Safe to have breast lift done by a graduate fellow?

Hello, This is how I learned in residency with patients coming to my cosmetic clinic at decreased cost. The patients accepts the fact that the results should be pretty good but not as good as they might be in more experienced hands. In plastic surgery, if things are correct, patients pay for experience... more

The situation you describe is often a good way to save some money. The termonology can be a bit confusing though so here is how it works: Plastic surgeons train in a residency program after medical school, which typically consists of a few years of genreal surgery then plastic. So the residents as part of... more

Hi Josi, The scenario you describe is one I was in a few years ago.  After I finished my residency training, I did an extra year of aesthetic fellowship training at Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.  We had a thriving, relatively low cost clinic, in which patients received high quality surgery... more

Although price may be compelling, you are placing yourself in the hands of a student and not a master. If you choose to go this way, be sure that you have the assurance that the attending (experienced) surgeon will be in the room at all times to assure quality and safety. sek

Hi! 1)  I help to train cosmetic surgery fellows at Lenox Hill Hospital, and I can tell you that it is a very safe environment.  The fellows have good supervision and are well trained. 2)  You are much better off going to a fellow in a clinic than going to a private surgeon who charges a... more

As a former New Yorker, I am very familiar with the Plastic Surgery academic scene in New York. Depending on WHICH training program you go to - it is as safe to have surgery by a "Fellow" as it may be in private practice. Personally, I do not think that being operated on by Plastic Surgery residents... more

Dear Josi02 All surgeons start as residents and then do extra training. The fellows (post resident trainees) are chosen based on their skills and temperment.  If you are having surgery at an accredited program then you can be assured that the surgeon supervising the fellow will make sure that you have a... more