Includes specialty programs: Craniofacial Center / Deformational Plagiocephaly Clinic / Ear Molding Clinic / Speech Resonance Clinic / Vascular Anomalies Clinic
Our Akron location is now located on the first floor of the Considine Building.
Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Center
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 himself. And we do it with a compassionate, family-centered approach.
We have one focus: kids.
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 craniostenosis
- Hemangiomas and other vascular malformations
- Birth defects of the ear (protruding or absent ear)
- Birth defects of the hands (webbed fingers, extra or missing digits)
- Birth defects of the chest and limbs (breast anomalies)
- 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 (e.g., nose reshaping, eyelid surgery, ear and chin repositioning, and correction of jaw or bite abnormalities)
Locations
Contact Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Akron Children's Hospital Craniofacial Center, Akron
Considine Professional Building
215 West Bowery Street
Akron, Ohio 44308-1062
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Akron Children's Hospital Pediatric Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Boardman
Building A
6505 Market Street
Boardman, Ohio 44512
Fax: 330-543-4971
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Akron Children's Hospital Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Boston Heights
Akron Children's Health Center
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
Ashish Francis, MD
Pediatric Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon
Richard Lou, MD, FACS
Acute/Reconstructive Burn and Plastic Surgeon; Surgical Critical Care
Specialty Programs
What Should Families Expect When They Come for an Appointment?
At Akron Children’s, your child’s health and safety is our priority. Please continue to bring your child for wellness visits, vaccinations or sick care appointments that keep children healthy. We want to assure you that we have taken additional precautions to ensure a safe environment for your child and family. The following are additional safety efforts, in addition to our normal cleaning protocols, that we are taking to help you be comfortable bringing your child to an appointment.
Limiting the Number of Caregivers and Face Covering
The number of caregivers permitted to accompany a child to an appointment is dependent on the department you are visiting. Everyone visiting an Akron Children's facility is asked to wear masks or face coverings, except for kids under 2 or those with sensory issues. Masks will be provided for visitors who do not bring their own.
Checking In and Screening of Visitors
Akron Children's now offers Mobile Check-in to limit your exposure to others. You'll receive a text an hour before your child's appointment arrival time. Click the link in the text when you reach the Akron Children's facility for your child's appointment. You will receive a confirmation text that reminds you to wait in your car. Once we determine appropriate spacing is available inside the building, you'll receive a third text to let you know it's OK to come in for your appointment.
Immediately upon entering the building, your temperature will be taken, either by a thermal scanner or a greeter who will also ask you a few questions.
If you are in a waiting room, you’ll notice signs and a limited number of chairs. This is to remind our patients to keep 6 feet of physical distance between your family and others.
Precautions If You Suspect Your Child Has COVID-19
Call your child’s healthcare professional if your child is sick with fever, cough, or difficulty breathing and has been in close contact with a person known to have COVID-19, or if you live in or have recently traveled from an area with ongoing spread of COVID-19. Your health care professional will work with Ohio’s public health department and the CDC to determine if your child needs to be tested for COVID-19.
View all the safety precautions Akron Children's is taking.
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