Dr. Frank Vicari, MD

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. With ten years of experience, he specializes in pediatric plastic surgery and craniofacial surgery, which is the the surgical management of congenital and acquired deformities of the head, skull, face, neck, jaws, and associated structures.
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 devotes his spare time to his family, as well as his horses and dogs.