Stephen S Park, MD
Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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Bio & Overview
Stephen S. Park, MD, is board certified by the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and is a diplomat of the American Board of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery.
He received his medical education at the University of Michigan Medical School, residency at Tufts University Medical Center, and fellowship training in facial plastic surgery at the Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland.
His training includes six years of head and neck surgery with specialization in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. Dr. Park joined the faculty at the University of Virginia in 1994 and is currently a professor and chair of the department. He is recognized as an expert in the field, lecturing nationally and internationally on his facial plastic techniques. He has shared his expertise in many published books and journal articles.
His areas of specific interest and expertise include the following:
Aesthetic surgery
- Facelift, neck lift, rhytidectomy, and midface lift
- Browlift, forehead lift, blepharoplasty, and eyelid surgery
- Rhinoplasty (nose job) septoplasty, nasal valve surgery, nose reshaping, deviated septum surgery, and nasal obstruction
- Otoplasty, ear pinning, and reshaping
- Liposuction
Reconstructive surgery
- Nasal reconstruction and forehead flap
- Reconstruction of lips, ears, and eyelids, and facial reconstruction
- Skin cancer, including melanoma, basal cell skin cancer, and squamous cell skin cancer
Congenital
- Microtia, ear creation, and rebuilding
Trauma
- Facial fracture repair, broken nose, and facial trauma
- Scar revision
Academic Information
- Department
- Otolaryngology
- Academic Role
- Professor
- Division
- Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Infants (0-2)
Children (2-12)
Adolescents (12-21)
Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- University of Michigan Medical School
- Residency
- Boston Medical Center
- Fellowships
- Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine
- Certification
- American Board of Otolaryngology (Otolaryngology)
- Appointment
- Director - Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Additional Specialties
- Facial Plastic Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery, Otolaryngology
Highlights
Dr. Stephen Park video profile
I'm Stephen Park. I'm a Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, head neck surgery, and the Director in the Division of Facial Plastic Surgery. Facial plastic surgery is obviously just the face. It basically deals with four different primary areas. That's facial cosmetic surgery such as, rhinoplasties and face lift, facial reconstruction from skin cancer, and, trauma, facial fractures. Then congenital defects, so children who are born with a cleft lip, or born without an ear. We rebuild those. Skin cancer is ubiquitous now. It's really unbelievable particularly as the Baby Boomer generation hits that age, so we see a lot of skin cancer, and a lot of it on the nose. Again, for obvious reasons you can't hide it, so I sort of built a niche for rebuilding the nose. That's probably what I'm best known for. We can put things back together. We can do it well enough that actually when they meet somebody on the street, a layperson, they won't even notice it. I mean that's really where the bar is today.
Awards
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2018 Best Bedside Manner Awards, OurHealth Charlottesville and Shenandoah Valley Magazine; Third Place, Plastic Surgeon: Cosmetic
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2011-2020 Best Doctors in America® List
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2005-2009, 2019-2020 America's Best Doctor Award
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President of the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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2005 American Academy of Otolaryngology Foundation - Certificate of Honor for Distinguished Services Awarded
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1997-1998 Ira P. Tresley Award for Best Research in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, San Antonio, TX
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