Plastic Surgeons Dr. Roger Friedman, Dr. Douglas L. Forman, Dr. Kathy Huang of North Bethesda, Maryland (MD) Profiles

Post-graduate fellowships in Hand and Microvascular Surgery in San Francisco and cosmetic and breast surgery in Honolulu were completed prior to going into practice in the Washington Metropolitan area in October 1984. Dr. Friedman is Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and a member of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the clinical facilities of both George Washington and Georgetown Universities.

Currently, Dr. Friedman serves as the Chairman of the Sub-Section of Plastic Surgery at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Friedman has published papers on breast surgery in the Plastic Surgical literature and presented papers in local, national and international meetings.

Dr. Friedman has substantial experience with both Silicone and Saline breast implants. Please see Dr. Friedman’s article on Long-Term Care of Silicone Breast Implants for important information on the evolving guidelines related to the care of silicone breast implants.

Certifications and Professional Memberships

• M.D.
• American Board of Plastic Surgery
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Dr. Forman received his board certification from the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a Fellow of The American College of Surgeons. As a Clinical Instructor in Surgery at Georgetown University he is involved with the training of tomorrow’s plastic surgeons.

He provides aesthetic, plastic and reconstructive surgery for the Washington D.C. metropolitan area and Dr. Forman has been recognized as a Top Physician in Plastic Surgery by Washingtonian, Bethesda, Northern Virginia and Consumers’ Checkbook Magazines.

On a national level, he is a member of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and has been selected to prestigious American Society of Plastic Surgeons committees helping to advance the field of medicine in general, and plastic surgery in particular, in an ethical and patient safety oriented manner. Dr. Forman has published numerous plastic surgery articles and regularly lectures on new developments and procedures in plastic surgery.

Certifications and Professional Memberships

• M.D.
• F.A.C.S.
• American Board of Plastic Surgery
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Dr. Kathy Huang was born in Taiwan and raised in Bath, NY, in the scenic Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. She attended Harvard University, where she graduated magna cum laude with highest honors in Biology. During that period, she also did extensive research in molecular biology at Harvard Medical School and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, publishing numerous scientific papers in national journals. Dr. Huang then obtained her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where she stayed to continue her training in the highly competitive integrated plastic surgery residency program at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

Dr. Huang joined the Plastic Surgery Institute of Washington in 2006 after finishing a fellowship at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore under the direction of Dr. Bernard Chang, focusing on state-of-the-art, advanced microsurgical techniques for breast reconstruction after mastectomy including DIEP (Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator) flaps. She also brings to the practice a special interest in ethnic cosmetic procedures including double eyelid surgery and female genital procedures such as vaginal reconstruction and labiaplasty (labia minora reduction).

Dr. Huang is Board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. She also serves on the board of the Montgomery County Medical Society and is licensed to practice medicine in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

Certifications and Professional Memberships

• M.D.
• American Board of Plastic Surgery
• American Society of Plastic Surgeons