Biography

Commended with honors in plastic surgery, and acknowledged for his involvement with advanced training in the specialty, Dr. Walton is Board Certified in Plastic Surgery by the American Board of Medical Specialties. He graduated from medical school at the University of Kansas and received his surgery and plastic surgery training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Yale-New Haven Hospitals. In recognition for his skill and achievement, Dr. Walton was a recipient of the Peter J. Rubin award for Best Scientific Paper at the American Association of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting and received the prestigious James Barrett Brown Award for the most significant publication in plastic surgery by his peers. He has served as a professor, chairman, and instructor for some of the most elite institutions in the nation and is widely published in the specialty. He has been celebrated for his Pro Bono work. In 1986 he founded Proyecto MIRA, a non-profit organization dedicated to the surgical care of indigent children in Puerto Rico suffering from facial and hand deformities. Along with other surgeons who have joined his cause, Dr. Walton dedicates 4 trips per year to what he describes as “his calling.”

Board Certification(s)

American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS)

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Provider's Gender

male