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
- Cleft Lip And Palate Treatment
- Cleft Palate Repair
- Facial Cosmetic Surgery
- Mohs Micrographic Surgery
- Mohs Reconstruction
- Mohs Surgery
- Rhinoplasty
Procedures I perform
- Abdominoplasty
- Aesthetic Surgery
- Benign Lesion Excision Over 4.0 Cm
- Body Contouring
- Botox Injection
- Breast Cyst Removal
- Breast Deformity Correction
- Breast Lift Surgery
- Breast Reduction
- Buttock Lipectomy
- Cheek, Chin, And Neck Rhytidectomy
- Cleft Lip And Palate Treatment
- Cleft Palate Repair
- Complex Wound Repair
- Corneal Patch Graft
- Cranioplasty
- Dental Extractions
- 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
- Femoral Nerve Transfer
- Forearm Lipectomy
- Fracture Nasal Inferior Turbinate
- Ganglion Cyst Excision
- Gastrointestinal Trauma Treatment
- Incision And Drainage Of Infected Wound
- Jaw Surgery
- Jejunum Supplement
- Lesion Excision
- Lid Margin Repair
- Lip Augmentation
- Lipectomy
- Lower Jaw Advancement
- Malar Fracture Treatment
- Mandibular Condylar Fracture Treatment
- Mandibular Fracture Treatment
- Mastectomy
- Mastopexy
- Maxilla Synthetic Supplement
- Maxillary Distraction
- 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
- Ostectomy
- Otoplasty For Prominent Ears
- Palatoplasty
- Palatoplasty For Cleft Palate
- Pediatric Plastic Surgery
- Phoropter
- Ptosis Repair
- Ptosis Repair With Frontalis Sling
- Reconstruction Of Bifrontal, Superior
- Reconstructive Surgery
- Removal Of Implant
- Repair Of Anterior Palate
- Repair Of Intermediate Wound
- Repair Perineum Muscle
- 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 Graft Urethroplasty
- 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
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
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- IH-Open POS Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United Student Resources
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- First Health PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Choice POS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Indemnity
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS II
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- TRICARE East Select
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- POS OA
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- HealthyBlue PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Medicare FFS
- UHC Passport
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Network OA
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- IH-PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Optimum Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst EPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Navigate
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Aetna HMO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- HighMark
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Administrators
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- TRICARE for Life East
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Choice POS II
- Medicare Direct
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Basic
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-POS
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- First Health PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Beech Street PPO
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Education
Board Certification: American Board of Plastic Surgery, Plastic Surgery
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania GME (2001)
Fellowship: Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia (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