Joseph S Gruss
Plastic Surgeon | Plastic Surgery Within the Head and Neck
4800 Sand Point Way Ne Seattle WA, 98105Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Joseph Gruss is a cosmetic medicine and surgery specialist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Gruss specializes in the enhancement of appearance. Improving aesthetic, symmetry and proportion are key goals in cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic medicine has nothing to do with these specific areas not functioning properly; therefore, this elective field solely focuses on aesthetics and anti-aging.
Education and Training
University of The Witwatersrand, Faculty of Health Sciences,Parktown, South Africa 1969
University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences 1969
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Desmoplastic fibroma of the zygoma.
- State of the art in craniofacial surgery: nonsyndromic craniosynostosis.
- Update on craniofacial surgery: the differential diagnosis of lambdoid synostosis/posterior plagiocephaly.
- Abnormal coagulation during pediatric craniofacial surgery.
- Unilateral aplasia of the middle cranial fossa floor in atypical hemifacial microsomia.
- The transforming growth factor-beta 3 knock-out mouse: an animal model for cleft palate.
- Trapdoor fracture of the orbit in a pediatric population.
- Results with Furlow palatoplasty in the management of velopharyngeal insufficiency.
- Onlay bone graft augmentation for refined correction of coronal synostosis.
- Ultrasound screening of the lambdoid suture in the child with posterior plagiocephaly.
- Differential diagnosis of the trapezoid-shaped head.
- Craniofacial fractures. An algorithm to optimize results.
- Current concepts in the use of bone grafts in facial fractures. Basic science considerations.
- The surgical management of Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome.
- Diagnostic and surgical challenges in the pediatric skull base.
Awards
- 2011 Seattle Super Doctors
- 2014 SEATTLE'S TOP DOCTOR - 2014 Seattle Metropolitan Magazine 2014
- 2009 Guide to America's Top Pediatricians Consumer's Research Council of
- 2013 Seattle's Top Doc Seattle Met Magazine
- 2012 U.S. News Top Doctor U.S. News and World Report
Treatments
- Skin Cancer, Reconstructive Surgery, Cleft Lip And Palate And More
- Cleft Palate
Professional Memberships
- Member American Society of Plastic Surgeons
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