Affiliations & Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

Florida Hospital Orlando
Winter Park Memorial Hospital
Orlando Regional Medical Center

Society Memberships

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (Past President, 1995-1996)
Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (Charter Member)
American Society of Plastic Surgeons
International Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
Florida Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (Past President 1984)
Orange County Medical Society
Beta, Beta, Beta Honor Society
Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Fellow, International College of Surgeons

Offices Held

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
President, 1995-1996
Board of Directors, 1981 -
Officer - Historian, 1983 - 1986
Voting Member at Large, 1988 - 1990
Officer - Secretary, 1990 - 1993
Officer - Vice-President, 1993 - 1994
Officer - President-Elect, 1994 - 1995
Officer - President, 1995 - 1996
Chairman - Board of Trustees, 1996 - 1997
Voting Member of the Board of Trustees (3 year position), 1997 - 2000
Trustee - Board of Directors (3 year position), 2001 - 2004
Chosen to be an Alternate Representative for the American College of Surgeons Board of Governors
Has been on numerous Panels, has Chaired numerous Scientific Sessions at the national Meetings
Served as Traveling Professor for 4 years
Created the UAL Task Force, which assisted with certain regulatory aspects of FDA approval of the ultrasound suction device in order to ensure safe performance of UAL by well-trained, experienced plastic surgeons.

American Society of Plastic Surgeons
Member - Board of Trustees, 1998 - 2000
Member - Cosmetic Subcommittee of the Scientific Program Committee, 1999
Member - Joint Committee on Communications, 1998 - 1999

Florida Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
President, 1984
Officer - Secretary, 1981
Officer - Treasurer, 1982
Officer - Vice President, 1983

Government Related Issues
Dr. Baker has been asked to testify three times before the FDA on breast implant related issues. He did this at hearings in 1976, 1992 and in 2000. He was also a Clinical Research Investigator for Liquid Silicone Injections for the FDA and Dow Corning Corporation from 1978 - 1981. From 1994 through 1996, he served the National Institute of Health in their study of the breast implant safety issue.

Medical Corporation Appointments
Surgeon Advisory Panel, Davis and Geck Company
Clinical Research Investigator for Zyderm Injections, Collagen Corporation, 1979
Medical Consultant for Research and Developmemt with Silicone Body Implants, Medical Engineering Corporation, 1980
Medical Consultant for Research and Development on Breast Implants, Dow Corning Corporation, 1980
Clinical Research Investigator for SoftForm Facial Implants, Collagen Corporation, 1997

Honors and Awards

1975 Elected to Marquis's Who's Who in the Southeast
1984 Received Honorable Mention as "One of the Outstanding Surgeons in the Field of Breast Augmentation Surgery and Research", Harper's Bazaar Magazine
1986 Received "Outstanding Alumni Award" from Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, New Jersey
1988 Received "Distinguished Service to Humanity Award" from Florida Southern College Alumni Association, Lakeland, FL
1990 Recognized by Central Florida Magazine as "Best Plastic Surgeon in Area" as a result of popular vote, August issue
1993 Selected to be in the 2nd ed. of The Best Doctors in America by his peers
1995 Selected as one of 5 surgeons featured in an article titled "Smooth Operators - Meet the Nip- and-Tuckers: Five Plastic Surgeons on the Cutting Edge" (April issue)
1997 Presented with the Julien Reich Award at the Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Meeting in Queenstown, New Zealand
1999 Recognized/listed as one of the "Top Cosmetic Surgeons in the U.S." by Town & Country Magazine in their March 1999 Comprehensive Guide to Cosmetic Surgery issue
2001 Presented with the Simon Fredricks Award for "Best Panelist" at the Annual ASAPS Meeting for his presentation titled "Textured Versus Smooth Implants"
2001 Named in More Magazines April edition's "More's Black Book of the 75 top nip-and-tuck doctors from east coast to west"
2001 Named as Best Plastic Surgeon in Orlando in Orlando Magazine
2001 Named as one of the Top Doctors in Orlando Magazine as taken from the National Registry
2003 Made the Cover Feature on December issue of M.D. News
2004 Listed as a Member in the National Register's Who's Who in Executives and Professionals, (2004 - 2005 Edition)
2005 Named in Best Doctors in America
Appeared on ABC TVs "20/20" in 1988, on The Phil Donahue Show in 1992 and on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1996 (each show was on a breast related subject)