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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6862 Elm St
Ste 800
McLean, VA, 22101
3800 Reservoir Rd NW
PHC 1st Fl
Washington, DC, 20007
6862 Elm St
Ste 800A
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 Classic 3500
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Blue Choice Advantage
- IH-EPO Plus
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- TRICARE for Life East
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- OA Plus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- HighMark
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Choice POS
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice
- POS OA
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice POS II
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- IH-POS
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna Basic
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Network OA
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- IH-Open POS Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- TRICARE East Prime
- TRICARE East Select
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Medicare Direct
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Choice Fund PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- UHC Passport
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Indemnity
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Core Essential (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-Open POS II
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Medicare FFS
- CIGNA EPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
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