Return of Seasoned Pediatric Plastic and Craniofacial Surgeon to Salt Lake City and Primary Children’s Medical Center
Dr. Rodney Schmelzer Returns to Salt Lake City Dr. Rodney Schmelzer, craniofacial surgeon, is now a partner at Plastic Surgery Associates in Salt Lake City, Utah. He returns from the Phoenix, AZ area to continue his highly-specialized pediatric care and surgical services in Salt Lake, and serving the Provo, Ogden and Logan areas as well. Even more important, this craniofacial surgeon’s skills...
Read MoreSurgery relieves infant’s skull condition: Apache Junction boy’s sutures fused too early
On Friday, neurosurgeon Dr. Scott Elton and cranial/facial surgeon Dr. Rodney Schmelzer took young Brandon into an operating room. Three hours later, at Mesa’s Cardon Children’s Medical Center at Banner Desert Medical Center, Elton came out declaring, “It went great. He looks wonderful. Everything is freed up and back where we...
Read MoreFacial surgery in Mesa marks boy’s countdown to normal life
At 3 feet, 9 inches tall and 49 pounds, Cayden has undergone 13 operations since he was 5 months old. The last one before this week’s was in December. Cayden battles Apert syndrome, a rare genetic disorder – only 1 in 200,000 is born with it – in which the skull and facial bones prematurely fuse together. His face has a concave, sunken appearance, restricting normal...
Read MoreA Family’s Changing Face
Nikki Peterson is happy that the last big surgery is over and her son’s life should be extended. Cayden Peterson can breathe at night now. Before a June surgery broke all of the bones in his face, his breathing was labored and often stopped when he slept. She is grateful that the operation her family has been preparing for all seven years of Cayden’s life was successful. But she starts to...
Read MoreBoy Recovering from Rare Surgical Procedure in Arizona
Dr. Schmelzer was recently featured on Fox News. 7-year-old Cayden Peterson was born with Apert Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. His skull and facial bones fused together prematurely. Watch the video and read more...
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