John BarbourDr

Dr. John Barbour combines the benefits of excellent surgical training with a caring and thoughtful approach to his patients. He previously served as the Director of the Peripheral Nerve Surgery Institute at Georgetown University Hospital and as an Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery, and earned an adjunct appointment as Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. Dr. Barbour is a triple board-certified plastic surgeon serving the national capital/Washington, DC area. Dr Barbour is board-certified by both the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Surgery with additional sub-certification in surgery of the hand. He has specialized fellowship training in both hand surgery and microvascular surgery, and specializes in complex nerve surgery, breast reconstruction and microsurgery.

Raised in a family of well-respected physicians, Dr. Barbour is native to the Washington, DC area. He is a proud graduate from Yorktown Senior High School in Arlington, Virginia and The University of Virginia, where he majored in the science of psychology and graduated with high distinction. After college, Dr. Barbour attended the Georgetown University School of Medicine and soon developed an interest both in reconstructive surgery and microsurgery. These interests initiated in medical school continued throughout both of his residencies; first in general surgery followed by plastic surgery, both at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.

After finishing his formal training in plastic surgery in 2011, Dr. Barbour spent significant amounts of time working closely with many of the world’s top surgeons in advanced microsurgery, breast reconstruction, and nerve surgery. This included training in perforator flap breast reconstruction while in Charleston, South Carolina and fellowship training in hand surgery, microsurgery, and complex nerve reconstruction with Dr. Susan Mackinnon in Saint Louis, Missouri.