R. Barrett Noone MD

R. Barrett Noone, MD, FACS, is a nationally-recognized leader of plastic surgery. In From Trenches to Transplants he shows the development of plastic surgery in America from its founding in World War I to the remarkable hand, face, and genital transplants of the present time.

While actively practicing in the community and serving as a professor on the plastic surgery faculty of his alma mater University of Pennsylvania, he was the first Executive Director/CEO of the American Board of Plastic Surgery. The board is charged with assuring quality for education and certification in the specialty. Dr. Noone was in this position for 18 years.

A pioneer in the development of the concepts and techniques of breast reconstruction at the time of mastectomy, his early publications on the subject are included in his contributions of over 115 scientific articles and the textbook Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Breast.

In recognition for his service to the specialty, an endowed lecture in his name is presented regularly at the annual meeting of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons the oldest organization of plastic surgeons in the world. He is a Past President of that Association, a Distinguished Fellow, and the recipient of the Honorary Award, its highest honor. The Noone Lecture rotates triennially with lectures named for an early president of the Association and for the only plastic surgeon Nobel Laureate.

Dr. Noone was president of the Plastic Surgery Foundation, and served the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) as chair of the Board of Trustees. In 2012 he received the Special Achievement Award from ASPS.

Dr. Noone has testified before Congress on the training required for plastic surgeons and has appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America. He has lectured on plastic surgery techniques and history in Europe, Canada, Australia, Egypt, China, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, and South Africa.

His general surgery and plastic surgery residencies were at the University of Pennsylvania, with a two-year interruption to serve in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam conflict.

Dr. Noone resides in Haverford with his wife, Barbara. They are proud of their five children and 13 grandchildren.

Learn more at https://www.Noonemd.com.