Location information
Hospital address
Shriners Hospital for Children 909 S. Fair Oaks Ave. Pasadena CA 91105 United States of America
Hospital type
Private
Hospital description
Second-Level Hospital (Regional)
This is a teaching hospital
Description
Andre Panossian, MD is a board-certified plastic surgeon practicing in Los Angeles, California. He specializes in facial paralysis reconstruction, neurofibromatosis, pediatric plastic surgery, rhinoplasty, facial aesthetics, and body contouring. Dr. Panossian received his medical education at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston after graduating at the top of his class at UCLA, receiving Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude honors. Upon graduation from medical school, Dr. Panossian was accepted into an elite combined general surgery and plastic surgery residency at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. It was there on the wards of the vaunted LA County Hospital where he honed and mastered his skills.
Following residency, Dr. Panossian completed subspecialty training in craniofacial surgery at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and Harvard Medical School. He was mentored by Dr. Ron Zuker in the practice of facial paralysis reconstruction. This prestigious fellowship position was available to only one surgeon in the United States. He then traveled to France in order to further refine several cosmetic surgery and craniofacial techniques.
Dr. Panossian is affiliated with various charitable and educational organizations, including Operation Smile and Mending Kids. He serves on the Board of Directors for Mending Kids and the Gondobay Manga Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the improvement of lives in Sierra Leone. He has been featured as “Top Doctor” in US News and World Report, Pasadena Magazine, and Los Angeles Magazine. Dr. Panossian also served as an expert medical consultant and appeared on The Doctors, Grey’s Anatomy, and Nip/Tuck.
Dr. Panossian is a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and the highly selective American Association of Plastic Surgeons, reserved for only a select group of individuals nationally who have demonstrated excellence in academic plastic surgery. He also holds memberships in several other professional societies including the International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies, American College of Surgeons, and the American Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery.
Member information
Name
Andre Panossian
Member type
Individual independent practitioner
Specialty
Plastic, Reconstructive & Burns Surgeon
Subspecialties
- Aesthetic
- Breast
- Cleft lip and palate
- Craniofacial
- Head and neck
- Lower limb
- Paediatric
- Upper limb
- Maxillofacial
- Microsurgery
- Paediatric and congenital
- Acute burns care
- Post burns reconstruction
Languages spoken
- Armenian
- Spanish
Professional affiliations / memberships
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)
- American Cleft Palate - Craniofacial Association
- American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS)
- American Society of Maxillofacial Surgeons (ASMS)
Conditions treated
- Cleft lip and Palate
- Surgical treatment for complications in cleft palate surgery
- Microtia
- Craniofacial Syndromes
- Facial fractures
- Rhinoplasty and Nasal Reconstruction
- Head and Neck Reconstruction (neoplasia and traumatic)
- Excision of Soft tissue Tumors and Skin neoplasia
- Breast Reconstruction
- Soft tissue Reconstruction (neoplasia and trauma)
- Lower extremity Flap reconstruction and salvage
- Abdominal Reconstruction
- Liposuction/Fat grafting
- Microsurgery for free tissue transfer
- Peripheral Nerve reconstruction
- Acute burn care and skin grafting
- Release of chronic Burn contractures and reconstruction
- Hand reconstruction (soft tissue and bone)
- Dupuytrens contracture
- Congenital hand surgery (syndactaly, polydactaly, cleft hand, duplicated thumb)
- Peripheral nerve decompression (carpal and cubital tunnel)
Equipment used
- Microscope and micro instruments
- Facial fracture tray
- Hall Drill /K wire driver
- Hand Fracture tray
- General Hand Tray
- Liposuction and fat grafting instruments
- Dermatome and mesher
- Craniofacial Tray (Dingman retractor)
- Headlight
