Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Center
Includes specialty programs: Craniofacial Center / Deformational Plagiocephaly Clinic / Ear Molding Clinic / Speech Resonance Clinic / Vascular Anomalies Clinic / Cosmetic & Reconstructive Laser Program
We provide a full range of reconstructive plastic surgery services for infants, children and teens. Our treatment goals are aimed at increasing the movement and function of parts affected by injury, disease, genetic syndromes, birth defects or abnormal development, and improving a child’s outside appearance to help him feel better about themselves. And we do it with a compassionate, family-centered approach.
If your child needs surgery to fix a deformity caused by a birth defect, injury, illness or tumor, we have the experience and qualifications to treat your child to restore function and achieve the best possible cosmetic result.
The types of conditions we treat include:
- Cleft lip and palate and craniosynostosis
- Hemangiomas and other vascular malformations
- Birth defects of the ear
- Birth defects of the hands
- Birth defects of the chest and limbs
- Birthmarks and moles
- Injuries to the head, face, neck, jaws, hands, arms, legs and trunk
- Scar reduction and repair, including burn scars
- Cosmetic surgery to improve a child's self-image
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From the comfort of home or on-the-go, Quick Care Online is a convenient and secure way to connect with one of our pediatric health care providers about minor illnesses and common health issues.
Quick Care Online is available to anyone under age 18 in Ohio during convenient hours 7 days a week, 365 days a year using a compatible computer, mobile phone or tablet.
Locations
Akron Children's Craniofacial Center, Akron
Considine Professional Building
215 West Bowery Street
Level 1
Akron, Ohio 44308-1062
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Akron Children's Pediatric Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Boardman
Leonard J. Fisher Family Building
6505 Market Street, Building A
Boardman, Ohio 44512
Fax: 330-543-4971
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Akron Children's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Medina
Akron Children's Pediatric Primary and Specialty Care, Medina
3443 Medina Road
Door 2
Medina, Ohio 44256
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Akron Children's Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Boston Heights
Akron Children's Health Center, Boston Heights
328 East Hines Hill Road
Boston Heights, Ohio 44236
Fax: 330-543-4971
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Our Doctors/Providers
Director, Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; Medical Director, James A. Lehman Jr., MD Craniofacial Center and Speech Resonance Clinic; Pediatric Craniofacial Surgeon
Accepting New Patients
Nicholas Kochenour, DMD
Craniofacial Orthodontist by referral only. Accepting new patients for NAM only.
Accepting New Patients
Richard Lou, MD, FACS
Acute/Reconstructive Burn and Plastic Surgeon; Surgical Critical Care
Accepting New Patients
Specialty Programs
Videos
Patient Resources
Please see our patient resources for more information about conditions and possible treatments.
- A to Z: Cleft Lip, Bilateral
- A to Z: Cleft Lip, Unilateral
- Braces
- Cleft Palate
- Cleft Lip
- Cleft Palate With Cleft Lip
- Expanders
- Feeding your baby with cleft lip and/or palate
- Retainers
Some of the Conditions We Treat...
Apert syndrome, arteriovenous malformation, acne scar treatment, benign growths in the jaw, birthmarks, brachycephaly, breast reduction, breast anomalies (extra nipples, juvenile hypertrophy, gynecomastia, Poland’s syndrome), burns, cleft lip and palate, combined vascular malformations, congenital ear deformity, congenital hand and foot anomalies (e.g., syndactyly, polydactyly, amniotic band syndrome, hypoplastic thumb, trigger thumb, cleft hand), Cosmetic & Reconstructive Laser Program, craniofacial anomalies, craniofacial microsomia, craniofacial orthodontist, craniosynostosis, Crouzon syndrome, deformational plagiocephaly, deformities of the outer ear, ear construction, ear deformity, ear molding, EarWell™ Infant Ear Correction System, extremity reconstruction, facial paralysis, facial trauma and reconstruction, genital reconstruction for infants born with genital defects requiring surgery, giant congenital nevi, gingivitis, gynecomastia, hemangioendothelioma, hemangiomas, jaw deformities with malocclusion, laser treatments, lymphatic malformation, melanocytic nevi, microtia & hearing, microtia and bilateral atresia microtia, moles, Muenke syndrome, nose reshaping – rhinoplasty, otoplasty, palatal lengthening, Pierre Robin syndrome, Pfeiffer syndrome, pharyngoplasty, pharyngeal flap, port wine stain, positional plagiocephaly, reconstructive surgery, resonance disorders, scar management, scar reduction and repair, speech resonance, speech surgery, spinal anomalies (e.g., myelomeningocele), Stickler syndrome, torticollis, trauma (accidents and injuries), Treacher Collins syndrome, trunk reconstruction, vascular anomalies (e.g., hemangiomas, vascular malformations, lymphatic malformations), vascular malformations, venous malformation, velopharyngeal incompetence (VPI), wounds (e.g., bites, burns), zygomaticomaxillary complex fracture (ZMC)
