Dr. R. Barrett Noone, a Gladwyne resident, will present a lecture at the Gladwyne Library on November 12, based on his recent book. From Trenches to Transplants: Changing Lives with Plastic Surgery is intended to demystify the medical practice known as plastic surgery. The book shows the growth of this cutting-edge specialty through the eyes and minds of surgeons or patients the author has known, treated, and interviewed – from the trenches of World War I to the remarkable face, hand, and genital transplants of the current era. This is a book about people: the innovative, artistic, and creative surgeons who developed the specialty, and the patients whose lives they have changed. A book signing will accompany the lecture. 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

R. Barrett Noone, MD is a recognized leader of plastic surgery in America. While actively practicing in the community as the first Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Main Line Health 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. Dr. Noone resides in Gladwyne with his wife, Barbara. They are proud of their five children and thirteen grandchildren.