Dr. Navin Singh is a Board-Certified plastic surgeon in private practice and an Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also a clinical assistant professor of Neurosurgery as well as Gynecology because of his extensive experience in reconstruction of neurologic and gynecologic structures. He is licensed in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC and practices at Sibley, Suburban, INOVA Fairfax, Johns Hopkins, and Shady Grove Hospitals. A portion of Dr. Singh's practice is based at Johns Hopkins Hospital which has been consistently ranked No. 1 in the nation by U.S. News and World Report for 18 years in a row.
Educated in New York, Boston, and Washington, DC, he received his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Mathematics from Brown University and during his M.D. curriculum graduated at the top of his medical class. He also holds a Masters of Science in Clinical Biostatistics from Harvard. After completing his plastic surgery training at Johns Hopkins, including a fellowship in craniofacial reconstruction and microsurgery, he earned an MBA.
Via his training at the upper echelons in Shock Trauma, microsurgery, laser surgery, endoscopic techniques, and ultrasonic-assisted lipoplasty, he is a seasoned surgeon. His practice is limited to craniomaxillofacial, breast, and body cosmetic surgery.
Dr. Singh maintains an active surgical practice focusing on breast surgery and body surgery (tissue expander/implant, DIEP or TRAM flap, reduction, lifts, augmentation), aesthetic cosmetic surgery such as rhinoplasty, facelifts, and injectables, microvascular surgery, and abdominal wall reconstruction. His research interests include minimally invasive surgery, laser techniques, and computer/robotic-assisted plastic surgery. Dr. Singh speaks nationally and internationally on these topics and is a requested speaker at the major medical centers here in the USA and has been sought to perform surgery on numerous international dignitaries and royalty both here and abroad. Dr. Singh’s services have been requested by royalty, ambassadors, politicians, authors, and contestants of the Miss America and Miss Universe pageants, and the Washington Redskins cheerleaders. In fact, he has been requested to operate on the family members of nurses, plastic surgeons, as well as on other plastic surgeons themselves. Patients have flocked to him, travelling specifically to have a consult with him from Dubai, Hong Kong, Latin America, and Germany.
Dr. Singh is widely published because of his numerous research studies and has authored influential papers on cosmetic surgery in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Annals of Plastic Surgery, and is on the editorial board of The Aesthetic Surgery Journal and Microsurgery. He has contributed book chapters for Current Therapy in Plastic Surgery, AO Manual of Internal Fixation of the Craniomaxillofacial Skeleton, and Current Surgical Therapy. He even has a children’s book devoted to cleft lip children awaiting repair to his credit. He holds several patents for surgical devices for placement of silicone gel implants, and created WikiPlast—an online wiki of plastic surgery knowledge for surgeons and patients alike.
He is on several committees of national surgical organizations such as The Association of Academic Chairmen in Plastic Surgery, American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons, The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and The American College of Surgeons, as well as a founding member of the Society of Aesthetic Breast Surgeons. He was awarded the prestigious “Certificate of Advanced Education in Cosmetic Surgery” by ASAPS, and is often consulted by the local and national media. His patient for breast enhancement and lift was on the national panel for the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in 2006, and his patients were featured as the national Patients of Courage in 2004 and again in 2008 for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons !
As an educator, he has taught at Board Certification review courses and writes for the annual in-training examination for plastic surgery, and has twice been the recipient of the Teacher of the Year award at Johns Hopkins and the Osler Teaching Award in 2008. He has been voted among America’s Top Physicians and America’s Top Plastic Surgeons by the Consumer Research Council of America. He has been featured in both print and broadcast media (Discovery Channel, Maryland Public Television, Fox, Daily Café, Capitol File, Baltimore Magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, Self, Allure and Glamour) for his innovative work at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, and received the Hero Award from the Shock Trauma Center.
He is involved in philanthropy – and spends about 4-6 weeks of his personal time each year on surgical missions to Ecuador, India, Peru, Philippines, and China with Interplast, OpSmile, and CareForKids to help those less fortunate than us—performing birth defect repairs such as cleft lip and burns. He also founded a plastic surgery think tank-Plastic Surgery Advisors as well as a 501-3-c corp for charitable activities. As an advocate for patients, he sits on the Research Commission of the ASPS as well as the Government Affairs Committee, and is the advisor for the Breast Health Center of the National Women’s Health Resource Center, past Director of the Johns Hopkins Avon Breast Center and is currently the Director of the National Capital Breast Reconstruction Fellowship in Bethesda, and has spent 10 years teaching young residents Johns Hopkins in state of the art cosmetic surgery and reconstruction. Additionally, Navin serves as the current Chair of the Data Safety Monitoring Board for Breast Implants for Allergan, Inc.
