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Bruce S. Bauer, MD

Head, Plastic Surgery

Academic title

Professor of Surgery, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine

Specialties (click links to view descriptions)

• Plastic and reconstructive surgery
  Treats cleft lip and palate; other head, jaw and face deformities; craniosynostosis, hand and ear deformities, skin and soft tissue defects (with expertise in pediatric tissue expansion), vascular anomalies, burn reconstruction, etc.
  Learn more about Plastic and reconstructive surgery at Children's Memorial

Special interests

Birthmarks, burn reconstruction, cleft lip and palate, congenital birth defects, congenital and acquired deformities of the ear (child and adult), craniofacial surgery, treatment of large and giant pigmented nevi and other congenital skin and soft tissue defects, pediatric tissue expansion, treatment of hemangiomas, vascular malformations

Sees patients at

Children's Memorial Outpatient Center in Lincoln Park
467 W. Deming (Clark and Deming)
Chicago, IL 60614
773.327.2440
773.327.2510 (fax)

Children's Memorial Outpatient Center in Glenview (at Glenbrook Hospital)
2150 Pfingsten Road
Glenview, IL 60025
77.327.2440
773.327.2510 (fax)

Medical school

Northwestern University, 1974

Postgraduate training

Residency in plastic surgery, Northwestern University Medical School, 1977-1979; general surgery, 1974-1977

Certifications

Board certified in Plastic Surgery, 1980; Subspecialty Fellow American Academy Pediatrics, 1985

Professional organizations

Fellowship, American Academy of Pediatrics; Fellowship, American College of Surgeons; American Association of Plastic Surgeons; American Society of Plastic Surgeons; American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association; American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons; American Association of Pediatric Plastic Surgeons; Illinois Association of Craniofacial Teams; International Society of Craniomaxillofacial Surgery; Midwestern Association of Plastic Surgeons

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