Training and board certification
- Graduated cum laude from Harvard College.
- MD, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; honors included the Allen O. Whipple Award for Outstanding Performance in Surgery, Alpha Omega Alpha, and the Gold Humanism Honor Society.
- Three years of general surgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by plastic and hand surgery training in the Harvard Plastic Surgery Combined Residency Program.
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons; certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
- Teaching faculty, Lahey Clinic; Assistant Clinical Professor at Maine Medical Center for Tufts University School of Medicine.
- Member, American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery and American Association for Hand Surgery.
(All facts above: plasticandhand.com/team/john-kirkham.)
Eyelid surgery work
The practice's eyelid surgery page describes cosmetic blepharoplasty to correct sagging upper or lower eyelids, under-eye bags and fatty deposits on the lids. Upper eyelid surgery uses an incision within the natural lid fold extending slightly beyond the outer corner of the eye, removing excess skin and fatty tissue. Lower eyelid surgery uses an incision just below the lower lashes (or, in some cases, on the inside of the lid), removing excess skin and fat or redistributing fat. Listed eyelid procedures include traditional upper and lower eyelid lifts, fat pad transposition, structural fat grafting, and surgical chemical peels (source).
Gallery: an eyelid surgery before-and-after category, part of the practice's shared photo gallery (source).
Other procedures
The practice site lists facial fat grafting, nose surgery and facelift surgery under Face; breast augmentation, lift, reduction and transgender top surgery under Breast; tummy tuck, liposuction, mommy makeover, body contouring and labiaplasty under Body; plus injectables and NeoGraft hair restoration (plasticandhand.com).
Insurance and cost
The practice site has no statement on insurance, Medicare, or eyelid surgery pricing.