Frank A. Vicari, MD, FACS, FAAP, is a Highly Successful Pediatric Plastic and Craniofacial Surgeon with Advocate Children’s Hospital – Park Ridge in Park Ridge, IL

Frank A. Vicari, MD, FACS, FAAP, is a top pediatric plastic surgeon and craniofacial surgeon who lends his skills and expertise to serve patients at his private practice in Illinois. Moreover, he is Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery / Craniofacial Surgery at Advocate Children’s Hospital – Park Ridge in Park Ridge, IL. The hospital is part of Chicagoland Children’s Health Alliance. Dr. Vicari additionally serves as Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, a role he assumed in 1991. He maintains surgical privileges with Highland Park Hospital, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital. With ten years of experience, he specializes in pediatric plastic surgery and craniofacial surgery, i.e., the surgical management of congenital and acquired deformities of the head, skull, face, neck, jaws, and associated structures. For more information about Dr. Frank A. Vicari, please visit https://www.childrensfaces.com/who-we-are.

Frank A. Vicari, MD, FACS, FAAP, devotes his spare time to his family, as well as his horses and dogs. While the doctor is widely recognized for many of his professional achievements, he remains known best for having been the first surgeon in the world to perform minimally invasive, endoscopic-assisted craniofacial procedures for craniosynostosis.  Moreover, he has pioneered mandibular distraction for airway management in children with hypoplastic (small) mandibles. Dr. Vicari has been responsible for the creation of such programs as the Congenital Hand Clinic and the Head Shape Evaluation Clinic, which is dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of children with “flat heads”. These patients have facial or cranial asymmetry from positional molding, torticollis, or synostosis. Dr. Vicari has been awarded numerous recognitions throughout his remarkable career, some of which include the Patients’ Choice Award (2013, 2014), the Compassionate Doctor Recognition (2013, 2014), and the On-Time Doctor Award (2014) bestowed by vitals.com. For more information about Dr. Frank A. Vicari, please visit https://care.advocatehealth.com/doctors/frank-a-vicari-park-ridge-pediatric-plastic-reconstructive-surgery.

Frank A. Vicari, MD, FACS, FAAP, is a 1982-graduate of the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in Maywood, IL. His postgraduate training includes his combined general surgery and plastic surgery residency served at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine (1982-1988). Moreover, Dr. Vicari fellowship trained in pediatric plastic surgery at the Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto, Ontario and fellowship trained in craniofacial surgery at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital.  Dr. Vicari completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry as well as a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering. He attained board certification in plastic surgery with the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Furthermore, he attained the highly exclusive titles of Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP). For more information about Dr. Frank A. Vicari, please visit https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/2176164-Frank-Vicari-surgeon-pediatric-Chicago-IL-60611.