R. Barrett Noone, MD is a recognized leader of plastic surgery in America. While actively practicing in the community and on the plastic surgery faculty of his alma mater University of Pennsylvania, he served as the first Executive Director/CEO of the American Board of Plastic Surgery. The board is charged with assuring quality for education and certification in the specialty. A pioneer in the development of the concepts and techniques of breast reconstruction at the time of mastectomy, his early publications on the subject are included in his contributions of over 110 scientific articles and the textbook Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Breast.

He has testified before Congress on the training required for plastic surgeons, has appeared on ABC’s Good Morning America, and was featured on the syndicated program, The Doctors Show. He has lectured on plastic surgery techniques and history over the world, including Europe, Canada, Australia, Egypt, China, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, and South Africa.

In recognition for his service to the specialty, an endowed lecture in his name is presented regularly at the annual meeting of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons, the oldest and most prestigious organization of plastic surgeons in the world. He is a past President of that Association, a Distinguished Fellow and the recipient of the Honorary Award, its highest honor.

His general surgery and plastic surgery residency training was at the University of Pennsylvania, with a two-year interruption to serve in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam conflict.

Dr. Noone resides in Pennsylvania with his wife, Barbara. They are proud of their five children and thirteen grandchildren.