About me
Dr. Stephen B. Baker is a board certified plastic surgeon who practices all aspects of cosmetic and reconstructive surgery and is a nationally recognized expert in plastic 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. This expertise is applied to all of his patients in both cosmetic and reconstructive procedures. Dr. Baker's philosophy and approach to aesthetic surgery has been featured in magazines and newspapers such as Elle, Allure, The London Times, Newsweek, The Washington Post, and many others. He has also appeared on local and national news programs including ABC World News Tonight, Nightline, NBC National Nightly News, and The Learning Channel. Dr. Baker has been recognized as one of Castle and Connolly's Top Plastic surgeons since 2005, and he has been ranked in the top 1% of plastic surgeons nationally by U.S. News and World Report. He has been named in Washingtonian's Top Docs, Northern Virginia Magazine's Best Doctors, Virginia Living's Top Doctors, America's Top Doctors, America's Best Doctors, and one of America's Top Plastic Surgeons.
The MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Department of Plastic Surgery is one of the premiere plastic surgery practices in the United States, and keeps Dr. Baker at the forefront of the latest advances in plastic surgery. Dr. Baker actively engages in IRB approved research and clinical trials to improve the clinical care he brings to his patients. He has won awards for the quality of his contributions to the specialty and has several patents for plastic surgery inventions. He has edited textbooks, written numerous chapters and articles, taught courses at the specialty's national meeting, served as a ASMS Visiting Professor, and presented at national and international surgical conferences. However, the most important part of his practice is his patients. Dr. Baker aspires to treat every patient as he would want himself or his family to be treated while achieving the best result for his patients.
Conditions Treated
- Facial Rejuvenation
- Nasal Deformities
- Cosmetic Surgery
- Jaw Deformities
- Chin Surgery
- Facial Asymmetry
- Skin Cancer
- Cleft Lip and Palate
- Facial Trauma
- Mohs Defects
- Scars
Procedures Performed
- Rhinoplasty (Nose Surgery)
- Face Lift
- Chin Surgery (Chin Implant)
- Facial Implants (Cheek Implant and Jaw Implant)
- Eyelid Surgery (Blepharoplasty)
- Craniofacial Surgery
- Facial Asymmetry
- Cranioplasty
- Jaw Surgery (Orthognathic Surgery)
- Skin Cancer
- Mohs Reconstruction
- Pediatric Plastic Surgery
- Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck)
- Breast Reduction
- Liposuction
Clinical areas of focus
- Chin Surgery
- Facial Cosmetic Surgery
- Jaw Surgery
- Rhinoplasty
Procedures I perform
- Abdominoplasty
- Aesthetic Surgery
- Benign Lesion Excision Over 4.0 Cm
- Body Contouring
- Botox Injection
- Breast Lift Surgery
- Breast Reduction
- Buttock Lipectomy
- Cheek, Chin, And Neck Rhytidectomy
- Chin Surgery
- Cleft Lip And Palate Treatment
- Cleft Palate Repair
- Complex Wound Repair
- Cranioplasty
- Dermal Fillers
- Destruction Of Benign Lesions
- Destruction Of Malignant Lesion
- Destruction Of Premalignant Lesions
- Ear Cartilage Graft
- Ear Reconstruction
- Excision Of Cyst
- Excision Of External Ear
- Excision Of Eyelid Lesion
- Excision, Excessive Skin And Subcutaneous Tissue
- Excision, Lip
- Excision, Tumor, Soft Tissue Of Face Or Scalp
- Excision, Tumor, Soft Tissue Of Shoulder Area
- Eyelid Reanimation
- Facelift
- Facial Bones Osteoplasty
- Facial Cosmetic Surgery
- Facial Plastic Surgery
- Forearm Lipectomy
- Fracture Nasal Inferior Turbinate
- Ganglion Cyst Excision
- Incision And Drainage Of Infected Wound
- Jaw Surgery
- Lesion Excision
- Lid Margin Repair
- Lip Augmentation
- Lipectomy
- Lower Jaw Advancement
- Malar Fracture Treatment
- Mandibular Condylar Fracture Treatment
- Mandibular Fracture Treatment
- Mastopexy
- Maxilla Synthetic Supplement
- Maxillary Fracture Repair
- Mohs Micrographic Surgery
- Mohs Reconstruction
- Mohs Surgery
- Muscle Flap
- Nasal Bone Graft
- Neck Rhytidectomy
- Neck Rhytidectomy With Platysmal Flap
- Ocular Reconstruction
- Orbit Supplement
- Orbitocraniofacial Reconstruction
- Otoplasty For Prominent Ears
- Palatoplasty
- Palatoplasty For Cleft Palate
- Pediatric Plastic Surgery
- Ptosis Repair
- Ptosis Repair With Frontalis Sling
- Reconstruction Of Bifrontal, Superior
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Removal Of Implant
- Repair Of Anterior Palate
- Repair Of Intermediate Wound
- Reposition Mandible With Internal Fixation
- Reposition Maxilla With Internal Fixation
- Reposition Orbit With Internal Fixation
- Reposition Zygomatic Bone With Internal Fixation
- Rhinoplasty
- Scalp Skin Repair
- Scar Revision
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Shaving Of Lesion
- Skin Rejuvenation
- Skin Tag Removal
- Smas Flap Rhytidectomy
- Suction Assisted Lipectomy, Head And Neck
- Suction Assisted Lipectomy, Lower Extremity
- Suction Assisted Lipectomy, Trunk
- Suction Assisted Lipectomy, Upper Extremity
- Thigh Lipectomy
- Turbinate Submucous Resection
- Uvulopalatoplasty
- Vestibuloplasty
- Wound Repair
- Zygomatic Arch Fracture Treatment
Practice locations
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3800 Reservoir Rd NW
PHC 1st Fl
Washington, DC, 20007
6862 Elm St
Ste 800A
McLean, VA, 22101
6862 Elm St
Ste 800
McLean, VA, 22101
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-Open POS II
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Sentara Health
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- OA Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- IH-Network Only Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA Indemnity
- UHC Passport
- Network OA
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Navigate
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- First Health PPO
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- TRICARE for Life East
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Blue Choice Advantage
- POS OA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- IH-PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Beech Street PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Medicare Direct
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- TRICARE East Prime
- CIGNA PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- IH-POS
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open POS Plus
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open HMO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- HighMark
- CareFirst NASCO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Choice Fund PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- TRICARE East Select
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Employee Health Plan
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Choice POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Administrators
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna HMO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Police and Fire Clinic
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery
Fellowship: Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia (2001)
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania GME (2001)
Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania GME (2000)
Internship: University of Pennsylvania (1997)
Medical School: University of Pennsylvania (1993)
Medical School: Uc Davis (1986)
Awards
- Washingtonian Top Doc 2025