Hyperhidrosis

Fritz Baumgartner, M.D.

Dr. Fritz Baumgartneris a highly skilled thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon. He is Board Certified by both the American Board of surgery and the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. He earned his medical degree from University of California, Los Angeles in 1984. He served his internship and residency in surgery at the Harbor - UCLA Medical Center. He is a dedicated, caring professional who considers it a privilege to provide medical care. He believes it is not enough to simply deliver the highest quality medical care possible but rather to do it in a compassionate caring matter. He has performed more than 4000 thoracoscopic procedures and is regarded as one of the world leader in this field. He has published many articles in US and International medical journals in the field of cardiothoracic surgery, including articles and chapters in thoracoscopic surgery. He was awarded "America's Top Surgeons" for 2002-2003 by Consumers Research Council of America.

Jiri A.Konecny, D.O.

As a Thoracic and Cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. Jiri Konecny has been providing treatment and cure of excessive sweating  (hyperhidrosis) in Orange County as a member of the surgical team at the Dr Jiri Konecny Office in Santa Ana and San Jose, CA.  Recently, the Center has acquired the Harmonic Scalpel – a State-of-the-Art cutting instrument, which utilizes high-frequency ultrasonic energy (55,500 vibrations per second) to allow precise dissection of tissues at relatively low temperature, without damage to surrounding tissues (other nerves, etc). This instrument permits Sympathectomy at a higher level of the sympathetic chain, thus expanding the indications of this surgery to facial sweating and blushing in addition to hand and armpit sweating. Each patient has to be evaluated individually to determine if he/she is a  candidate for the ETS and what level of the sympathetic chain needs to be addressed.