The Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has a highly qualified team of plastic surgeons offering specialized and comprehensive treatment for pediatric plastic surgical problems, including congenital anomalies, disabilities and deformities. In addition, the Section also offers management of the following special-need populations.

Stuart J. Hulnick, MD, Burn Center
Children from the entire Delaware Valley region may be flown by helicopter from the scene of a fire to the Stuart J. Hulnick, MD, Burn Center at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children. The burn center is the only exclusively pediatric unit of its kind located on the East Coast between Boston and Charleston, SC. It provides specialized care to children suffering from burns and smoke inhalation, or non-burn problems like Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN). The burn team, comprised of pediatric plastic surgeons, specialty surgeons, critical care intensivists, nurses, social workers, and respiratory, physical and occupational therapists, provides care for patients’ acute problems, as well as their rehabilitative and reconstructive needs.

Cleft Lip/Palate Center
The Center uses advanced methods that may be able to correct these problems within the first year of a child’s life using a multidisciplinary approach that calls on plastic surgeons, oral surgeons, orthodontists, speech therapists, otolaryngologists, and social service professions. Specialists from the Section of Clinical Genetics and Dysmorphology and the Speech and Hearing Department participate in the case when needed.

Craniofacial Services
At St. Christopher’s, the care and treatment of a patient’s craniofacial condition employs a multidisciplinary emphasis. Patients are evaluated by craniofacial plastic surgeons and neurosurgeons, as well as by the cleft lip/palate team.

Hand Surgery Center
The Center, opened in 1989, provides comprehensive care and therapy for children born with cleft fingers, web fingers, or without thumbs. The Section also provides care for vascular malformations of the extremities, including laser treatment, and other hand malformations.

Appointments: 215-427-5191