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Dr. John Clayton, MD, PhD, FACS

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22 Plastic Surgery & Spa MD

Cottonwood Heights, UT

Cosmetic Surgery

  • Three board-certified surgeons
  • On-site operating room
  • Se habla español
  • Virtual consults
807 results26 procedures
  • No.1IN UTAHMost breast implant removal results, and 5 moreMore published results on Afters than any other practice in Utah for breast implant removal (133), mommy makeover (104), breast augmentation revision (91), liposuction (53), gender affirming top surgery (49) and arm lift (24).
  • 5.0TOP RATED290 Google reviews5.0 from 290 Google reviews: weighted by how many reviews it has, in the top quarter of practices on Afters.

Dr. John L. Clayton is a board-certified plastic surgeon and Fellow of the American College of Surgeons at 22 Plastic Surgery, where he offers both surgical and nonsurgical aesthetic treatments. Before joining the practice, he was Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery at Intermountain Riverton Hospital for 13 years.

He earned a master’s in public health and a PhD in epidemiology from Tulane University and his medical degree from Louisiana State University, then completed a general surgery residency at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine and plastic and reconstructive surgery training at the University of North Carolina Hospitals.

Much of his research has focused on breast cancer and reconstruction. He has published 24 peer-reviewed articles, given more than 50 presentations to other physicians, and served on the editorial board of the Annals of Plastic Surgery. He is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and The Aesthetic Society.

He is the third generation of plastic surgeons in his family. His grandfather, Dr. John L. Clayton Sr., founded Clayton Plastic Surgery in 1963, where Dr. Clayton’s father practiced until he retired in 2017.

Credentials & affiliations

  • American Board of Plastic Surgery
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons
  • Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • Member, The Aesthetic Society

Publications & press

Doctors

  • Dr. Brian Reuben

    MD · Plastic Surgery · 15+ years

    Board certified

    Dr. Brian Reuben is a board-certified plastic surgeon at 22 Plastic Surgery in Cottonwood Heights who performs surgery of the breast, body and face. He is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, with a particular interest in breast reconstruction using a woman’s own tissue and body contouring after major weight loss.

  • Dr. Katherine Vandenberg

    MD · Facial Plastic Surgery

    Board certified

    Dr. Katherine Vandenberg is a facial plastic surgeon at 22 Plastic Surgery who devotes her practice to the face, head and neck, from facelifts, rhinoplasty and eyelid surgery to ear reshaping. She is board-certified in otolaryngology–head and neck surgery and fellowship-trained in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery.