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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

Franklin Lew MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Soleil Niknam-Bienia MBA MHA MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Uma Maduekwe MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Pravin K Patel MD FACS
Professor of Surgery
Chief of the Division of Plastic Surgery
University of Illinois at Chicago
Director Craniofacial Center

David E Morris MD MFA FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Chief of Plastic Surgery Shriners Hospitals for Children

Chad E Purnell MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery

Matthew Ranzer MD FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Illinois Society Plastic Surgeons President, 2025

Rajendra Shah MD FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Samir Shah MD FACS
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Linping Zhao PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director of Virtual Surgery Simulation Lab
Adjunct Plastic Surgery Faculty

Mark Grevious MBA MD FACS
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery

Clark Schierle PhD MD FACS
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
Participating Community Plastic Surgeons

Florence Mussat MD FACS
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery

David Shifrin MD FACS
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery

Iliana Sweis MD FACS
Assistant Professor of Plastic Surgery
The Craniofacial Center Faculty

Geisel Collazo-Garcia MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatrician

Mark Runge DMD MS
Craniofacial Orthodontist

David Reisberg DDS
Professor of Surgery
Director of Maxillofacial Prosthetics

Akanksha Srivastava DDS
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Maxillofacial Prosthetics

Janine Rosenberg PhD
Assistant Professor
Neurodevelopmental Psychologist

Neil Warshawsky DDS MS
Assistant Professor
Craniofacial Orthodontist
The Managing Staff



Megan Grobelny RN APN
Plastic Surgery Advance Practice Nurse
Racheal Johnson MMS PA-C
Physician Associate
Gender Affirming Surgical Program
Ashly Landry RN APN
Plastic Surgery Advance Practice Nurse


Lynette Montalto
Administrative Coordinator
Residency Program
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