Derek Steinbacher

Derek is Chief of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chief of Dentistry, and Director of Craniofacial Surgery at the Yale School of Medicine. He is a Board Certified Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon, specializing in cleft, craniofacial, and maxillofacial surgery. His research encompasses tissue engineering and regeneration, distraction osteogenesis, and 3D analysis and planning. Derek obtained his M.D. from Harvard Medical School and his D.M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, both with honors. He completed post-doctoral training at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Johns Hopkins Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital.