Dr. Peter Witt, an expert in cleft palate treatment and other plastic surgery techniques, joined Children’s medical staff in 2002. He is the Medical Director of Plastic Surgery. Board certified in plastic surgery, hand surgery and general surgery by the American Board of Surgery, Dr. Witt has had an unarguable impact on Central California’s pediatric population as part of a team that performs more than 500 procedures a year. Dr. Witt publishes regularly in journals including the Journal of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery and The Annals of Plastic Surgery.
Dr. Witt’s expertise is in cleft lip and palate repair and he takes a personal interest in the subsequent speech issues. His practice operates a Craniofacial Clinic that has 1,600 visits a year and uses a team-based approach in accordance with the American Cleft Palate Association (ACPA) standards. The Plastic Surgery Division also specializes in hand surgery and many other procedures.
Dr. Witt places high value in faith and family and spends free time with his wife Alice and their five children.
Publications
Bell D, Wright D, Witt PD. “Durability of nasal reconstruction in an adolescent with relapsing polychondritis treated with infliximab.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007; 120(4):1087-8.
PMID: 17805147
Haught EA, Johnson MC, Witt PD. “Congenital erythroleukemia presenting as a congenital infantile hemangioma.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007; 119(4):70e-72e.
PMID: 17496582
Witt PD. “Uncommon features of an uncommon problem: embedded ring syndrome in a child.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 2007; 119(5):1631-2.
PMID: 17415277
Witt PD. “Lay evaluations of speech results following palatoplasty revisited.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 2004; 113(2):667-70.
PMID: 14758233
Bowen KA, Bray JG, Witt PD. “Fatal pulmonary embolism in a young morbidly obese patient with small burns.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 2003; 112(3):930-1.
PMID: 12960894
Witt PD, Bowen KA, Johansen K. “True ulnar artery aneurysm of the hand in an 8-year-old boy.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 2003; 111(7):2475-6.
PMID: 12794504
Chopra CW, Hodge KR, Young KM, Witt PD. “Reconstruction of thumb carpometacarpal joint using a nonvascularized metatarsal bone graft.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 2003; 111(6):2108-10.
PMID: 12711984
Monaco JL, Bowen K, Tadros PN, Witt PD. “Iatrogenic deep musculocutaneous radiation injury following percutaneous coronary intervention.” J Invasive Cardiol. 2003; 15(8):451-3.
PMID: 12890877
Chopra CW, Ayoub NT, Bromfield C, Witt PD. “Surgical management of acquired (cicatricial) buried penis in an adult patient.” Ann Plast Surg. 2002; 49(5):545-9.
PMID: 12439025
Pickus EJ, Lionelli GT, McKinley ET, Lawrence WT, Witt PD. “Digital constriction bands in pseudoainhum: morphological radiographic, and histological analysis.” Ann Plast Surg. 2001; 47(2):194-8.
PMID: 11506331
Rapley JH, Lawrence WT, Witt PD. “Composite grafting and hyperbaric oxygen therapy in pediatric nasal tip reconstruction after avulsive dog-bite injury.” Ann Plast Surg. 2001; 46(4):434-8.
PMID: 11324889
Witt PD, Marsh JL, McFarland EG, Riski JE. “The evolution of velopharyngeal imaging.” Ann Plast Surg. 2000; 45(6):665-73.
PMID: 11128771
Witt PD, Cheng CJ, Mallory SB, Lind AC. “Surgical treatment of pseudosyndactyly of the hand in epidermolysis bullosa: histological analysis of an acellular allograft dermal matrix.” Ann Plast Surg. 1999; 43(4):379-85.
PMID: 10517464
Beiraghi S, Miller-Chisholm A, Kimberling WJ, Sun CE, Wang YF, Russell LJ, Khoshnevisan M, Storm AL, Long RE Jr, Witt PD, Mazaheri M, Diehl SR. “Confirmation of linkage of Van der Woude syndrome to chromosome 1q32: evidence of association with STR alleles suggests possible unique origin of the disease mutation.” J Craniofac Genet Dev Biol. 1999; 19(3):128-34.
PMID: 10589394
Witt PD, Cohen DT, Mallory SB. “Use of a permanent acellular dermal allograft in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa involving the hands.” Arch Dermatol. 1999; 135(5):503-6.
PMID: 10328187
Witt PD, MacArthur CA. “Molecular biology and congenital hand anomalies: from molecules and mutations to man.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 1998; 102(6):2254-67.
PMID: 9811030
Witt PD, Wahlen JC, Marsh JL, Grames LM, Pilgram TK. “The effect of surgeon experience on velopharyngeal functional outcome following palatoplasty: is there a learning curve?” Plast Reconstr Surg. 1998; 102(5):1375-84.
