Bahar Bassiri GharbDr

Dr Bassiri Gharb is the Director of Craniofacial Surgery Fellowship, Surgical Co-Director of Cleveland Clinic Gender Affirmation Program and Vice Chair of research of Plastic Surgery Department. Her specialty interests are pediatric and adult craniomaxillofacial surgery (cleft lip and palate surgery, orthognathic surgery, facial feminization surgery, velopharyngeal insufficiency, Hemifacial microsomia, Treacher Collins syndrome, Romberg syndrome, Crouzon syndrome, Apert Syndrome, Muenke Syndrome, craniosynostosis, microtia and ear reconstruction, facial paralysis), hand and wrist surgery, microsurgical reconstruction, vascularized composite allotransplantation including face and hand transplantation. Dr. Bassiri Gharb has a special interest in transgender and gender-nonconforming surgical services including facial feminization or masculinization, top and bottom surgeries including phalloplasty (penile reconstruction).

Her aesthetic surgery interests include aesthetic facial surgery (including cosmetic nose surgery, cosmetic eyelid surgery, brow surgery, face/Neck lift,  ear protrusion correction, cosmetic chin surgery), cosmetic surgery of the breast and body (breast augmentation, breast lift, breast reduction, arm lift, tummy tuck, thigh lift, and liposuction).

Dr. Bassiri Gharb is an associate professor of Plastic Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. She has written over 100 peer-reviewed papers, multiple book chapters and edited two books. She is a member of the editorial board of Microsurgery and Artificial Organs journals. Her research interests include face and hand transplantation, new techniques in craniomaxillofacial surgery, hand surgery and microsurgery.