Craniosynostosis surgeons

Dr. Rodney Schmelzer is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon that specializes in Craniosynostosis.

Dr. Jeffrey Fearon is the primary provider for Craniofacial Plastic Surgery for Adult and Pediatric patients who are referred to Neurosurgical Consultants with Complex Skull Base Tumors.

Our team is made up of three fellowship-trained craniofacial surgeons, a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and Deformational Plagiocephaly expert, plus other onsite specialists (physical therapist, feeding and speech pathologist, etc.)For the most accurate assessments and treatments for abnormal heads shapes in infancy, we take a team approach to evaluate each patient’s[...]

Our consultants are two of New Zealand's most experienced and comprehensively trained Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic surgeons, having between them over fifty years experience in their specialty and they keep up to date by meeting the requirements of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Continuing Medical Education Programme.[...]

The Craniofacial Programme is jointly run by the Plastic Surgery and Neurosurgery services at Christchurch, Wellington and Hutt Hospitals. The service cares for children with a range of craniofacial conditions requiring craniofacial surgery in the South Island and Lower North Island. The service sees approximately 120 new patients each year. The Craniofacial[...]