Dr. Oscar Ramirez MD FACS
Dr. Oscar 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. Oscar 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 is actively involved in research and teaching other plastic surgeons in his private center in Baltimore (Timonium, "Esthétique International") and 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. He holds professional licensure and certification in Maryland, Pennsylvania and Florida, as well as in Peru.
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), Fellow of the American College of Surgeons, 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.
Awards and Special Nominations:
1983 Seventh Annual Flap Dissection Workshop Resident Contest, Second Prize The Sliding Gluteus Maximus Flap University of Eastern Virginia, Norfolk, VA
1984 Plastic Surgery Education Foundation Scholarship Contest. Clinical Research Category. Second Prize The Gluteus Maximus Muscle: Experimental and Clinical Consider¬ations Relevant to Ambulatory Patients.
1985 Nominee for the James Barrett Brown Award American Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
1988 Nominee for the James Barrett Brown Award American Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
1988 Featured in: Who's Who: National Registry Marquis Who's Who: Directory of Medical Specialist National Directory of Who's Who in Executive Professionals 1998
2005 International Advisory Board for the Next Quadrennial Congress in Berlin, June 26-30, 2007.
Nominated among the “2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century” (in print, third edition, 2005 by Melrose Press Limited, Cambridge, England.
