Specialties
- Breast reconstruction
- Hand reconstruction
- Aesthetics cosmetic: chief resident clinic
- Limb salvage/extremity
- Pediatric cleft program
- Abdominal wall reconstruction — MIST
- Facial reanimation
- Vascular anomalies
- Craniofacial
- Burn reconstruction
Procedures and surgeries offered:
Reconstructive surgery
This involves restoration of form and function throughout the body. This may include repairing a defect that trauma or tumors may have inflicted, reconstructing a breast after mastectomy, reattachment of limbs and digits, or putting back together the bones of a face.
Microsurgery
This involves utilizing a microscope or magnifying glasses (loupes) to sew blood vessels and nerves together, allowing the surgeon to bring tissue from one part of the body to another. The sutures used are one-third the size of a human hair, and these techniques require specialized training and expertise.
Craniofacial and pediatric plastic surgery
This includes treatment of anomalies of the face or head as well as other congenital diseases in children. This may range from craniosynostosis (premature fusion of skull bones), cleft lip and palate, jaw surgery, facial reanimation, vascular anomalies (including hemangiomas), and congenital nevi. The Texas Cleft-Craniofacial Team is the longest-running cleft collaborative in Houston with 13 specialties offering coordinated expertise.
Hand surgery
This includes treatment of both acute and chronic problems such as injuries (soft tissue, tendon, and bone) in the hand, carpal tunnel surgery, brachial plexus repair, arthritis of joints in the hand and wrist, and congenital hand anomalies.
Breast surgery
This includes all forms of breast reconstruction, from implants and tissue expanders to using your own tissue (free tissue transfer). This also includes breast reduction or symmetry procedures. Finishing procedures may include nipple reconstruction or tattooing.
Cosmetic (or aesthetic) procedures
This includes breast augmentation or breast lift (mastopexy), liposuction, face-lifts, brow lifts, rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery, and abdominoplasty. Various adjunct procedures, such as Botox, fillers, lasers, and dermabrasion, are also offered.
