, and Lymphadenectomy. Dr. Fan is currently accepting new patients.
Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- MelanomaDr. Fisher isAdvanced. Learn about Melanoma.
- OsteotomyDr. Fisher isAdvanced. Learn about Osteotomy.
- Experienced
- Acanthosis NigricansDr. Fisher isExperienced. Learn about Acanthosis Nigricans.
- Arteriovenous MalformationDr. Fisher isExperienced. Learn about Arteriovenous Malformation.
- Bone GraftDr. Fisher isExperienced. Learn about Bone Graft.
- Breast Enlargement In MalesDr. Fisher isExperienced. Learn about Breast Enlargement In Males.
- CellulitisDr. Fisher isExperienced. Learn about Cellulitis.
- CraniosynostosisDr. Fisher isExperienced. Learn about Craniosynostosis.