Physician

Plastic Surgery

Dr. Linton A. Whitaker is an expert in the field of Plastic Surgery. He attended Tulane University School of Medicine. He over the years received 2 awards: "Fellow (FACS)" and "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare". Linton A. Whitaker is a published doctor. He has 32 papers published. The most current publication "A critical evaluation of long-term aesthetic outcomes of fronto-orbital advancement and cranial vault remodeling in nonsyndromic unicoronal craniosynostosis."

Publications

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• A critical evaluation of long-term aesthetic outcomes of fronto-orbital advancement and cranial vault remodeling in nonsyndromic unicoronal craniosynostosis.
• Perioperative Complications Associated With Intracranial Procedures in Patients With Nonsyndromic Single-Suture Craniosynostosis.
• The prevalence of strabismus in unilateral coronal synostosis.
• An evaluation of complications, revisions, and long-term aesthetic outcomes in nonsyndromic metopic craniosynostosis.
• Abstract 3: a comparative analysis of complications associated with intracranial procedures in 746 patients with nonsyndromic single suture craniosynostosis.
• The impact of a parent liaison at a major craniofacial center.
• Fernando Ortiz-Monasterio July 23, 1923 - October 31, 2012.
• Soft-tissue refinements in the treatment of unicoronal craniosynostosis: the rotational forehead flap.
• Psychology of plastic and reconstructive surgery: a systematic clinical review.
• Does the incidence of traumatic brain injury in children increase after craniofrontal surgery?
• Metopic craniosynostosis due to mutations in GLI3: A novel association.
• Normocephalic pancraniosynostosis resulting in late presentation of elevated intracranial pressures.
• The natural history of patients treated for TWIST1-confirmed Saethre-Chotzen syndrome.
• Tongue dysmorphology in craniofacial microsomia.
• Evaluation of the safety of posterior cranial vault reconstruction.
• Cranial vault expansion in the management of postshunt craniosynostosis and slit ventricle syndrome.
• The changing epidemiologic spectrum of single-suture synostoses.
• Long-term results following fronto-orbital reconstruction in nonsyndromic unicoronal synostosis.
• Evolution of operative techniques for the treatment of single-suture metopic synostosis.
• Age-dependent closure of bony defects after frontal orbital advancement.
• Craniosynostosis: another feature of the 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
• The art and science of anti-aging therapies.
• Mental health histories and psychiatric medication usage among persons who sought cosmetic Surgery.
• Congenital nasal anomalies: a classification scheme.
• Metopic synostosis: Defining the temporal sequence of normal suture fusion and differentiating it from synostosis on the basis of computed tomography images.
• Body image concerns of breast augmentation patients.
• The Center for Human Appearance: a multi-specialty concept.
• Delayed cranial vault reconstruction for sagittal synostosis in older children: an algorithm for tailoring the reconstructive approach to the craniofacial deformity.
• Craniosynostosis and altered patterns of fetal TGF-beta expression induced by intrauterine constraint.
• Immediate versus delayed midface distraction in a primate model using a new intraoral internal device.
• An investigation of changes in body image following cosmetic surgery.

Schools

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• Tulane University School Of Medicine

• Montreal General Hospital

• Dartmouth Affil Hosps

• Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania

Procedures Preformed

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• Wound Repair

Doctors Specialties

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• General Surgery
• Plastic Surgery

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna HMO
• Choice Plus POS II
• Blue Card PPO
• Capital Blue Cross
• Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
• Coventry Health America PPO
• Coventry Health Care of Delaware PPO
• First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
• Geisinger Health Plan
• Community Blue PPO
• Choice Care PPO
• MultiPlan PPO
• Freedom Plan
• QualCare HMO
• QualCare PPO
• Choice Plus POS
• Navigate HMO
• Navigate POS
• Options PPO
• Oxford Liberty

Awards

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• Fellow (FACS)
• Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare

Education

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• University of Pennsylvania Health System
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
• Tulane University School of Medicine

Hospital

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• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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