Jonathan D. Keith, MD

Jonathan D. Keith, MD, is a plastic surgeon at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. He is fellowship-trained and board-certified. Dr. Keith specializes in microvascular surgery. He is a member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and founder of the Rutgers Center for Transgender Health. Dr. Keith joined East Coast Advanced Plastic Surgery in 2019 from his career in academia where he served as Associate Professor of Surgery and Residency Program Director in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. In 2018, Dr. Keith founded the first multidisciplinary clinical program for transgender patients in New Jersey. That year, Dr. Keith was the first surgeon in the state to perform a female-to-male phalloplasty for gender affirmation. He has gone on to pioneer and publish his research into novel techniques, outcomes and insurance coverage of gender affirming surgery. He has authored an editorial for USA Today and lectures nationally on the topic. During his fellowship, Dr. Keith trained under Dr. Phillip Blondeel and Dr. Stan Monstrey, world-renowned experts in microvascular breast reconstruction and gender affirmation surgery, respectively. There he gained expert experience in cutting edge techniques such as DIEP flaps for breast reconstruction, vaginoplasty and phalloplasty. He has also participated in medical mission trips to South Africa and Vietnam. He values his role as surgeon and teacher of surgical principles and aesthetic ideals in reconstructive surgery.

Clinical Interests:

Gender Affirmation, Breast Reconstruction, Microsurgery, Phalloplasty, Vaginoplasty