Keith E. Brandt, MD
Professor of Surgery
Executive Director of the American Board of Plastic Surgery
To request an appointment with Dr. Brandt, please call (314) 362-7388 or request an appointment online.
Overview
Patients Seen
Adults
Specialties
- Breast reconstruction
- Breast enhancement
Common conditions treated
- Absence of breast after mastectomy
- Breast deformity
- Congenital breast deformities
- Post-radiation breast deformities
Education
Board Certification
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Subspecialty Certification in Hand Surgery
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Medical School
University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas, 1983
Residency
1989 General Surgery Residency, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Neb.
1991 Plastic Surgery Residency, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tenn.
Fellowship
1992 Hand Surgery Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
1993 Peripheral Nerve and Brachial Plexus Surgery Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.
Memberships
- American Board of Plastic Surgery
- American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
- American Society of Peripheral Nerve
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- American College of Surgeons
- American Council of Academic Plastic Surgeons
Awards and Honors
- 2002-2019 America’s Top Doctors
- 1994-2015 Best Doctors in America
- Former Program Director, Washington University Plastic Surgery Residency Program
- Former Program Director, Washington University Hand Surgery Fellowship Program
- Washington University President’s Award
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons Young at Heart Award
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons Paul Weeks Teaching Award
- University of Texas Medical School Dean’s Excellence Award
Research
- Surgical-site infections after breast reconstruction
Clinical Trials
Surgical-site Infections after breast reconstruction
Publications
Olsen MA, Lefta M, Dietz JR, Brandt KE, Aft R, Matthews R, Mayfield J, Fraser VJ. Risk factors for surgical site infection after major breast operation. J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Sep;207(3):326-35. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.04.021. Epub 2008 Jun 26. PMID: 18722936; PMCID: PMC3618680.
Brandt KE. An evidence-based approach to Dupuytren’s contracture. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Dec;126(6):2210-5. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181f83129. PMID: 21124163.
Evans GR, Scholz T, Brandt K. Outpatient Surgery. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2015 Jul;136(1):89e-95e. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000001335. PMID: 26111336.
Brandt K. From Residency to Lifelong Learning. J Craniofac Surg. 2015 Nov;26(8):2287-8. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0000000000002205. PMID: 26517466.
Cohen JB, Myckatyn TM, Brandt K. The Importance of Patient Satisfaction: A Blessing, a Curse, or Simply Irrelevant? Plast Reconstr Surg. 2017 Jan;139(1):257-261. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000002848. PMID: 28027265.