Jonathan S Black, MD
Plastic Surgery
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Bio & Overview
Jonathan Black, MD, followed in both his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps into the field of plastic surgery. He specializes in providing pediatric, facial trauma, migraine, and facial feminization surgeries.
Dr. Black’s care philosophy is that all patients have concerns with both reconstructive and aesthetic needs. He believes that his experience in treating issues of many types makes him better at treating all of his patients. He enjoys treating numerous concerns across the body with a focus on the face.
"Being a surgeon and caring for my patients is not what I do; it is who I am," he shares. "I can’t imagine doing anything else and am so thrilled to use my skill to help those in Virginia as well as around the world."
Dr. Black completed a residency in plastic surgery at the University of Virginia. After his fellowship training in craniofacial surgery in Wisconsin, Dr. Black returned to UVA Health in 2014. He is an associate professor in the Departments of Plastic Surgery and Pediatrics and serves as the Residency Program director of the Plastic Surgery training program at UVA.
Dr. Black became a doctor for many reasons. He has a natural passion for knowing how things work and the knowledge of the human body is an ultimate example of this passion. Combining this with a love of problem solving and desire to care for others made medicine an obvious choice from when he was in high school.
Organizational Involvement
- International Society of Craniofacial Surgery
- American Association of Plastic Surgeons
- American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
- American Society of Craniofacial Surgery
- Migraine Surgery Society
- American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons
- American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons
- American Society of Plastic Surgery
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Surgeons
- American Society of Plastic Surgery American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Surgeons
- American Board of Plastic Surgery
Academic Information
- Department
- Plastic Surgery
- Academic Role
- Assistant Professor
- Division
- Plastic Surgery
- Research Interests
- Clinical Outcomes, Cranial Defects and Remodeling, 3D Printing, VPI Modeling
Conditions & Treatments
- Botox injection
- Cleft lip repair
- Cleft palate repair
- Cosmetic botox
- Facial fracture
- Migraine surgery
- Migraine treatment
- Mohs defect repair
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Infants (0-2)
Children (2-12)
Adolescents (12-21)
Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- University of Nebraska
- Residency
- University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Fellowships
- Medical College of Wisconsin
- Certification
- American Board of Plastic Surgery (Plastic Surgery)
- Additional Specialties
- Craniofacial Plastic Surgery, Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Highlights
Meet Jonathan Black, MD
Hi, my name is Jonathan Black. I am a plastic surgeon who specializes in craniofacial and pediatric plastic surgery at UVA Health. What attracted me about medicine? I grew up in a family of physicians, and so I was kind of always exposed to it. But I just had this feeling when I was in high school that this was what I was supposed to do. I seemed kind of naturally drawn to taking care of people, to solving problems, and to helping people in some of the difficult times of their life. I am passionate about so many things in my practice. I love taking care of pediatric and adult patients, a large variety of problems. I love cleft lip and palate, that's probably my favorite thing to take care of. And I like to take care of people that have difficult problems that other people can't solve, love to manage patients with migraine headaches that can't get relief, or facial injuries that have complex reconstructions that are needed. My final passion is taking care of people that are underserved in other countries that otherwise wouldn't have any care. And these are the things that drive me in my practice every day. A patient should come to UVA because we have the resources and ability to take care of every problem that we face. We can take care of complicated problems that need individual solutions, and we can take care of run-of-the-mill, or common problems, whether they're in somebody that's completely healthy or somebody with a lot of different medical problems. The ability to have all of your care at one place is a very important thing I think. It avoids fragmenting care and having things duplicated or missed. And so UVA is a place that you can have everything done.
Awards
- 2021 Recognition of Outstanding Patient Experience – UVA Health Outpatient Clinics: Overall Doctor Rating – 96th percentile
- 2020 Excellence in Performance Assessment Award (Surgical Subspecialties)- Entrustable Professional Activities
- 2020 UVA Academy of Excellence in Education, Inductee
- 2020 Recognition of Outstanding Patient Experience – UVA Health Outpatient Clinics: Overall Doctor Rating – 99th percentile
- 2019 Frederick K. Gampper, III Faculty Award for Excellence in Education
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