Joseph W. Stephens, III, M.D.: Arlington Plastic Surgery Center

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Joseph W. Stephens, III, M.D.: Arlington Plastic Surgery Center
1000 N. Davis, Suite B
Arlington, Texas 76012

Metro (817) 461-1693
Fax (817) 275-1401

JOSEPH W. STEPHENS, III, M.D.

Plastic Surgery comes naturally for Dr. Joseph Stephens, because it combines his love of surgery and a background of artistic expression. Both his mother and sister are well-known Georgia portrait artists, but he chooses to create his masterpieces with his surgeon’s hands, combining his meticulous approach and artist’s eye to achieve an aesthetic result. He knew as a youth that he wanted to be a physician, and spent summers in Macon, Georgia, working at the City Hospital and gaining valuable insights into the world of medicine. Restorative surgical procedures on patients with birth defects, burn injuries or other trauma were fascinating to him, and were never forgotten as he pursued his medical education at Harvard Medical School.
His 28 years of Plastic Surgery practice in Arlington have honed the skills learned during his extensive post-graduate training, and he has become one of the most sought-after cosmetic surgeons in the Metroplex. He has the ability to “turn back the clock” without leaving obvious scars from the surgical procedure. Yet he responds eagerly to the challenge of restoring deformed features of other patients, so they do not have to live with painful visual reminders of the past. In his hands, a new life awaits the child born with a facial defect, the woman who has lost a breast to cancer, and the accident victim who has been disfigured.

As a board certified Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Stephens said, “The most rewarding part of my practice is being able to help to improve someone’s quality of life. Many times I have seen a person blossom with a better self-image after correction of some minor flaw in their appearance. This is an exciting time to be in my specialty, because technology is expanding at an incredible rate. I’m continually learning new techniques, and improving old ones. Breast reconstruction by transfer of living tissue from other parts of the body has become common, with a more natural appearance of the breast."

Dr. Stephens is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Fort Worth Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Texas Medical Association and the Tarrant Country Medical Society. He has served as president of the Texas and Fort Worth Societies, and of the Arlington Medical Society. Immediate past president of the medical staff of Arlington Memorial Hospital, he has served on the hospital's Board of Trustees and is currently vice-chairman of the Physician Leadership Council of Texas Health Resources.

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