Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Dr. John A. Persing is a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon in New Haven, CT
with special training and skill in performing reconstructive plastic surgery necessary after traumatic illness or injury.
As a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, John A. Persing, MD performs
reconstructive procedures on the skin, face, breast, lip, and other parts of the body affected by congenital birth defect, trauma, or illness. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is
a medical specialty focused on surgically reconstructing parts of the body negatively impacted by illness or injury for functional and aesthetic reasons. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons include cleft lip and palate, facial and ear deformity, post-operative breast cancer reconstruction, removal of skin cancer metastases, damage caused by traumatic injury, post-treatment reconstruction of damage caused by skin cancer or burns, and surgical reconstruction to improve hand or limb function.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
include diagnostic imaging, injury or deformity assessment, microsurgery, skin grafting, tissue expansion, flap surgery, and post-operative patient education.
A surgeon who specializes in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
Plastic And Reconstructive Surgeons in New Haven, CT
Neurosurgeon
Dr. John A. Persing is a Neurosurgeon in New Haven, CT
with special training and skill in diagnosing and surgically treating disorders of the central and peripheral nervous system.
As a Neurosurgeon, John A. Persing, MD performs
surgery on the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves to remove tumors, relieve chronic pain and treat wounds, vascular disorders and diseases such as Parkinson's and epilepsy. Neurosurgery is
the medical specialty that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of brain, spinal cord, spinal column, and peripheral nerve diseases and disorders. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Neurosurgeons include aneurysms, arteriovenous malformation (AVM), brain tumors, carotid artery blockage, stenosiscervical (neck) and lumbar (low back) disorders, spinal cord injury, and epilepsy.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Neurosurgeons
include cortical mapping, cerebrovascular surgery, functional neurosurgery, peripheral nerve surgery, radiosurgery, skull base surgery, spine surgery, stereotactic neurosurgery, trauma surgery, and surgical implantation of deep brain stimulators to treat Parkinson Disease and certain type of tremors.
A neurological surgeon provides the operative and non-operative management (i.e., prevention, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, critical care, and rehabilitation) of disorders of the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their supporting structures and vascular supply; the evaluation and treatment of pathological processes which modify function or activity of the nervous system; and the operative and non-operative management of pain. A neurological surgeon treats patients with disorders of the nervous system; disorders of the brain, meninges, skull, and their blood supply, including the extracranial carotid and vertebral arteries; disorders of the pituitary gland; disorders of the spinal cord, meninges, and vertebral column, including those which may require treatment by spinal fusion or instrumentation; and disorders of the cranial and spinal nerves throughout their distribution.
Neurosurgeons in New Haven, CT