With over 16 years of experience in medicine and 10 years in specializing in Plastic Surgery, having been Director of Microsurgery and Craniofacial Surgery at Shock Trauma and Director of Breast Surgery and Cosmetic Surgery Education at Johns Hopkins, Dr. Singh has limited his practice to facial aesthetic surgery and breast and body contouring.
Dr. Singh's practice philosophy is that if you are spending more time with a nurse than with the surgeon, then you are probably in the wrong hands. What plastic surgeons do is a novelty, not a commodity. Your care should be customized to you and your body, your lifestyle, and the doctor should get to know both of those aspects before recommending a procedure. It involves not just measuring, mapping, and photographing--but compassionate listening to produce the goal of a SATISFIED patient with an outstanding clinical result.
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BREAST AUGMENTATION: When it comes to breast augmentation, some plastic surgeons just focus on size. That's not enough. What Dr. Singh wants to produce for the client is not just big breasts, but pretty breasts. We aren't trying to create another "Silicone Valley" in Washington, DC. Tasteful, proportionate and attractive breasts are Dr. Navin Singh's goal in plastic surgery. His patients are the envy of others.
TUMMY TUCKS: This is a procedure often done as part of a mommy make-over to improve the tummy area in those women who are vibrant, full of life, and just don't feel that body matches in their inner vigor and lust for life. Dr. Singh can help "bring sexy back."
FACIAL REJUVENATION: For many patients, eyelid surgery can improve the central area of the face, for patients who say "I'm tired of people say that I look tired." It can help turn back the clock when life is getting good. Often Dr. Singh treats patients who are not just looking for a mommy-make-over but a mother-of-the-bride-make-over. Hey, why not look almost as good as the bride.
Affordable, meticulous and detailed plastic surgery by an expert in facial surgery can be like warm sunshine on your face--able to bring out your natural beauty and highlight it for you to enjoy.
"Old school" is great in fashion, but not on your face. Meet Dr. Singh for the "new school" approach on plastic surgery--minimally invasive, minimally disruptive.
LIPOSUCTION: When fads and magic pills fail, try a scientific based approach to liposuction, whether by Liposelection (ultra-sound guided) or Laser based liposuction to remove unsightly and stubborn fat deposits.
QUOTES: His staff says, "I don't know whether I would call him a technician, because of his precision in surgery, or an artist because of his passion for beautiful results."
Dr. Singh is a Board-Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and co-founder and senior partner at Ivy Plastic Surgery Associates. He is also an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Hospital where he directs the Cosmetic Surgery Educational Program and was the Residency Program Director in Plastic Surgery as well as Director of Breast Reconstruction. He is the recipient of the "Hero Award" from University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in 2001, as well as "Teacher of the Year" by the Johns Hopkins Plastic Surgery residents in 2002 and 2004. He is an Assistant Professor in Surgery (Plastic) and has honorary appointments as Assistant Professor in Gynecology and in Neurosurgery because of his notable expertise and collaborative research in those fields.
Singh is an alum of Stuyvesant High School in New York City, of Brown University, graduating magna cum laude, in Philosophy and Mathematics, and the Brown Medical School where he received the Dean's Prize for the Outstanding Male Student of the Graduating Class. He concurrently obtained a M.Sc. in Biostatistics at Harvard School of Public Health, and thereafter trained in plastic surgery at the prestigious Johns Hopkins Hospital between 1993-1999, becoming board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery in 2001. During his faculty tenure he also earned an MBA from The Carey Business School of Johns Hopkins University in 2005.
Publications and investigative tomes of Dr. Singh have contributed to the current knowledge base via several noted journals. They impact both aesthetic surgery as well as reconstructive microsurgery--including robotic surgery and breast reconstruction. His research has received awards such as the Naval Warfare & Mobility Supervisor’s Award in the Department of Defense, Pentagon (1989), the Marge Drolette Prize in Biostatistics at Harvard (1992), and the Best Resident Research Paper for the of the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (2005).
Dr. Singh has contributed chapters to 8 textbooks of surgery and plastic surgery, written over 20 medline-indexed papers and sits on the editorial board of The Aesthetic Surgery Journal and Microsurgery and has served as a reviewer for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Annals of Plastic Surgery. His media appearances include NPR, AP News wire, Maryland Public Television, and MSNBC.com. He has given over 40 national and international presentations and chaired sessions. Dr. Singh is on several committees in both American Society of Plastic Surgeons as well as the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. In 2005, he was listed in "America’s Top Physicians" by the Consumer Research Council of America.
He has been a visiting professor at multiple universities including Univ. of Massachusetts in 2003, Texas Tech, Brooke Army Medical Center, and New York Medical College in 2004. An intrepid traveler and humanist, Dr. Singh participates annually and donates to philanthropic surgical missions with groups such as Ecuadent, Interplast, Operation Smile, and Rotaplast. Navin Singh received a Certificate of Special Recognition for Community Service and Voluntarism from American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery in 2005.
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