Fan Liang , MD
Gender affirming care, gender surgery, plastic surgery.
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
4.8 of 5 stars
- Chinese - Mandarin
14 Insurances Accepted
Physician’s office phone.
443-997-1962
Professional Titles
- Medical Director, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health
Primary Academic Title
Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Dr. Fan Liang is the medical director of the Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health. In joining the team of 50+ providers, she will be advancing the center’s mission of embracing diversity and inclusion and providing affirming, comprehensive, person-centered care for patients.
Dr. Liang has expertise in a range of plastic and reconstructive procedures. She has extensive training and experience with pediatric and adult craniofacial reconstruction, oncologic and traumatic reconstruction, as well as gender affirmation surgery.
Dr. Liang graduated from Harvard Medical School after earning her undergraduate degree in chemistry at Princeton University. She completed her integrated plastic surgery residency at the University of Southern California and then pursued a one-year craniofacial fellowship at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Liang comes to Johns Hopkins Medicine from the University of Maryland Medical System’s R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. There, she served as an assistant professor of surgery, and focused on restoring form and function to patients with complex craniofacial trauma, oncologic defects and bony injuries of the hand and lower extremity.
Dr. Liang considers her work in gender affirmation procedures to be especially rewarding. She approaches these procedures with keen skill and dedication to every aspect of her patients’ well-being.
Centers and Institutes
Transgender and Gender Expansive Health, Center for
- Fan Liang, M.D. | Director, Center for Transgender and Gender Expansive Health
- Facial Feminization Surgery Q&A
Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
High BMI Increases Complications for Chest Masculinization Surgery However, regardless of BMI, risk for severe complications during gender-affirming chest surgery are very low, HealthDay 11/17/2023
High BMI Is Not Associated With Serious Complications After Top Surgery, New Study Shows, Them , 11/8/2023
Study suggests body mass index isn't obstacle to chest masculinization surgery eligibility, MedicalXpress 11/7/2023
Research Interests
Transgender health, craniofacial surgery, facial feminization, vaginoplasty, phalloplasty, gender affirming surgery
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-zlBx20AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
- AAPS Resident Poster Competition Winner. "3D Cone Beam Computer Tomography volumetric outcomes of rhBMP-2 with a demineralized matrix scaffold vs. autologous iliac crest bone graft for alveolar cleft reconstruction". AAPS 94th Annual Meeting. Scottsdale, AZ. April 2015.
- ASPS Winner for Outstanding paper presentation in Craniofacial. "3D Cone Beam Computed Tomography volumetric outcomes of rhBMP-2 with a demineralized matrix scaffold vs. autologous iliac crest bone graft for alveolar cleft reconstruction". ASPS The Meeting. Boston, MA. September 2015
- American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons National Resident/Fellow Representative, American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons, 1/1/07
- 601 North Caroline Street, Floor 8 , Baltimore , MD 21287
- phone: 443-997-9466
- fax: 410-367-2022
University of Michigan Health
Lac + usc medical center, harvard medical school, board certifications.
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)
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Dr. Liang shows an Immense amount of care, respect, and understanding to her patients in comparison with other providers. She's brilliant, trustworthy, and a beacon of hope for trans people in the mid Atlantic.
Dr Fan Liangs office has been objective incredible through our this process
I cannot say enough good things about Dr. Liang. She is personable and warm, extremely knowledgeable, affirming, patient, and explains things clearly and efficiently. She is a wonderful clinician and it is clear that she cares about her patients.
Dr. Liang is honestly the best provider I have had before. She's caring and very attentive to your needs.
Dr. Liang is the best! I am grateful to have her! I hope you pay her well and give her all the benefits. She deserves it and then some.
Dr. Fan Liang was an amazing provider and overall person. Very wise and insightful. Made me feel very comfortable and her compassion reflected well with her integrity and how much she cares about her work and the service she offers. Love my visit with her and would def recommend her, no complaints only appraisals for her.
She is amazing, and I'm very happy to be working with her and have her do my up coming surgerys,
She is a fabulous provider! She listened to everything we talked about, and she was very helpful, provide with great information to me and I like working with her.
Dr Liang was polite and asked for my input several times. She clearly worked to put me at ease. I felt like there were a couple of questions where she gave more general answers than I would have wanted to hear, but I never felt dismissed or rushed.
Dr. Liang is one of the best doctors I have ever had.
Dr. Liang, while competent, seemed to downplay my feelings and really talked down to me. She also asked more invasive questions than I think should be asked about my mental health care.
Super compassionate and caring,made me feel like family, a Beautiful and loving experience,thank uou
Excellent, Informative and Kind
Excellent in breaking down everything
Great bedside manner! Showed great concern for me, the patient. Clear but very nice about medical boundaries and limitations. Provided detailed analysis of past surgeries and of the surgical process.
Dr Liang is an very thorough and empathetic with me.
I was favorably impressed. This was my first visit with Dr Liang
Dr. Liang has a great personality and an excellent eye for the work she does. The recommendations she gave me felt right and she made sure to provide me with adequate information so that I could come to my own decisions about what is best for me.
Very good and respectful. I felt listened to.
It was my first visit with this doctor. She was very warm, complementary, polite, and incredibly professional. I felt safe talking with her, and I look forward to Her performing future surgery on me.
Dr. Liang is very caring. She knew her guidance would be upsetting, but she guided me through it empathetically.
This is the first time that I have had a provider not make harsh comments about my weight during an unrelated visit, I am very grateful for this
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