Dr. John D. Franklin — Dedicated to Innovation and Excellence

Dr. John D. Franklin created Specialists in Plastic Surgery, P.C. with a firm dedication to providing his patients optimal aesthetic results using advanced technologies and innovative techniques. Dr. Franklin's extensive training and experience are evidenced in his Curriculum Vitae, and they provide his patients the assurance that they are under the care of a consummate plastic surgery expert. Through the International Centers of Excellence, Inc. (ICE) organization that he founded, Dr. Franklin is also dedicated to establishing a worldwide network of Medical Services committed to Integrity, Compassion, and Experience in providing unparalleled patient care.

• A Background of Achievement and Innovation
• A Sampling of Dr. Franklin's Accomplishments
• Research at Vanderbilt and in Australia
• A New Focus - International Centers of Excellence, Inc. (ICE)
• View Curriculum Vitae

A Background of Achievement and Innovation

Dr. Franklin was the first Plastic Surgeon in Tennessee to be fellowship trained in micro-vascular reconstructive surgery. After completing both a General Surgery and Plastic Surgery Residency at Vanderbilt University and Affiliated Hospitals in 1977, he spent a year in Melbourne, Australia as a Research Fellow in Microsurgery and Clinical Assistant in Plastic Surgery. He then returned to Vanderbilt in 1979 to teach and practice Plastic and Microsurgery. He was promoted to Associate Professor before moving to Chattanooga.

Erlanger Hospital has an association with the University of Tennessee. In 1988, Dr. Franklin became the first Professor and Chairman of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Chattanooga Unit. He was involved with teaching and training Plastic Surgery Residents almost 20 years before entering private practice full time.

Dr. Franklin has been involved with developing and improving upon numerous innovative techniques during his career. One special area of interest is wound healing. His philosophy is that "many individuals can perform a new or innovative technique; but if one does not understand the 'principles' of would healing, they are poorly equipped to manage unexpected results when they occur." The only way a surgeon will never have a complication is to "never operate."

A Sampling of Dr. Franklin's Accomplishments

Some of Dr. Franklin's clinical accomplishments are:

• He described and clinically applied the "deltoid free flap." This flap is unique in that it is thin, sensate, and ideal in reconstructing cosmetic defects in the head and neck area as well as the foot.
• He developed a sternal plating technique used when the sternum becomes separated after heart surgery. He has shown that the technique can be used in infected sternal wounds successfully - which until recently was not thought possible. In the past, a basic principle of wound healing was to never introduce foreign material into a clinically infected wound and close the defect primarily.
• He recently had an article published in Skin Deep "Scar less Surgery - Does It Really Exist?" which discusses treating incisions topically with Balsa of Peru after a surgical procedure. Often the quality of the healed wound is improved. The patient in the article had her breast incisions heal as fine lines, and there was minimal to no scarring. (www.SkinDeepWorld.com) click on issue 2/2006

Research at Vanderbilt and in Australia

During his faculty days at Vanderbilt and in Australia, he did research on Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF). Stanley Cohen Ph.D. was one of the researchers that discovered EGF and was a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1985. Franklin showed that topical EGF improved the quality of wound healing in rabbit ears. Dr. Cohen advised and furnished the EGF. (Plastic and Reconstructive Surg., 64:766, 1979.)

While in Australia, one of Franklin's projects was to study the effects of cooling on free tissue survival and upon returning to Vanderbilt demonstrated with Lillian Nanney Ph.D. the endothelial changes in the post capillary venules. For the first time, the pathophysiology in the no-reflow phenomenon was demonstrated with the electron microscope. J.Surgery Res., 34:271, 1983 - Brit.J.Plast.Surg., 33:353, 1980.

A New Focus - International Centers of Excellence, Inc. (ICE)

In more recent years, Franklin has focused more on business. Plastic Surgery is becoming more accepted and more individuals are seeking cosmetic improvement in their appearance. In addition, more practitioners, business, and consumers are being attracted to the "cosmetic" arena. The "public" is being bombarded by advertisement and other "hype." How can an individual be assured, with a reasonable level of confidence, that the provider of these services is ethical and has the individual's best interest as the top priority?

One potential solution is International Centers of Excellence, Inc. (ICE). ICE is in the process of establishing a worldwide network that will identify those Medical Services committed to deliver with Integrity, Compassion, and Experience. At the present time those services are focused on Cosmetic, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. www.ice-network.net

To schedule a consultation with Dr. John D. Franklin, to ask us a question about a cosmetic surgery procedure, or to learn more about ICE, contact our office today.

Contact us today to schedule a private consultation with Dr. John D. Franklin. Our skilled surgeon will help you create an aesthetic enhancement plan tailored specifically to your goals and desires.

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Specialists in Plastic Surgery, P.C.
979 East Third Street,
Suite A-0445
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403

(Our office is at 979 East Third Street, Suite A-0445 in Chattanooga. Located inside Erlanger's Medical Mall, take the "A" elevators to the 4th Floor and meet our medical team at Suite A-0445.)

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