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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

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Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Our team provides comprehensive care for all pediatric plastic surgical problems, including congenital anomalies (such as cleft lip/palate, hand abnormalities and breast deformities,) acute traumatic injuries, skin tumors (such as moles and cysts) and reconstruction following burns and other traumatic injuries.

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Clinics

General Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Outpatient Care Center, First Floor
555 S. 18th Street
Columbus, OH 43205
(614) 722-6299

Cleft Lip and Palate Center
Outpatient Care Center, First Floor
555 S. 18th Street
Columbus, OH 43205

Center for Complex Craniofacial Disorders
Outpatient Care Center, First Floor
555 S. 18th Street
Columbus, OH 43205

Resonance Disorders Program
Outpatient Care Center, First Floor
555 S. 18th Street
Columbus, Ohio 43205

Hemangioma and Vascular Malformations Clinic
Outpatient Care Center, First Floor
555 S. 18th Street
Columbus, Ohio 43205

Hand, Microsurgery, and Brachial Plexus Program
Outpatient Care Center, First Floor
555 S. 18th Street
Columbus, Ohio 43205

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department Highlights

Dr. Kirschner to lead the Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery            
Richard E. Kirschner, MD, FACS, FAAP, has joined Nationwide Children's Hospital as chief of Plastic Surgery and director of the Cleft Lip and Palate-Craniofacial Center.

Dr. Kirschner is nationally recognized as a leading authority in cleft lip and palate, resonance disorders, 22q11.2 deletion syndrome and vascular malformations. He has been widely published in many leading professional publications and is actively involved in research and teaching.

He comes to Nationwide Children’s from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he served as director of both the Cleft Lip and Palate Program and Plastic Surgery Research. He also served as program director for Plastic Surgery at The University of Pennsylvania. Learn more about Dr. Kirschner.

Maya Spaeth, MD Joins the Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Launches New Program
Dr. Spaeth to serve as co-director of the Hand, Microsurgery and Brachial Plexus Program at Nationwide Children’s. Learn more about Dr. Spaeth.

The Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fact Sheet
Learn more about Plastic Surgery at Nationwide Children's.

Welcome Center Services
The Welcome Center Services program is one of the only patient programs of its kind where the Sleep Well, Get Well program is made available to our patients traveling from outside of central Ohio. Learn more

Referral Information
To make a referral or schedule a consultation, please call (614) 722-6200 or (877) 722-6220 or make a referral online.
                                      

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fast Facts

July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010

Inpatient Discharges: 118
Observation and Outpatient in a Bed Discharges: 66
Total Discharges: 184
Average Length of Stay*: 2.8 days
Average Daily Census*: 0.9
Patient Days*: 336
Total Surgical Procedures: 711
Includes Surgery Unit and Surgery Center
Inpatient Consultations: 54
Cleft Lip/Craniofacial Anomalies Clinic Visits: 1,215
Vascular Anomalies Clinic Visits: 648
Plastic Surgery Clinic Visits: 611
Total Plastic Surgery Clinic Visits: 2,474
* Excludes observation patients

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