We restore, repair, and make whole those parts..which fortune has taken away, not so much that they may delight the eye, but that they may buoy up the spirit and help the mind of the afflicted."
Gaspare Tagliacozzi 1597
The Core Plastic Surgery Faculty
Our core plastic surgical faculty covers three main sites, UIC, Mt. Sinai, and Shriner's Children's Hospital. One unique aspect of our program is that we have much of the same core faculty at all of the sites that we cover.
Chief of Department of Plastic Surgery, UIC
Dr. Pravin Patel, MD, FACS
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Cleft & Craniofacial Surgery
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Maxillofacial Surgery/Orthognathic Surgery
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Pediatric Plastic Surgery
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Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
Chief Emeritus, Professor of Surgery
Dr. Mimis Cohen, MD
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Cleft Surgery
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Aesthetic Surgery
Program Director, Professor of Surgery
Dr. Julia Corcoran, MD, MHPE
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Pediatric Plastic Surgery
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Cleft Surgery
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Gender Affirmation Surgery
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Reconstructive Surgery
Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery
Dr. Lee Alkureishi, MD
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Head & Neck and General Reconstruction
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Microsurgery
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Cleft & Craniofacial Surgery
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Maxillofacial Surgery/Orthognathic Surgery
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
Dr. Franklin Lew, MD
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Hand Surgery
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
Dr. David Morris, MD, MFA, FACS
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Cleft & Craniofacial Surgery
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Pediatric Plastic Surgery
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Maxillofacial Surgery/Orthognathic Surgery
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Aesthetic Surgery
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Gender Affirmation Surgery
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
Dr. Krishna Patel, MD
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Maxillofacial Surgery
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Aesthetic Surgery
Assistant Professor, Dept of Plastic Surgery
Assistant Professor, Dept of Neurosurgery
Dr. Chad Purnell, MD, FACS
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Microsurgery
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Reconstructive Plastic Surgery
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Cleft & Craniofacial Surgery
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Maxillofacial Surgery/Orthognathic Surgery
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Pediatric Plastic Surgery
Assistant Professor, ISPS President 2025
Dr. Matthew Ranzer, MD, FACS
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Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery
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Body Contouring Surgery
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Gender Affirmation Surgery
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Aesthetic Surgery
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Reconstructive Adult Plastic Surgery
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
Dr. Anna Schoenbrunner MD, FACS
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Gender Affirmation Surgery
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Reconstructive Adult Plastic Surgery
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
Dr. Samir Shah, MD
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Hand Surgery
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Aesthetic Surgery
Director of Virual Simulation Lab
Dr. Linping Zhao, PhD
Research
Adjunct Faculty
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
Dr. Jeremy Warner
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery at the Warner Institute
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
Dr. Soleil Niknam-Bienia
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Microsurgery
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Aesthetic and Reconstructive Breast Surgery
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Reconstructive Adult Plastic Surgery
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Dr. Mason Milburn
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Hand Surgery
The Craniofacial Center Faculty
Our craniofacial center is the oldest, most comprehensive clinical care and research center in the United States
Our team includes a host of different medical professionals who are listed below, including a pediatrician, orthodontists, prosthodonitists, dentists, and pys
Pediatrician, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Dr. Geisel Collazo-Garcia
Dentist, Director of Maxillofacial Prosthetics
Dr. David Reisberg, DDS
Neurodevelopmental Psychologist, Asst Professor
Janine Rosenberg, PhD
Craniofacial Orthodontist, Assistant Professor
Mark Runge, DDS
Maxillofacial Prosthetics, Assistant Professor
Akanksha Srivastava, DDS
Craniofacial Orthodontist, Assistant Professor
Neil Warshawsky, DDS
Speech and Language Pathologist
Natalie Wombacher, PhD, CCC-SLP
Managing/Support Staff
Gender Affirming Care PA
Racheal Johnson, MMS, PA-C
Plastic Surgery APN
Ashly Landry, RN, APN
Plastic Surgery APN
Emma Callamaro, PA-C
Program Coordinator
Lynette Montalto
