About Jack C. Yu, MD, DMD, MS Ed, FACS, FADI

"America's Top Doctors" - 2010 Eighteen GRHealth physicians have been selected for inclusion in “2010 America’s Top Doctors,” a national patient reference guide published by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. The book, which identifies the top 1 percent of physicians in the nation, helps patients find the top specialists in any given medical field. Dr. Jack C. Yu, Pediatric Plastic Surgery. Dr. Yu is Professor and Chief of the Section of Plastic Surgery. His clinical interests include traditional aesthetic surgeries such as facelift, blepharoplasties, lip augmentations, and rhinoplasties. His research interests focus on cyclic stimulation of the musculo-skeletal system to prevent age-related bone and muscle loss.

• Clinical Interests

  Cleft lip repair
  Cleft palate repair
  Craniosynostosis correction
  Ear reconstruction
  Jaw surgeries
  Post-traumatic craniofacial reconstruction
  Breast reduction
  Face lift
  Brow lift
  Blepharoplasty
  Neck lift
  Liposuction

• Research Interests

  How to maximize the beneficial effects of whole body vibration? The recent realization that bone actually is also an endocrine organ has permitted the design and gradual implementation of protocols to leverage this property. Our research group is also focused on the harvesting and enrichment of adult mesenchymal stem cells from common sources such as fat for therapeutic uses. In particular, the healing and repair of complex wounds.

• Specialties

  Pediatric Plastic Surgery

  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Adult

  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

• Language(s)

  English;Mandarin