Portrait of Ruth Tevlin, MD

Ruth Tevlin, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

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

Meet Dr. Tevlin

Dr. Ruth Tevlin is a plastic surgeon specializing in oncologic reconstruction, head and neck cancers, and craniofacial and chest wall reconstruction.

She has expertise in otoplasty, Mohs reconstruction, jaw injury, head and neck cancers, facial palsy, facial nerve surgery, cleft lip and palate, and other adult and pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Dr. Tevlin earned her medical degree from University College Dublin School of Medicine. She completed plastic surgery residency at Stanford University and a craniofacial surgery fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington.

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


Locations

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Center for Advanced Medicine

St. Louis Children’s Hospital

St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center

Hospital affiliations

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Center for Advanced Medicine

St. Louis Children’s Hospital

St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center

Board certifications

  • Board eligible, American Board of Plastic Surgery
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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