Frank A. Papay, MD
Dermatology & Plastic Surgery in the Heart of Cleveland
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Frank Papay, MD, has been appointed Chairman of the Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute at Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Papay has been a member of Cleveland Clinic’s professional Staff since 1992 and currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Section Head of Craniofacial/Pediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He is an Associate Professor of Surgery in Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, as well. In addition, he serves as Chairman of the Operating Room Allocation and Scheduling Committee.
In his new role, Dr. Papay plans to design and establish a world-class multidisciplinary approach to patient-oriented care relating to complex dermatological diseases, plastic surgical reconstruction, aesthetic surgery and services. The Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute will provide the Cleveland Clinic Health System with value-added subspecialty care that focuses on all aspects of dermatology, human form and function and aesthetic rejuvenation.
Dr. Papay has been recognized as a Top Doc specializing in plastic surgery by Cleveland magazine and Castle Connolly. Dr. Papay has served as President of the Ohio Valley Society of Plastic Surgeons, elected Chair of the American Society of Plastic Surgery’s Ethics Committee, Executive Committee member of the Plastic Surgery Section of the American Academy of Pediatrics and of the Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and Northern Ohio.
Dr. Papay as published over 100 scientific papers, abstracts and book chapters and holds five medical device patents. He has served as the Board Examiner for the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Finalist Judge for the collegiate inventors’ competition from the National Inventors Hall of Fame and invited section reviewer of several plastics surgery scientific journals.
Dr. Papay is currently completing his Executive Doctor of Management degree at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, with his thesis interest in decision-making analysis of risk by financiers of new ventures and technology transfer.
His clinical research interests include utilization of bone substitutes in craniofacial reconstruction, nasal valve function in rhinoplasty, facial plastic surgery and pediatric craniofacial anomalies.
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