Ramon A. DeJesus, M.D.
2012 S. Tollgate Road Suite #100
Bel Air, Maryland 21015
Phone 410.569.5155
Fax 410.569.5166
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It could be said that I grew up visiting a hospital because I spent many afternoons playing on the hospital grounds with my siblings while Dad visited his patients. As I grew older, my father began to take me with him into the hospital. My father has such a passion for surgery and medicine, he cannot be said to have a profession as much as a vocation. To this day, well into his seventies, Dad goes to work everyday with the same passion, with the same gentile manner and compassion that has earned him the love and loyalty of so many patients throughout the past fifty years. My father taught all his children "word in deed", which is the duty of every capable person to help others in which ever way he or she can. I could not but follow his example.
As young as twelve, I would go with my father into the operating room to witness surgical procedures. I went with him on house calls when his patients were too elderly or too disadvantaged that is difficult for them to visit him at the office. I saw how he truly cared for these people and the sincere affection and gratefulness he received in return, it was contagious.
By the time I entered college, I knew that I was going to study medicine because I wanted to help people. Furthermore, I knew I wanted to be a plastic surgeon. I was interested in plastic surgery because it is a more advanced, refined form of general surgery. During this time, it was evident the field of medicine was changing, it was becoming increasingly specialized and I did not want to go into a specialty in which I would only deal with a specific part of the body. I find the human body much too fascinating to stay only in one area. I could help a wider range of patients, performing surgery throughout the entire body, in a myriad of different procedures. In the process of applying to a plastic surgery residency, I was privileged with an invitation to join the Buncke Clinic in San Francisco to specialize in microsurgery. If I could help people with plastic surgery, I could help more with microsurgery. I could save limbs, I could transplant digits or skin, connect blood vessels; the possibilities were endless. One year into microsurgery residency, I was accepted into the plastic surgery program at John Hopkins. I came to Baltimore, completed the plastic surgery program, and then returned to finish microsurgery.
Ever since I finished my residencies, I have been fulfilling my life long dream; I have been helping people from all walks of life, regain their health and functionality. I have replanted fingers on people who have cut them off accidently; I have transplanted toes into the hand of persons who lost their fingers entirely, giving them back the ability to grab and grip. I have help patients in combination with other surgical specialist. For example, I helped a Thoracic Surgeon who removed a segment of esophagus from a cancer patient by rebuilding the esophagus with a segment of healthy tissue from the patient's intestine so that food could travel from the mouth to the stomach. I have restored the facial expression of facial Palsy patients, giving them ability to smile again. On patients with Brachial Plexus injuries, I have preformed procedures to restore movement and function to the upper limbs. I have helped farmers who injured their hands with corn picking machinery regain full functionality of their hands. I have given new breasts to women who have lost theirs to cancer. I have returned youth to the faces and bodies of many people who want a second chance to look radiant and healthy. I have helped many previously obese persons regain their self esteem and continue to live in a healthier body. I have given many of my patients a second chance at a healthy, productive life.
The possibility of continuing to help others is what drives me to work on a daily basis. My father continues to be my inspiration and guiding light. I cannot imagine myself doing anything else. I am grateful for all that life has given me. I only ask that I may continue to give back with my work. Feel free to look over my education, training, and experience.
Sincerely,
Ramon A. DeJesus, MD
As young as twelve, I would go with my father into the operating room to witness surgical procedures. I went with him on house calls when his patients were too elderly or too disadvantaged that is difficult for them to visit him at the office. I saw how he truly cared for these people and the sincere affection and gratefulness he received in return, it was contagious.
By the time I entered college, I knew that I was going to study medicine because I wanted to help people. Furthermore, I knew I wanted to be a plastic surgeon. I was interested in plastic surgery because it is a more advanced, refined form of general surgery. During this time, it was evident the field of medicine was changing, it was becoming increasingly specialized and I did not want to go into a specialty in which I would only deal with a specific part of the body. I find the human body much too fascinating to stay only in one area. I could help a wider range of patients, performing surgery throughout the entire body, in a myriad of different procedures. In the process of applying to a plastic surgery residency, I was privileged with an invitation to join the Buncke Clinic in San Francisco to specialize in microsurgery. If I could help people with plastic surgery, I could help more with microsurgery. I could save limbs, I could transplant digits or skin, connect blood vessels; the possibilities were endless. One year into microsurgery residency, I was accepted into the plastic surgery program at John Hopkins. I came to Baltimore, completed the plastic surgery program, and then returned to finish microsurgery.
Ever since I finished my residencies, I have been fulfilling my life long dream; I have been helping people from all walks of life, regain their health and functionality. I have replanted fingers on people who have cut them off accidently; I have transplanted toes into the hand of persons who lost their fingers entirely, giving them back the ability to grab and grip. I have help patients in combination with other surgical specialist. For example, I helped a Thoracic Surgeon who removed a segment of esophagus from a cancer patient by rebuilding the esophagus with a segment of healthy tissue from the patient's intestine so that food could travel from the mouth to the stomach. I have restored the facial expression of facial Palsy patients, giving them ability to smile again. On patients with Brachial Plexus injuries, I have preformed procedures to restore movement and function to the upper limbs. I have helped farmers who injured their hands with corn picking machinery regain full functionality of their hands. I have given new breasts to women who have lost theirs to cancer. I have returned youth to the faces and bodies of many people who want a second chance to look radiant and healthy. I have helped many previously obese persons regain their self esteem and continue to live in a healthier body. I have given many of my patients a second chance at a healthy, productive life.
The possibility of continuing to help others is what drives me to work on a daily basis. My father continues to be my inspiration and guiding light. I cannot imagine myself doing anything else. I am grateful for all that life has given me. I only ask that I may continue to give back with my work. Feel free to look over my education, training, and experience.
Sincerely,
Ramon A. DeJesus, MD
“Bel Air Hand & Plastic Surgery Specialists"