Get to know Pediatric Plastic & Craniofacial Surgeon Dr. Frank A. Vicari, who serves patients throughout the State of Illinois.

Dr. Vicari is a renowned pediatric plastic and craniofacial surgeon who evaluates, diagnoses, treats, and supports the ongoing needs of pediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients, with the overarching goal of enabling them to live normal and healthy lives. For the past 30 years, he has been caring for children with complex congenital and acquired disorders throughout the Chicagoland area, and around the world. Dr. Vicari serves as the Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery / Craniofacial Surgery at Advocate Children’s Hospital – Park Ridge. In addition, he 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. Since 1991, he has been a Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He also holds surgical privileges with the following area hospitals: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, and Highland Park Hospital. For more information, please visit https://pressrelease.healthcare/frank-a-vicari-md-facs-faap-pediatric-plastic-craniofacial-surgeon.html.

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.