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Dr. Ira Krafchin specializes in plastic reconstructive surgery, plastic surgery in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Ira Krafchin has been compared 160 times. Details of Dr. Krafchin's 38 years experience as an MD, his 2 hospital affiliations and education at SUNY Downstate are available on your free doctor report.
Dr. Ira Krafchin identified specializing in
Plastic Reconstructive Surgery and Plastic SurgeryPlastic Surgery
A plastic surgeon deals with the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of physical defects of form or function, involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, craniomaxillofacial structures, hand, extremities, breast and trunk, and external genitalia. He/she uses aesthetic surgical principles not only to improve undesirable qualities of normal structures but in all reconstructive procedures as well. A plastic surgeon possesses special knowledge and skill in the design and surgery of grafts, flaps, free tissue transfer and replantation. Competence in the management of complex wounds, the use of implantable materials, and in tumor surgery is required..
He is certified in Plastic Surgery.
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Dr. Krafchin is affiliated with 2 hospitals:
Dr. Krafchin attended medical school at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine and graduated in 1976 having 38 years experience.
While there is no proven correlation between the quality of one's educational institution and the quality of one's professional competence, it is often an indicator. Medical schools have various levels of selectivity (some are harder to get into than others), and both the quality of their clinical training and level of research are measured. Additional medical training in both residency and fellowships and the facilities they are conducted at also provide a history of the doctors' level of training and experience.
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1130 Highway 315, Wilkes Barre, PA 18702