Frank A. Vicari, MD

Specialties

• 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 »

Special interests

Cleft lip and palate; other head, jaw and facial deformities, plagiocephaly, specialized training in the diagnosis and treatment of skeletal abnormalities of the skull and facial bones; endoscopic approach to patients with craniosynostosis, congenital hand deformities, skin and soft tissue defects, expertise in congenital large and giant nevi pediatric tissue expansion, facial reanimation (nerve repair of facial paralysis), jaw lengthening, laser surgery, vascular malformations, burn reconstruction, treatment of hemangiomas and STARscan expertise

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Health care plans accepted

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• Aetna (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• Beech Street (PPO)
• Best Doctors (PPO)
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois (HMO, POS, PPO)
• CCN (PPO)
• CIGNA (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• Employer Coalition on Health (HMO)
• First Health (PPO)
• Great West Health Care (PPO)
• Harmony Health Plans of Illinois (HMO)
• Health Alliance Medical Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
• HealthNetwork - Wellmark (PPO)
• HFN Inc. (EPO, PPO)
• Humana Inc. (HMO, POS, PPO)
• Illinois Health Connect (HMO)
• Managed Care Strategies (PPO)
• Multiplan (PPO)
• National Provider Network (PPO)
• Preferred Plan (PPO)
• Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. (POS, PPO)
• Sagamore - Indiana (PPO)
• UniCare (HMO, PPO)
• United Healthcare of Illinois (EPO, HMO, POS, PPO)
• WEA Insurance Group (PPO)

Certifications

Board certified in Plastic Surgery, 1991

Professional organizations

Fellowship, American College of Surgeons; American College of Surgeons, Metropolitan Chicago Chapter; Fellowship, American Academy of Pediatrics; Specialty Fellowship and Plastic Surgery Section Member; American Society of Plastic Surgery; Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation; Midwest Association of Plastic Surgeons; Chicago Plastic Surgical Society; American Medical Association; Chicago Medical Society; Illinois State Medical Society; American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association; Illinois Association of Craniofacial Teams; The Society for Investigative Dermatology; Sigma XI