VALHALLA, NY (February 14, 2022) – Westchester Medical Center, the flagship hospital in the Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) appointed Edmond Ritter, MD to the position of Chief, Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery. In his new position, Dr. Ritter is directing the reconstructive and plastic surgery services offered at Westchester Medical Center as well as WMCHealth's Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, where he is working in collaboration with specialists in pediatric reconstructive and plastic surgery.
Dr. Ritter arrived at Westchester Medical Center with extensive expertise in reconstructive and cosmetic surgical procedures including microsurgery for breast reconstruction (DIEP flaps), a technique that preserves muscle mass strength with a shorter recovery time, in comparison to similar procedures. Dr. Ritter is also skilled in nerve and muscle transfers to combat facial paralysis; head and neck cancer reconstruction; primary and secondary rhinoplasty and cosmetic facial procedures. He is certified by The American Board of Plastic Surgery, an organization for which he serves as an Oral Board Examiner. Dr. Ritter was also the recipient of a Congressional Award for his contributions to the field of plastic surgery.
Dr. Ritter received his medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis and received general surgery residency training at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now the Rutgers School of Biomedical Health and Sciences) and plastic surgery fellowship training at the University of California, San Francisco. Before joining Westchester Medical Center, Dr. Ritter was Chief of Plastic Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia. Prior to his role in Georgia, Dr. Ritter was an attending surgeon in the Mount Sinai Health System and Medical Director of the Plastic Surgery Unit of Duke University Hospital.
Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery Services for Adults and Children
Westchester Medical Center and Maria Fareri Children's Hospital offer advanced plastic and reconstructive surgical procedures for adults and children. Offered services include microsurgery, breast reconstruction, complex hand surgery (including digit and extremity reattachment), cleft lip and palate reconstruction, burns, lacerations and more.
Referring physicians and individuals seeking a consultation should call 914.909.6416 to learn more about available services and to schedule an appointment.
About Westchester Medical Center, the flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network
Westchester Medical Center is the premier provider of advanced medical care in New York's Hudson Valley region. The flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, this 415-bed academic hospital located in Valhalla, New York, provides local residents with acute care services – Level I trauma and burn care, organ transplants, Comprehensive Stroke Center and more - found nowhere else in the region. Westchester Medical Center is the primary referral facility for other hospitals in the Hudson Valley and serves as a lifeline for more than 2.4 million people. To learn more about Westchester Medical Center and the vital services it provides to residents of the Hudson Valley and beyond, visit WestchesterMedicalCenter.org or follow Westchester Medical Center at Facebook.com/WestchesterMedicalCenter or Twitter.com/WestchesterMed.
About Westchester Medical Center Health Network
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, New York, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 13,000 people and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. The network has Level 1, Level 2, and Pediatric Trauma Centers, the region's only acute care children's hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, Comprehensive and Primary Stroke Centers, skilled nursing, assisted living facilities, home-care services and one of the largest mental health systems in New York State. Today, WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated health care in the Hudson Valley. For more information about WMCHealth, visit WMCHealth.org or follow WMCHealth on Facebook.com/WMCHealth or Instagram.com/WMCHealth.
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