John Kitzmiller, MD specializes in cosmetic surgery and reconstructive plastic surgery and has over twenty years of experience in state-of-the-art treatment for facial aging, body contouring, and breast surgery. Dr. Kitzmiller completed his General Surgery and Plastic Surgery residencies at the University of Cincinnat and then went on to complete a Hand and Microvascular Surgery Fellowship at Davies Medical Center in San Francisco. Dr. Kitzmiller is a member of numerous prestigious medical societies including the American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons (ACAPS), the American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS), the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), the American College of Surgeons (ACS), and the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM). Dr. Kitzmiller was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in September 2011.

Areas of Specialization

• Microvascular, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery
• Correction of aging skin changes
• Facial cosmetic surgery and body contouring
• Breast reduction or enhancement
• Non-surgical alternatives to cosmetic surgery
• Fraxel® Laser treatment
• Wound healing

Education

Duke University Durham, North Carolina	BSE in Biomedical Engineering	1979
Duke University Durham, North Carolina	M.D. degree	1983
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, Ohio	Residency in General Surgery	1983-1988
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, Ohio	Residency in Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery	1988-1990
Davies Medical Center	Hand and Microvascular Surgery Fellowship	1990-1991

Accolades

• Henry W. and Margaret C. Neale Endowed Chair in Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, May 2011
• Elected to AOA as a faculty member at the University of Cincinnati, 2002
• Member, Medical Executive Committee, University Pointe Ambulatory Surgical Hospital
• Executive Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, June, 2010 - present
• Leonard J. Towe Award for Humanism, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 2010
• American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons: Pathway to Leadership Program 2008; Group Practice Task Force 2010; Elected ACAPS Representative to ASPS/PSF Board of Directors, 2011-2013
• Medical Director of Perioperative Ambulatory Services, Holmes Division/UC Health, October 2011

Affiliations

• American Association of Plastic Surgeons
• American Burn Association
• American College of Surgeons, Fellow
• American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
• American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
• American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
• American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Selected Publications

Neale HW, Kitzmiller WJ: Evaluation and Repair of Common Facial Injuries, in Baker RJ and Fischer JE (editors), Mastery of Surgery, Third Edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 1997. [Revised and updated for Fourth and Fifth editions, 2001 and 2007].

Kitzmiller WJ, Archer LP: Blepharoplasty, Lower Lid Subciliary. EMedicine, February 8, 2006.

Kitzmiller, WJ, Visscher, MO, Page, DA, Wickett, RR, Kitzmiller, KW and Singer, LJ. A Controlled Evaluation of Dermabrasion versus CO2 Laser Resurfacing for the Treatment of Perioral Wrinkles. Plas Recon Surg 106 (6), 1366, November, 2000.

Kitzmiller WJ, Visscher M, Butterfield JL, MacLennan S, Fuhrman E, Doughty D, Dawes N. A Comparison of a Series of Superficial Chemical Peels with Single Mid-Level Chemical Peels for the Correction of Facial Actinic Damage. Aesthetic Journal, 2003.

Kitzmiller WJ, Stanton RA, Wickett RA, et al. Noninvasive Skin Measurements after CO2 and Erbium Laser Resurfacing. Aesthetic Surgery Journal, January/February 2003, pp. 20-27.

Smalls LK, Whitestone J, Kramer GJ, Passaretti D, Wickett RR, Kitzmiller WJ, Visscher MO: The Dimple Phenomenon: Three Dimensional (3D) Quantitation of Cellulite and Relationship to Perceptual Assessment. Proceedings of the 23rd IFSCC Conference, Orlando, Florida, October 24-27, 2004.

Smiley AK, Klingenberg JM, Aronow BJ, Boyce ST, Kitzmiller WJ, and Supp DM: Microarray analysis of gene expression in cultured skin substitutes compared with native human skin. J Invest Dermatol, 125: 1286-1301, 2005.

Smalls LK, Hicks M, Passaretti D, Gersin K, Kitzmiller WJ, Bakhsh A, Wickett RR, Whitestone J, Visscher MO: Effect of Weight Loss on Cellulite: Gynoid Lipodystrophy. Plast Reconstr Surg, 118: 510, 2006.

Hachiya A, Sriwiriyanont P, Fujimura T, Ohuchi A, Kitahara T, Takema Y, Kitzmiller WJ, Visscher MO, Tsuboi R, Boissy RE. Mechanistic Effects of Long-Term Ultraviolet B Irradiation Induce Epidermal and Dermal Changes in Human Skin Xenografts. Am J Pathol, 174: 401-413, 2009.

Sriwiriyanont P, Hachiya A, Pickens WL, Moriwaki S, Ohuchi A, Kitahara T, Takema Y, Kitzmiller WJ, Visscher MO, Bello A, Tsuboi R, Kobinger GP. Lentiviral Vector-Mediated Gene Transfer to Human Hair Follicles. J Invest Dermatol, 129: 2296-2299, 2009.

Sriwiriyanont P, Hachiya A, Pickens WL, Moriwaki S, Kitahara T, Visscher MO, Kitzmiller WJ, Bello A, Takema Y, Kobinger GP. Effects of IGF-Binding Protein 5 in Dysregulating the Shape of Human Hair. J Invest Dermatol, 131: 320-328, 2011.

Melvin AJ, Melvin DB, Kitzmiller WJ, Fath KR, Biddinger PW, Juncosa-Melvin N. A Soft-Tissue Coupling for Wound Closure. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater, 97: 184-189, 2011.

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