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Division of Plastic Surgery

Plastic Surgeons

Ronald P. Silverman, M.D.

Ronald P. Silverman, M.D.

Dr. Silverman is an associate professor of surgery in the University of Maryland School of Medicine and chief of the division of plastic surgery. Dr. Silverman has experience in facial and nasal reconstruction, skin cancer resection, burn reconstruction, complex wound management, general reconstructive surgery, as well as facial and breast cosmetic surgery. He maintains a clinical and research interest in skin cancer resection and facial/nasal reconstruction and is currently involved in research projects focused on tissue engineering for reconstructive surgery.

Dr. Silverman is also a member of the Kernan Hospital Cleft Lip and Palate team. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, where he was awarded the Wayne W. Babock prize for outstanding performance in surgery, Dr. Silverman completed his plastic surgery residency at Harvard/Massachusetts General Hospital, where he gained an extensive experience in both cosmetic as well as reconstructive surgery.

Dr. Silverman is an expert in minimally invasive cosmetic surgery, facial cosmetic surgery, and breast and body contouring.

Practice Locations:

University of Maryland Medical Center
22 S. Greene Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Appointment phone number: 410-328-2360

Kernan Hospital
2200 Kernan Drive
Baltimore, Maryland 21207
Appointment phone number: 410-328-2360

University of Maryland Medicine at Timonium
One Texas Station, Suite 300
Timonium, MD 21093
Appointment phone number: 410-328-2360


Michael R. Christy, M.D., M.A.

Michael R. Christy, M.D.

Dr. Christy is an assistant professor of surgery in the University of Maryland School of Medicine and a member of the trauma plastic surgery team at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. Dr. Christy's special interests include microsurgical reconstruction, hand sugery and perforator flaps.

Dr. Christy received his medical degree from the Boston University School of Medicine. He completed both general surgery and plastic surgery residencies at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and fellowships in hand surgery and microsurgery at the University of Southern California and hand surgery at the Southern California Orthopaedic Institute.

Practice Location:

University of Maryland Medical Center/Shock Trauma Center
22 S. Greene Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Appointment phone number: 410-328-3058


Brian R. Gastman, M.D.

Brian R. Gastman, M.D.

Dr. Gastman is an assistant professor of surgery and otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Gastman's special interests in microvascular surgery, including trauma and cancer reconstruction, head and neck cancer surgery as well as all areas of cosmetic surgery.

He received his medical degree at the University of Michigan School of Medicine in 1996. His postdoctoral training included a residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. While in residency he was awarded the position of a 2-year NIH postdoctoral fellow. His research won a number of local and national awards and multiple publications and grants. He then completed a fellowship in head and neck microvascular surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Finally, he completed a full residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Practice Locations:

University of Maryland Medical Center
22 S. Greene Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Appointment phone number: 410-328-2360

Maryland General Hospital
827 Linden Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Appointment phone number: 410-225-8975


Nelson H. Goldberg, M.D.

Nelson H. Goldberg, M.D.

Dr. Goldberg is a professor of surgery in the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Goldberg’s special areas of expertise include abdominal reconstruction, breast reconstruction after mastectomy, cancer, congenital deformities, cosmetic surgery, hand surgery and peripheral nerve surgery. After receiving his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Goldberg completed a plastic surgery residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital and a hand fellowship at Yale-Hartford Hospital.

Practice Locations:

University of Maryland Medical Center
22 S. Greene Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Appointment phone number: 410-328-2360

Baltimore Washington Medical Center
301 Hospital Drive
Glen Burnie, Maryland 21061
Appointment phone number: 410-328-2360


Eduardo D. Rodriguez, M.D., D.D.S.

Eduardo D. Rodriguez, M.D., D.D.S.

Dr. Rodriguez is an assistant professor of surgery in the University of Maryland School of Medicine and section chief of plastic surgery at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. Dr. Rodriguez's areas of special interest include perforator flaps, maxillofacial reconstructive surgery and designer microsurgery.

Dr. Rodriguez received his medical degree at the Medical College of Virginia, and his dental degree (D.D.S.) at the New York University College of Dentistry. He completed residencies in anesthesiology (Jackson Memorial Hospital/VA Medical Center), oral and maxillofacial surgery (Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine) and general surgery (Johns Hopkins Hospital). He also finished a plastic surgery fellowship at the University of Maryland/Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Practice Location:

University of Maryland Medical Center/Shock Trauma Center
22 S. Greene Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Appointment phone number: 410-328-3058


Oliver P. Simmons, M.D.

Dr. Simmons is an assistant professor of surgery in the University of Maryland School of Medicine and a member of the trauma plastic surgery team at the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. Dr. Simmons's special interests include craniomaxillofacial and pediatric reconstructive surgery.

Dr. Simmons received his medical degree from the University of South Carolina. He completed residencies in plastic surgery (Louisiana State Unviersity) and general surgery and otolaryngology (Universtiy of Arkansas for Medical Science), and a craniomaxillofacial surgery residency from the University of Maryland/Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Practice Location:

University of Maryland Medical Center/Shock Truama Center
22 S. Greene Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Appointment phone number: 410-328-3058


Sheri Slezak, M.D.

Sheri Slezak, M.D.

Dr Slezak is an associate professor of surgery in the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Director of Breast Reconstruction at the University of Maryland Medical Center. After receiving her medical degree from Harvard University, Dr. Slezak completed her general surgery residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center. Dr. Slezak also completed a fellowship in plastic surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Her areas of expertise include breast implants, cancer reconstruction, breast reduction, and breast assymetries.

Practice Location:

University of Maryland Medical Center
22 S. Greene Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Appointment phone number: 410-328-2360


For more information about UM Division of Plastic Surgery or to make an appointment, please call 1-800-492-5538 or 410-328-2360 (patients) or 1-800-373-4111 (physicians).