PMID: 9773991
Witt PD, Myckatyn T, Marsh JL, Grames LM, Pilgram TK. “Does preexisting posterior pharyngeal wall motion drive the dynamism of sphincter pharyngoplasty?” Plast Reconstr Surg. 1998; 101(6):1457-62.
PMID: 9583473
Witt PD, Marsh JL, Arlis H, Grames LM, Ellis RA, Pilgram TK. “Quantification of dynamic velopharyngeal port excursion following sphincter pharyngoplasty.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 1998; 101(5):1205-11.
PMID: 9529202
Witt PD, Miller DC, Marsh JL, Muntz HR, Grames LM. “Limited value of preoperative cervical vascular imaging in patients with velocardiofacial syndrome.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 1998; 101(5):1184-95; discussion 1196-9.
PMID: 9529200
Witt PD, Myckatyn T, Marsh JL. “Salvaging the failed pharyngoplasty: intervention outcome.” Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1998; 35(5):447-53.
PMID: 9761566
Witt PD, Marsh JL. “Advances in assessing outcome of surgical repair of cleft lip and cleft palate.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 1997; 100(7):1907-17.
PMID: 9393496
Witt PD, Miller DC, Marsh JL, Muntz HR, Grames LM, Pilgram TK. “Perception of postpalatoplasty speech differences in school-age children by parents, teachers, and professional speech pathologists.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 1997; 100(7):1655-63.
PMID: 9393461
Witt PD, O'Daniel TG, Marsh JL, Grames LM, Muntz HR, Pilgram TK. “Surgical management of velopharyngeal dysfunction: outcome analysis of autogenous posterior pharyngeal wall augmentation.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 1997; 99(5):1287-96; discussion 1297-300.
PMID: 9105355
Berry LA, Witt PD, Marsh JL, Pilgram TK, Eder RA. “Personality attributions based on speech samples of children with repaired cleft palates.” Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1997; 34(5):385-9.
PMID: 9345604
Witt PD, Berry LA, Marsh JL, Grames LM, Pilgram TK. “Speech outcome following palatoplasty in primary school children: do lay peer observers agree with speech pathologists?” Plast Reconstr Surg. 1996; 98(6):958-65; discussion 966-70.
PMID: 8911465
Witt PD, Marsh JL, Muntz HR, Marty-Grames L, Watchmaker GP. “Acute obstructive sleep apnea as a complication of sphincter pharyngoplasty.” Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1996; 33(3):183-9.
PMID: 8734716
Kanterman RY, Witt PD, Hsieh PS, Picus D. “Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome: imaging findings and percutaneous intervention.” AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1996; 167(4):989-95.
PMID: 8819399
Witt PD, Marsh JL, Marty-Grames L, Muntz HR, Gay WD. “Management of the hypodynamic velopharynx.” Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1995; 32(3):179-87.
PMID: 7605784
Witt PD, Marsh JL, Marty-Grames L, Muntz HR. “Revision of the failed sphincter pharyngoplasty: an outcome assessment.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 1995; 96(1):129-38.
PMID: 7604092
Witt PD, Rozelle AA, Marsh JL, Marty-Grames L, Muntz HR, Gay WD, Pilgram TK. “Do palatal lift prostheses stimulate velopharyngeal neuromuscular activity?” Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1995; 32(6):469-75.
PMID: 8547286
Witt PD, Martin DS, Marsh JL. “Aesthetic considerations in extirpation of melolabial lymphatic malformations in children.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 1995; 96(1):48-57.
PMID: 7604130
Witt PD, D'Antonio LL, Zimmerman GJ, Marsh JL. “Sphincter pharyngoplasty: a preoperative and postoperative analysis of perceptual speech characteristics and endoscopic studies of velopharyngeal function.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 1994; 93(6):1154-68.
PMID: 8171135
Hendricks DL, Wilkens TH, Witt PD. “Blood-flow contributions by the superior and inferior epigastric arterial systems in TRAM flaps, based on laser Doppler flowmetry.” J Reconstr Microsurg. 1994; 10(4):249-52; discussion 253-4.
PMID: 7966000
Witt PD, D'Antonio LL. “Velopharyngeal insufficiency and secondary palatal management. A new look at an old problem.” Clin Plast Surg. 1993; 20(4):707-21.
PMID: 8275635
Witt PD, Hardesty RA, Zuppan C, Rouse G, Hasso AN, Boyne P. “Fetal kleeblattschädel cranium: morphologic, radiographic, and histologic analysis.” Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 1992; 29(4):363-8.
PMID: 1643068
Achauer BM, Witt PD, Lamb R. “Salvage of ear cartilage in patients with acute full-thickness burns.” J Burn Care Rehabil. 1991; 12(4):339-43.
PMID: 1939305