Richard S. Rosenblum, M.D.
Richard S. Rosenblum, M.D.
Medical DirectorRichard S. Rosenblum, M.D. is a Norfolk native. He graduated from Norfolk Academy and went on to attend Colgate University receiving a BA in Religion. He then returned to Virginia and attended the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond.
After completing a six year residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Kentucky, he headed south to prestigious Vanderbilt University to receive training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He then completed a Pediatric Plastic and Craniofacial Fellowship with Dr. William Magee, which included participation in several Operation Smile International Missions as well as visiting fellowships in the United States and Europe.
In returning to Hampton Roads, he joins a medical community in which his father, Dr. Fred Rosenblum, D.D.S., has been a pediatric dentist for over 30 years. The younger Dr. Rosenblum maintains the same enthusiasm and commitment for caring for pediatric patients with plastic and reconstructive surgical needs.
Dr. Rosenblum has lectured both nationally and internationally on pediatric plastic surgery and craniosynostosis. His specific interests are in cleft lip and cleft palate surgery, craniofacial disorders and ear reconstruction. In joining Dr. Magee and establishing the Institute for Craniofacial and Plastic Surgery, Dr. Rosenblum joins in the vision of creating a craniofacial center of excellence in our region.
William P. Magee Jr., DDS, MD
Dr. William P. Magee Jr., a leading plastic and craniofacial surgeon, devotes half of his professional life as a volunteer to the organization that he and his wife Kathy began in 1982. Dr. Magee joins Operation Smile's volunteer team on numerous overseas missions each year to perform reconstructive surgery.
A New Jersey native, Dr. Magee graduated from Fordham Preparatory High School in New York in 1962. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Mount St. Mary's College, a D.D.S. from the University of Maryland and an M.D. from George Washington University Medical School, as well as honorary degrees from Fordham University, Loyola College, Old Dominion University, Villanova University and Denison University. He served his general surgery residency at the University of Virginia Medical School, in 1975 was awarded the Hays-Fulbright Scholar Grant from the Franco-American Commission were he studied with Dr. Paul Tessier, the father of craniofacial surgery. In 1978, Dr. Magee completed his plastic surgery residency at the Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine. He completed advanced studies in his field in Switzerland, Germany and Scotland.
Dr. Magee is the father of five children, all of whom have served on medical missions and are active in volunteer work for Operation Smile. In private practice, he serves as President of Magee-Rosenblum Plastic Surgery, Inc., Norfolk. He has practiced medicine in Norfolk since 1978. He held the Kasanjian Lectureship at the American Society of Plastic Surgery in San Francisco in 1977 and has written numerous articles for scientific journals and has contributed chapters for books. Dr. Magee serves as chairman and is a lifetime member of the Board of Directors of Operation Smile.
- Graduated from Fordham Preparatory High Scholl in New York
- Bachelor of Science degree from Mount St Mary's College
- D.D.S. from University of Maryland
- M.D. from George Washington Medical School
- General Surgery residency at University of Virginia Medical School
- Plastic Surgery residency at Eastern Virginia Graduate School of Medicine
- Advanced educational studies in Switzerland, France, Germany and Scotland
- President, Plastic Surgery Associates, Inc in Norfolk, Virginia, where he practiced medicine since 1978.
- Accompanies annual overseas missions as volunteer
Ivor Barry Kaplan, M.D.
Ivor Barry Kaplan, M.D.Dr. Kaplan has been in practice in Hampton Roads since 1987. Originally a native of Johannesburg, South Africa, he immigrated to the United States in 1977 and was granted citizenship in 1983.
Prior to coming to the U.S.A., Dr. Kaplan completed his medical school training at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, and his internships in both Internal Medicine and General Surgery at the Johannesburg General Hospital. He completed a senior internship in Plastic Surgery at Baragwanath Hospital before entering the South African Medical Corp for his compulsory military training. While in the South African Army, he served in a 500 bed Mission Hospital in Bophutatswana and subsequently took part in the emergency treatment of injured troops and helicopter evacuations in Angola and Namibia, during the conflict against Castro's Communist Insurgency in Southern Africa.
In the United States, he first completed a Surgical Internship at the Wilmington Medical Center in Delaware before going on to complete a full residency in General Surgery at Temple University Medical Center in Philadelphia. He was granted Board Certification in General Surgery in 1983. He then went on to complete a residency in Plastic Surgery at the Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk and was granted Board Certification in Plastic Surgery in 1985.
Subsequently, he undertook additional Fellowship training in Microsurgery at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, before going on to become the Christine Kleinert Fellow in Hand Surgery at Jewish Hospital, again, at the University of Louisville. He has as well, Board Certification in Hand Surgery.
Over the years Dr. Kaplan's practice has evolved from almost totally reconstructive to a mostly cosmetic practice that still, nevertheless, includes a large number of children with congenital hand and ear deformities. The sculptural nature of ear and hand reconstruction continues to interest him while at the same time, the evolution and revolution that has occurred in the art of cosmetic surgery has fascinated his artistic temperament. He is on the forefront of the very latest techniques in facial rejuvenation, having recognized the need for limited downtime and subtlety in execution of the myriad procedures now available to patients that were not available even a few years ago. The sculptural quality of body contouring and breast surgery also falls well within the scope of a sculptor, although the medium of human tissue requires more than simply being able to convert 2D to 3D, as with clay. Fortunately, his many years of complex training in General and Reconstructive surgery have paid vast dividends in the care and management of the Cosmetic Surgery patient. Having a very keen eye for detail and artistry, and understanding the complexities of the human body's responses to surgical trauma, means low complication rates and "getting it right the first time."
Eric L. Cole, M.D.
Eric L. Cole, M.D.Eric L. Cole, M.D. is a North Carolina native. He graduated from Dunham Academy and went on to attend Stanford University, obtaining a B.A. in Human Biology. He then returned to North Carolina and attended Duke University Medical School.
After completing a full residency in Otolaryngology at Duke University, Dr. Cole went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he received his Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Training.
For the next six years, Dr. Cole had a private practice consisting of Plastic Surgery and Otolaryngology in Chapel Hill, N.C. He was on staff at many local hospitals where he helped train young plastic surgeons and otolaryngologists.
Dr. Cole's interest in cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery of the head and neck led him to join the region's top craniofacial center in Hampton Roads. His specific interests are in cleft and craniofacial surgery, as well as cosmetic and reconstructive rhinoplasty.
Dr. Cole is board certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and Vice President of the American College of International Physicians.