Robert Carpenter Email and Phone Number

“I’m perfectly suited for plastic surgery—it’s the way my mind works.I was tailor-made to be a plastic surgeon.”—Dr. CarpenterTrained as an artist and naturally gifted with exceptional surgical precision, Dr. Carpenter chose to pursue plastic surgery because he saw it as a way to blend his artistic and surgical gifts. (“Plus,” he says, “it’s a really cool job.”) After he pursued his BA in Biology at The College of William and Mary and his MD at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, he completed a general surgical residency at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and a plastic surgical residency at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution. He settled in the mountains of Cumberland, Maryland to establish his private practice in 1995. He is Board-Certified in Plastic Surgery and a member of both the American Society of Plastic Surgery and the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. In cooperation with the Crippled Children’s League, Dr. Carpenter developed and is Medical Director of the Cumberland Cleft Clinic, an organization established to provide coordinated services for children with cleft lip and palate deformities, regardless of their ability to pay.Dr. Carpenter’s personal life has been just as full as his professional. Dr. Carpenter served his country for 18 years in the Army Reserves Medical Corps, a service that included active duty status during the Iraq War in 2003. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2006. Every year since, he has pariticpated in annual medical missions to the Philippines to treat cleft lip and palate deformities in underprivileged children and residents. He lives happily in Cumberland with his wife, Judy, where they raised their five children and four dogs. His hobbies include reading, hiking, tinkering with antique cars, and watching James Bond movies with his (five!) kids.