Home // Find A Surgeon // Surgeon Profile

Surgeon Profile

Contact Dr. Byrd »
Checked by 1800mysurgeon.com

Steve Byrd, MD 

About the Practice

Dallas Plastic Surgery Institute

Dr. Steve Byrd has been practicing Dallas cosmetic surgery since 1978. He is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon by both the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. In a poll “Best Doctors in America”, Dr. Byrd was elected among the top plastic surgeons in the nation. He is committed to the highest standards of patient care as he uses state of the art surgical techniques.
 
Dr. Byrd practices in Dallas, Texas and is known for his work in aesthetic surgery. He is also known internationally for his techniques in endoscopic facelift and Rhinoplasty. His clients typically ask for aesthetic breast, liposuction and body contouring procedures.

Locations

Dallas, Texas 75246
Consultation (Days/Hours/Fees): Free Consultation, offered on Tuesday

Procedures performed by this surgeon

If procedure appears as a link, click to view photos performed by this surgeon.

Professional Profile
Medical License Number: D9379
Admitted to Medical Practice: 1972
Patient Satisfaction Rating: Excellent
Medical License Status: Active

Board Certification
Specialty in: American Board of Surgery, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Number: 2225
Year: 1980
About the practice: Dr. Byrd's office provides an uncompromising commitment to the highest standard of patient care, to the development of innovative and state of the art surgical techniques, and to the betterment of his specialty through the educational and governmental process.He is internationally known for his techniques in endoscopic facelift and rhinoplasty techniques.Though Dr. Byrd's practice is characterized by a higher than average number of facelift and rhinoplasty patients, the aesthetic balance is found by a high number of aesthetic breast, liposuction, body contouring patients.

Education & Training
Undergraduate School: North Texas State University, Denton, TX
Graduation Year: 1964-1968
Medical School: University of Texas, Galveston, TX
Graduation Year: 1972
General Surgery Residency: University of Utah, SLC, UT
Residency Year: 1973-1977
Plastic Surgery Residency: University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX
Residency Year: 1977-1979
Fellowship Residency: University of Texas
Academic Achievements:
  • Blue Key Honor Society, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
Professional Appointments:
  • Professor in the Dept. of Plastic Surgery at Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (1979-current)
  • Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery at the Children's Medical Center in Dallas (1979-current)
Honors and Awards:
  • Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas
  • 1984 Winner, James Barrett Brown Award of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Publications:
  • Byrd HS, Lazarus HM, Torma MJ: Effects of parenteral alimentation on postoperative gastric function. Am J Surg 130:688, 1975.
  • Byrd HS: The use of subcutaneous axial facial flaps in reconstruction of the head. Ann Plast Surg 4(3):191, 1980.
  • Schaefer SD, Byrd HS, Holmes RE: Forehead and scalp reconstruction after wide-field resection of skin carcinoma. Arch Otolaryngol 106(11):680, 1980.
  • Byrd HS, Cierny G III, Tebbetts JB: The management of open tibial fractures with associated soft-tissue loss: external pin fixation with early flap coverage. Plast Reconstr Surg 68(1):73, 1981.
  • Atkins RW, Byrd HS, Tebbetts JB: Some observations relative to the levator veli palatini muscles in the cleft palate. Cleft Palate J 19(4):267, 1982.
  • Barton FE Jr, Spicer TE, Byrd HS: Head and neck reconstruction with the latissimus dorsi myocutaneous flap: anatomic observations and report of 60 cases. Plast Reconstr Surg 71(2):199, 1983.
  • Cierny G III, Byrd HS, Jones RE: Primary versus delayed soft tissue coverage for severe open tibial fractures. A comparison of results. Clin Orthop 178:54, 1983.
  • Brent B, Byrd HS: Secondary ear reconstruction with cartilage grafts covered by axial, random, and free flaps of temporoparietal fascia. Plast Reconstr Surg 72(2):141, 1983.Winner James Barret Brown Award in Plastic Surgery in 1984
  • Urschel HC Jr, Byrd HS, Sethi SM, Razzuk MA: Poland's syndrome: improved surgical management. Ann Thorac Surg 37(3):204, 1984.
  • Byrd HS, Spicer TE, Cierny G III: Management of open tibial fractures. Plast Reconstr Surg 76(5):719, 1985.
  • Byrd HS, Nee MP: Autogenous bone grafts to the face. Facial Plast Surg 3(2):63, 1986.
  • Byrd HS: Nasal reconstruction-trauma/tumor (hemangioma). In: Mustarde JC (ed), Plastic Surgery in Infancy and Childhood. Edinburgh, Churchill Livingstone, 1988.
  • Byrd HS, Hobar PC: Abdominal wall expansion in congenital defects. Plastic Reconstr Surg 84(2):347, 1989.
  • May JW Jr, Jupiter JB, Weiland AJ, Byrd HS: Clinical classification of post-traumatic tibial osteomyelitis. J Bone Joint Surg 71A(9):1422, 1989.
  • Rohrich RJ, Byrd HS: Optimal timing of cleft palate closure. Speech, facial growth, and hearing considerations. Clin Plast Surg 17(1):27, 1990.
  • Byrd HS: Temporoparietalis (superficial temporal artery) facial flap. In: Strauch B, Vasconez LO, Hall-Findlay EJ (eds), Grabb's Encyclopedia of Flaps. Boston, Little, Brown, 1990. Vol 1.
  • Byrd HS, Barton FE Jr: Acquired deformities of the nose. In: McCarthy JG (ed), Plastic Surgery. Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 1990. Vol 3, pp 1924-2008.
  • Byrd HS: Cleft lip. In: Smith JW, Aston SJ (eds), Grabb and Smith's Plastic Surgery, 4th ed. Boston, Little, Brown, 1991. Ch 9, pp 271-286.
  • Byrd HS, Hobar PC: Optimizing the management of secondary zygomatic fracture deformities. Aesthetic and functional considerations. Clin Plast Surg 19(1):259, 1992.
  • Byrd HS, Hobar PC, Shewmake K: Augmentation of the craniofacial skeleton with porous hydroxyapatite granules. Plast Reconst Surg 91(1):15, 1993.
  • Byrd HS, Hobar PC: Dimensional analysis for planning genioplasty. In: Daniel RK (ed), Rhinoplasty. Boston, Little Brown, 1993.
  • Byrd HS, Hobar PC: Rhinoplasty: a practical guide for surgical planning. Plast Reconstr Surg 91(4):642, 1993.
  • Hobar PC, Rohrich RJ, Byrd HS: Abdominal-wall reconstruction with expanded musculofascial tissue in a posttraumatic defect. Plast Reconstr Surg 94(2):379, 1994.
  • Byrd HS, Andochick SE: The deep temporal lift: a multiplanar, lateral brow, temporal, and upper face lift. Plast Reconstr Surg 97(5):928, 1996.
  • Byrd HS, Hobar PC: Alloplastic nasal and perialar augmentation. Clin Plast Surg 23(2):315, 1996.
  • Friedman RM, Ingram AE Jr, Rohrich RJ, Byrd HS, Hodges PL, Burns AJ, Hobar PC: Risk factors for complications in pediatric tissue expansion. Plast Reconstr Surg 98(7):1242, 1996.
  • Graper RG, Orenstein HH, Rohrich RJ, Byrd HS, Rich BK: Idiopathic midline granuloma-current classification and management controversies. Ann Plast Surg 37(5):532, 1996.
  • Byrd HS: The extended brow lift. Clin Plast Surg 1997, in press.
  • Byrd, H.S., Guyuron, B., Toriumi, Gruber, R.P.  NasalLengthening. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. XX, YY, 1997.
  • Byrd HS, Andochick S, Copit S, Walton G: Septal extension grafts: a method of controlling tip projection, rotation, and shape. Plast Reconstr Surg 1997, in press.
  • Byrd HS: Unilateral cleft lip. In: Grabb and Smith's Plastic Surgery, 5th ed. Boston, Little, Brown, 1997, in press.
  • Byrd HS, Salomon J: Endoscopic midface rejuvenation. In: Culbertson JH, Jr (ed), Operative Techniques in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Philadelphia, WB Saunders, 1998. Vol 5(2) pp 138-144
  • Byrd, S., Guyuron, B., McKinney, P., Gruber, R.P. Panel on Lengthening the Short Nose. Aesthetic Surgery Journal.  May, 1998.
  • Byrd HS, Salomon J, Flood J: Correction of the crooked nose. Plast Reconstr Surg 1998 102(6):2148
  • Schwartz RJ, Burns AJ, Rohrich RJ, Barton FE Jr, Byrd HS: Long-term assessment of CO2 facial laser resurfacing: aesthetic results and complications. Plast Reconstr Surg 1999 Feb 103(2):592-601.
  • Burt JD, Byrd HS: Cleft lip: unilateral primary deformities. Plast Reconstr Surg 2000 Mar 105(3):1043-55; quiz 1056-7; Review.
  • Burt JD, Burns AJm Muzaffar AR, Byrd HS, Hobar PC, Beran SI, Adams WP Jr, Kenkel JM: Total soft0tissue reconstruction of the middle and lower face with multiple simultaneous free flaps in a pediatric patient. Plast Reconstr Surg 2000 Jun 105(7);2440-7.
  • Rohrich RJ, Love EJ, Byrd HS, Johns DF: Optimal timing of cleft palate closure. Plast Reconstr Surg 2000 Aug 106(2):413-21;quiz 422;discussion 423-5;Review.
  • Hobar PC, Pantaloni M, Byrd HS: Porous hydrozyapatite granules for alloplastic enhancement of the facial region. Clin Plast Surg 2000 Oct;27(4);557-69.
  • Byrd HS, Salomon J: Primary correction of the unilateral cleft nasal deformity. Plast Reconstr Surg 2000 Nov 106(6);1276-86.
  • Byrd HS: Secondary Rhinoplasty (Expert Exchange). In: Saleh M. Shenaq (ed), Perspectives in plastic Surgery. New York, Thieme, 2000 Vol 14(1)pp 87-100.
  • Byrd HS: Use of Resorbable Spacers for Nasal Spreader Grafts (Discussion). Plast Reconstr Surg 2000 Sept 106(4);929.
  • Byrd HS: Morphologically prone nasal tip. Operative Techniques in Plastic and Reconstr Surgery Nov 2000, Vol 7(4) pp 208 212
  • Byrd HS: The Deviated Nose (panel discussion, moderator). Aesthetic Surgery Journal May/June 2001, Vol 21(3) pp 247-254
  • Byrd HS: Achieving aesthetic balance in the brow, eyelids, and midface. Plast Reconstr Surg 2002, in press
Professional Organizations:
  • American Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • American Association of Plastic Surgeons
  • American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • American Cleft Palate Association
  • Texas Medical Association
  • Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • Board Certified Plastic and Cosmetic Surgeons of Dallas
  • Dallas County Medical Society
Hospital Affiliations:
  • Baylor University Medical Center
  • Children's Medical Center
  • Parkland Memorial Hospital
  • Zale-Lipshy Hospital
  • Dallas Day Surgery Center