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 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
- 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
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
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- CareFirst EPO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Employee Health Plan
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- IH-HMO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- IH-POS Plus
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- HighMark
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CIGNA EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- United Student Resources
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-Open HMO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- POS OA
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Sentara Health
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Choice POS
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- UHC Passport
- TRICARE for Life East
- CIGNA PPO
- Network OA
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Choice POS II
- Medicare Direct
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Basic
- Navigate
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- MultiPlan, Inc
- TRICARE East Prime
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-POS
- Choice Fund PPO
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- First Health PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Classic 5000
- First Health PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Medicare FFS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
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