Matthew B. Baker, M.D.

After high school, Dr. Baker attended the Honors College of the University of Florida majoring in Biology. He completed the requirements for graduation, including an undergraduate thesis project, in only three years. Dr. Baker then entered the Physician Scientist Program at the University of Miami School of Medicine. There he earned his M.D. and his Ph.D. in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Upon graduation from medical school, Dr. Baker matched into the General Surgery residency training program at the prestigious Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC.

After completing the five-year surgery residency at Georgetown University Hospital, Dr. Baker went on to complete a second residency training program in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. The Vanderbilt University program is currently considered to be one of the premier plastic surgery training programs in the United States. Dr. Baker then chose to further hone his surgical skills in Breast and Aesthetic Surgery by completing a fellowship with one of the great masters of plastic surgery, G. Patrick Maxwell, M.D.

Dr. Baker is currently Board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a clinical staff member at PSCMC in downtown Denver.

Experience

Surgeon, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Baker Center for Plastic Surgery, PC
Denver, CO
February 2005 – present

Training

Fellowship in Breast and Aesthetic Surgery
Baptist Hospital
Nashville, TN
July 2004 – December 2004

Residency in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
July 2002 – June 2004

Residency in General Surgery
Georgetown University Medical Center
Washington, DC
July 1997 – June 2002

Education

M.D. University of Miami School of Medicine
Miami, FL
July 1990 – June 1997

Ph.D. University of Miami School of Medicine
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Miami, FL
July 1990 – June 1997

B.A. New College of Florida
Division of Natural Sciences
Sarasota, FL
August 1987 – June 1990

Board Certifications

Diplomate, American Board of Plastic Surgery

Memberships

Active Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Active Member, Am. Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons

Honors and Awards

National Institutes of Health A4 Grant Award 1996
Intern of the Year 1997-1998, Georgetown Surgery Service

Publications

Zhao AZ, Colin AM, Bell J, Baker M, Char BR, Maxson R. Activation of a late H2B histone gene in blastula-stage sea urchin embryos by an unusual enhancer element located 3’ of the gene. Mol Cell Biol 1990 Dec;10(12):6730-6741

Sosa JL, Baker M, Puente I, Sims D, Sleeman D, Ginzburg E, Martin L. Negative laparotomy in abdominal gunshot wounds: potential impact of laparoscopy. J Trauma 1995 Feb;38(2):194-197 Baker MB, Podack ER, Levy RB. Perforin- and Fas-mediated cytotoxic pathways are not required for allogeneic resistance to bone marrow grafts in mice. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant 1995 Dec;1(2):69-73

Levy RB, Baker M, Podack ER. Perforin-deficient T cells can induce acute graft-versus-host disease after transplantation of MHC-matched or MHC disparate allogeneic bone marrow. Ann NY Acad Sci 1995 Dec 29;770:366-367

Baker M, Podack ER, Levy RB. Fas and perforin cytotoxic pathways are not the major effector mechanisms in allogeneic resistance to bone marrow. Ann NY Acad Sci 1995 Dec 29;770:368-369

Baker MB, Altman NH, Podack ER, Levy RB. The role of cell-mediated cytotoxicity in acute GVHD after MHC-matched allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in mice. J Exp Med 1996 Jun 1;183(6):2645-2656

Baker MB, Riley RL, Podack ER, Levy RB. Graft-versus-host-disease-associated lymphoid hypoplasia and B cell dysfunction is dependent upon donor T cell-mediated Fas-ligand function, but not perforin function. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1997 Feb 18;94(4):1366-1371

Ferrara JLM, Krenger W, Cooke KR, Pan LY, Blazar BR, Crawford JM, Korngold R, Townsend RM, Levy RB, Baker M, Sykes M, Dey B, Yang YG, Chao NJ, Deeg HJ, Petersdorf E, Ringden Olle, Holler E, Heslop HE, Niederwieser D, Murphy GF. Chapter 30: Recent Advances and Future Directions. In Gra!-vs.-Host Disease: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, NY. Ferrara JLM, Deeg HJ, Burakoff SJ, eds. 1997:775-801

Bennett M, Taylor PA, Austin M, Baker MB, Schook LB, Rutherford M, Kumar V, Podack ER, Mohler KM, Levy RB, Blazar, BR. Cytokine and cytotoxic pathways of NK cell rejection of class I-deficient bone marrow grafts: influence of mouse colony environment. Int Immunol 1998 Jun;10(6):785-790 Baker MB, Kutka MF, Kelly KJ. Early failure of absorbable plating in a patient with syndromic brachycephaly. J Craniofac Surg 2004 May; 15(3):519-522

Deshpande J, Kelly KJ, Baker MB. Anesthesia for Plastic Surgery. In Smith’s Anesthesia for Infants and Children, 7th Edition. Mosby Incorporated, St. Louis, MO. Motoyama EK, Davis PJ, eds. (in press)

Maxwell GP, Baker MB. Augmentation Mammaplasty: General Considerations. In Surgery of the Breast: Principles and Art, 2nd Edition. Lippincott-Raven Publishers, Philadelphia, PA. Scott L. Spear, ed. 2006: 1237-1260