If the leading hospital in South Africa, Park Lane, can auction off liposuction and breast enlargements at online auction houses and turn a strong profit, why shouldn’t Johns Hopkins open a plastic surgery wing and potentially earn some of the money being poured into cosmetic surgery?
As first reported by Sandra Boodman for The Washington Post, six months ago, with little ado, the Johns Hopkins Cosmetic Surgery Center at Green Spring Station opened in the affluent Baltimore suburb of Lutherville, Md.
Opening a center focused on cosmetic surgery is a change of pace for Johns Hopkins. In 2003, the hospital was named “best hospital” by US News and World Report. It scored in the top