William Kanter, M.D., F.A.C.S.

“We take as much time as necessary to try and optimize your result. You deserve a safe environment and a doctor who cares about you and your outcome.”

— Dr. William Kanter, Attending Plastic Surgeon, Plastic Surgery Professionals

Board-certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS), Dr. William Kanter has been finding safe and innovative ways to help patients enhance their personal appearance.

His outstanding credentials and commitment to patient care in the Howard County, Maryland and the Greater Baltimore area have helped him become an established surgeon who understands how to combine high-quality care with individual attention to create a mutual trust with his patients.

He has extensive experience and expertise in facelifts, eyelid surgery, plastic surgery of the breasts, including breast augmentation, breast reduction, and reconstruction, liposuction, including Ultrasonic Liposuction, abdominoplasty (tummy-tuck), laser skin resurfacing and plastic surgery of the nose (rhinoplasty), chin and ears.

Dr. Kanter graduated first in his class in medical school in Albany, New York. He then obtained his surgical training at the Harvard Medical School where he was a resident and then appointed Chief Resident in Surgery at the renowned Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Kanter then completed his residency in Plastic Surgery also at the Harvard Medical School in Boston. He has been on the Part Time Clinical Faculty at Johns Hopkins Medical School for over 15 years as a Clinical Instructor in Plastic Surgery.

Dr. Kanter was also elected by his fellow physicians to serve as Vice-President and then President of the Professional Staff of the Howard County General Hospital, a Johns Hopkins Affiliated Hospital.

He is co-author and co-editor of a major textbook on Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery and is a recipient of the Golden Cannula Award from the Lipoplasty Society of North America for research in liposuction. He also has numerous publications in the medical literature. Dr. Kanter has also been recognized as one of “America’s Top Plastic Surgeons” by the Consumer Research Council of America.

You can feel comfortable knowing that Dr. Kanter is a caring and knowledgeable physician who combines a high degree of medical safety and surgical skill to help you look your best.

In practice since 1989, Dr. Mitchel Kanter specializes in cosmetic surgery including facelifts, eyelid surgery, nasal surgery, laser facial rejuvenation and laser skin resurfacing, as well as Plastic Surgery of the breast including breast enlargement, breast reduction, breast lifts and reconstruction. He also has expertise in liposuction for fat deposits on the body, body contour surgery and treatment of skin cancers.

Dr. Mitchel Kanter is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and has been recognized as one of America’s Top Plastic Surgeons by the Consumer Research Council of America.

In addition to his regular surgical activities in Maryland, Dr. Mitchel Kanter is a Clinical Instructor in Plastic Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Medical School on the part time faculty.

He trained in Plastic Surgery at the Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He graduated medical school and completed full training in surgery at the George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Mitchel Kanter has numerous publications in the medical literature which emphasize safety during outpatient surgery and cosmetic surgery and he is also co-author of a major textbook on cosmetic eyelid surgery entitled Aesthetic Blepharoplasty.

Dr. Mitchel Kanter is one of the few plastic surgeons who is double Board Certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and the American Board of Internal Medicine.