Richard Ha, MD

Dr. Richard Ha is a board-certified plastic surgeon who specializes in pediatric and craniofacial surgery. He has two convenient office locations in both Dallas and Plano, Texas. Dr. Ha has expertise in correcting cleft lip and cleft palate, ear construction and infant ear molding using the Earwell Correction System ™, craniosynostosis and other craniofacial anomalies, jaw distraction, surgical correction for speech disorders, facial animation for paralysis, facial trauma reconstruction, microsurgery, scar revision, and birthmark treatment. He serves as president of the Pediatric Plastic Surgery Institute and RH Plastic Surgery.

Dr. Ha received his undergraduate degree with honors from Brown University and his medical degree from Indiana University. He completed his general surgery, plastic surgery, and craniofacial fellowship training at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Ha has over 24 years of experience as an expert in pediatric plastic surgery.

Dr. Ha is a Clinical Instructor at UT Southwestern Department of Plastic Surgery, and he is active in training residents and fellows. He holds membership in the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association, and serves on several committees. Dr. Ha published numerous articles on many plastic and craniofacial surgery topics for peer reviewed journals and chapters in leading textbooks. He continues to lecture nationally at courses and meetings.

Dr. Has has been selected as D-Magazine Top Plastic Surgeon 2008-2017, 2023-2024 and has been recognized by US News as a Top plastic surgeon. He has also been selected several times as Physician of the Month for the global infant Earwell Correction System. ™ which is used to nonsurgically correct in a painless way infant ear deformities in the first 3 weeks of life.