Dr. Frank Vicari MD, Surgeon (Pediatric)
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Dr. Frank Vicari MD

Surgeon (Pediatric) | Pediatric Surgery

5/5(15)
225 E Chicago Ave Chicago IL, 60611
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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.

Education and Training

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 1982

Board Certification

American Board of Plastic Surgery; Plastic Surgery

Provider Details

MaleEnglish 46 years of experience
Dr. Frank Vicari MD
Dr. Frank Vicari MD's Expert Contributions

Areas of expertise and specialization

pediatric surgery

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Surgery Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 1991 - Present

Awards

  • Patients' Choice Award 2013 Vitals.com 
  • Compassionate Doctor Recognition 2014 Vitals.com 
  • On-Time Doctor Award 2014 Vitals.com 

Treatments

  • Cleft Palate

Fellowships

  • Hospital for Sick Kids  Pediatric Plastic Surgery  
  • Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital Craniofacial Surgery  

Fellowships

  • Hospital for Sick Kids0Pediatric Plastic Surgery

Dr. Frank Vicari MD's Practice location

Advocate Children's Medical Group

1675 Dempster Street 3rd Floor -
Park Ridge, IL 60068
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New patients: 847-318-9330
Fax: 847-723-9051

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital

225 E Chicago Ave -
Chicago, IL 60611
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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. 

During this time, he has pioneered new techniques and created new programs designed to serve children and families with difficult diagnoses. He was the first in the world to perform minimally-invasive, endoscopic-assisted craniofacial procedures for craniosynostosis. He has also pioneered mandibular distraction for airway management in children with hypoplastic (small) mandibles. 

Currently, 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.

With a broad educational background, Dr. Vicari holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and a Master of Science degree in Chemical Engineering. He worked as a Coordinator of R & D for Universal Oil Products, Inc., before attending medical school at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. He then did residencies in general surgery and plastic surgery at Loyola University Medical Center. 

Following this, he completed fellowships in pediatric plastic surgery and craniofacial surgery at the Hospital for Sick Kids in Toronto, Ontario and then at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital.

Thriving in his field, Dr. Vicari is board-certified through the American Board of Plastic Surgery, whose mission is to promote safe, ethical, efficacious plastic surgery to the public by maintaining high standards for the education, examination, certification, and continuous certification of plastic surgeons as specialists and subspecialists. 

Attaining fellowship status, he is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS) and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP). 

Pediatric plastic surgery is plastic surgery performed on children. Its procedures are most often conducted for reconstructive or cosmetic purposes. In children, this line is often blurred, as many congenital deformities impair physical function as well as aesthetics. Pediatric plastic surgeons treat children from birth through young adulthood. They choose to make pediatric care the core of their medical practice, and devote 50% or more of their time to the care of children.

Craniofacial surgery is a surgical subspecialty that deals with congenital and acquired deformities of the head, skull, face, neck, jaws, and associated structures. Craniofacial surgeons have expertise in surgery on bone, muscle, nerves, fat, and skin.

On a more personal note, Dr. Vicari’s family includes his wife, three kids, three horses, and at least two dogs (but sometimes more). He loves his horse, Justifiable, the most, but considers everyone else to be pretty cool too.

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