Patients With Small Burn Injuries Can Now Be Treated Here

Cincinnati Children’s will begin seeing burn patients in its Burn/Wound Care clinic on Nov. 16. The new service comes in anticipation of Shriner’s Hospital for Children’s move to Dayton Children’s Hospital in February 2021.

Shriner’s announced the move in March 2019. They will lease and occupy separate space on the Dayton Children’s campus, establishing themselves as a distinct hospital within a hospital.

The Division of Pediatric Plastic Surgery at Cincinnati Children’s has long partnered with Shriner’s to provide primarily pediatric plastic surgery and craniofacial surgery services. Other divisions, such as ENT and our Level 1 Trauma Center, have also had years of experience supporting acute burn patients.

Said Brian Pan, MD, director, Pediatric Plastic Surgery, “The good news is that there’s been such a big push to reduce burn injuries nationally that patient volumes aren’t as high as they were in the past, particularly in the pediatric population.”

Added Dan von Allmen, MD, surgeon-in-chief at Cincinnati Children’s, “Recent analysis shows the vast majority of burn injuries sustained by children in Greater Cincinnati are small burns. That means injuries to less than 10 percent of the child’s body. We feel our expertise can provide the outstanding level of care that patients and families expect within our current hospital setting.”

Cincinnati Children’s does not plan on building a full-service burn unit but will expand plastic surgery services to include burn reconstruction and the management of small burns.

Said Pan, “Our surgical team is already highly experienced in wound care and reconstruction. By taking care of children who have sustained small burn injuries, we will be able to best serve our local families closer to home.”