Michael Klebuc, M.D.
Dr. Michael Klebuc - Facial Paralysis Doctor in Houston, TX
Doctor Klebuc is the director of the Center for Facial Paralysis Surgery and Functional Restoration at the Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. Dr. Klebuc is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and he performs plastic and reconstructive surgery. He specializes in microsurgery and facial paralysis reconstruction.
Dr. Klebuc attended medical school in Canada and received his plastic surgery training at The Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He also completed a pediatric plastic surgery fellowship under Dr. Ronald Zuker at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada focusing on functional muscle flap surgery for smile restoration.
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He has an academic appointment at Cornell University, Weill College of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr. Klebuc has written over twenty peer reviewed articles and nine book chapters. He has made over forty national and international presentations regarding reconstructive surgery and has won numerous academic and research awards. Dr. Klebuc has been repeatedly ranked as one of the Best Doctors in America and one of America’s Top Plastic Surgeons.
Dr. Klebuc has earned the national Super Doctors award for over Ten consecutive years, from 2006 to 2018 earning him the right to be honored in the Super Doctors Texas Hall of Fame.
Dr. Klebuc is a member of numerous surgical societies including:
- The American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- The American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery
- World Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery
- Plastic Surgery Research Council
- American Board of Plastic Surgery
Education
Undergraduate
- University of Saskatchewan
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Major: Anatomy
- Degree: Bachelor of Science (magna cum laude) June, 1989
Medical Education
- University of Saskatchewan School of Medicine
- Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Degree: Doctor of Medicine (distinction) June 1993
Postgraduate Education
- Pediatric Microsurgery Fellowship: Hospital for sick children, Toronto, Canada 7/2000-01/2001
- Plastic Surgery Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 7/97 – 6/2000
- General Surgery Residency (3 years): Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 6/94 - 7/97
- Plastic Surgery Research Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston , Texas 7/93 - 6/94
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Weill Medical College, Cornell University
- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Michael DeBakey Department of Surgery
- Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
(Appointed 2001)
Selected Articles
- Iliac Crest Osteocutaneous Flap Reconstruction for Ameloblastoma of the Mandible in a Patient with Bilateral Peronea Artery Magna
- Complex Midface Reconstruction: Maximizing contour and bone graft survival utilizing periosteal free flaps
- Algorithms for the treatment of cleft lip and palate
- The Iliac crest Microsurgical Free Flap in Mandibular Reconstruction
- "Donor Nerve Selection in Facial Reanimation Surgery" from Seminars in Plastic Surgery
- "Facial Reanimation Using the Masseter-to-Facial Nerve Transfer" from Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal