Sydney Clementine Butts MD, FACS

Dr. Butts serves as Vice Chair and chief of the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at University Hospital of Brooklyn/SUNY Downstate and Kings County Hospital Center. After graduating from the Yale University School of Medicine, Dr. Butts completed a residency in otolaryngology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. Butts then completed fellowship training in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, She then joined the faculty of the department of otolaryngology at SUNY Upstate. Dr. Butts has clinical expertise in congenital craniofacial surgery including cleft lip and palate surgery and craniosynostosis surgery.
Her clinical focus includes the management of congenital craniofacial anomalies, adult and pediatric maxillofacial trauma, vascular malformations, local/regional flap surgery, scar revision surgery, rhinoplasty and managing other soft tissue lesions that require a reconstructive approach. She has written several book chapters and journal articles, presented research at national academic meetings, and been a guest faculty and invited lecturer on multiple reconstructive topics. Dr. Butts currently serves as the faculty coordinator for the Grand Rounds Program, supervising scheduling of faculty speakers and educational content.