Ruth Tevlin, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Phone: 314-362-7388
Specialties
- Bell’s Palsy
- Bone tumors
- Burn scar contracture
- Cancer reconstruction
- Chest wall reconstruction
- Cleft lip & palate
- Neurotrophic keratopathy
- Craniofacial microsomia
- Craniosynostosis
- Facial nerve surgery
- Facial palsy
- Gynecomastia
- Head and neck cancers
- Jaw injury
- Ear reconstruction
- Migraine
- Neurofibromatosis
- Nevi (moles)
- Oncologic reconstruction
- Orbital fracture
- Otoplasty (ear surgery)
- Palatoplasty (pediatric cleft palate)
- Pediatric moles (birth marks)
- Prominent ears
- Cosmetic and functional rhinoplasty
- Skin cancer
- Skin grafting
- Smile surgery
- Sternal reconstruction
- Synkinesis (involuntary facial movement)
- Wound coverage and closure
Call for patient appointments: 314-362-7388
Degrees
Medical Degree
Surgical Research Scholar, University College Dublin, Ireland
2009
Residency
Plastic Surgical Residency
Stanford University Stanford, CA
2024
Fellowship
Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship
Seattle Children’s Hospital / University of Washington, WA
Research interests
Tissue Regeneration
Skeletal Stem Cell Biology
Craniofacial Surgery
Distraction Osteogenesis
Surgical Sustainability
Board certifications
- Board eligible, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Professional organizations/societies
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- Plastic Surgery Research Council
- International Society of Craniofacial Surgeons
- American Society of Craniofacial Surgeons
- American Cleft Palate Craniofacial Association
- The Rhinoplasty Society