Dr. Schurman is a surgeon certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and added qualifications to hand surgery. He has clinic interests in breast surgery, body contouring, hand surgery, and upper extremity surgery.
Katherine Billue, M.D., joined The Iowa Clinic in 2020 after completing her plastic surgery residency in Omaha. She was impressed by the culture of The Iowa Clinic and was excited about the opportunity to work with great surgeons in a patient-centered environment. Dr. Billue received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Alabama-Birmingham, where she also played college basketball during her undergraduate years. Dr. Billue finds that the most rewarding part of being a plastic surgeon is helping people improve their body image and reconstructive surgery. When Dr. Billue is not serving patients, she enjoys spending time with family and staying active by walking her dogs, working out, and playing basketball.
I would like to share my story as well as I feel knowledge is power. I was diagnosed with microinvasive ductal carcinoma , stage 3 with a very aggressive cell type in November 2014 by a routine mamogram screening. I am a nurse who is married to a doctor and my only reason for sharing this information is that we knew nothing about breast cancer so like so many I immediately asked "Dr. Google"...
I lost 120 lbs and have kept it off for over a year and a half now. Unfortunately, like a lot of people with substantial weight loss, I have excess skin on my abdomen. I have wanted a tummy tuck for a while, but it took me a while to find a surgeon I was comfortable with and to save up the $7,750 for the procedure. Well I am about a month out, and I am getting nervous about it. My husband in...