About Oscar Ramirez, MD

Dr. Ramirez is a diplomat of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, which means he has completed the necessary years of training and passed the qualifying examination to be certified as specialist in plastic surgery. He holds academic appointments as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Ramirez is an internationally acclaimed plastic surgeon known for his innovative surgical techniques in reconstructive and cosmetic surgery, particularly, endoscopic plastic surgery. He is an international speaker on advanced plastic surgery techniques. Dr. Ramirez has more than 18 years of experience in the field. He has been featured in many important newspapers and magazines such as Allure, Prevention, U.S. News, The Baltimore Sun, Warfield Business Record, Towson TImes, Votre Beaute (France), Der Spiegel (Germany). He has been interviewed by television stations in Germany, Japan, Australia, Brazil and the United States. Dr. Ramirez has been a visiting professor at many university centers in the USA, Asia, Europe and South America. He has been actively involved in research and teaching other plastic surgeons in his private center formerly in Baltimore (Timonium, “Esthétique Internationale”) and now practicing at “Ramirez Plastic Surgery” at the Elite Center for Cosmetic Surgery in Weston, Florida. Doctor Ramirez gives surgical demonstrations to other plastic surgeons around the world. Dr. Ramirez has authored over one hundred articles, a number of textbooks on aesthetic surgery and endoscopic surgical techniques, as well as serving as a contributing author for an additional twenty medical textbooks. In 2004, Dr. Ramirez was named one of 2,000 Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century for his contribution to science in the area of plastic and reconstructive surgery, by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England. Dr. Ramirez is a member of the following societies: The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Rhinoplasty Society (Founding Member), Lipoplasty Society of North America, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Inc., The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS), John Staige Davis Society, Baltimore County Medical Society, Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland, Johns Hopkins Medical and Surgical Association, Iberolatinamerican Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, AAAASF, and AMA.