I am not happy with the practice

My rating is not for the surgeon I selectively chose but the young staff and the interpersonal relationships amongst them that have me question if my information is confidential and protected or used for gossip.

For whatever reason , I don’t think they realize or simply do not care this is borderline.. if not complete medical malpractice.

Such behavior could ruin the reputation of a highly skilled and well trained surgeon.

I urge you to consider a practice that is smaller with more seasoned staff focused on patient care and not interpersonal relationships or social statuses. This goes for not only plastic surgery at this practice but aesthetics as well.

Sweetgrass is concerningly similar to Sonobello which while great for a business man, not so much for patients.

Your body should not be touched by just anyone, or seen by just anyone. This goes for pictures, consults, communication between you and your doctor, as well as your unconscious / heavily sedated body laying out on an operating table.

Your medical information, career choice, insecurities about your body, etc. should not be shared with people who lack the maturity to handle it properly.

Whether you choose to use financing, insurance, or pay out of pocket should not be a conversation amongst staff under any circumstance nor should it be a factor in how you are treated.

Socioeconomic status, gender, race , or age has no impact for your quality of care in a medical setting.

What clothes I wear to the office should not impact how Im treated by staff. You will likely have to remove your clothing in the office anyway so your provider will not see your outfit nor will they care.

Dress and appearance does not in any way pertain to the quality of care and respect a patient should be given. It is unacceptable to allow it to be whether it is with reception, a CST, or an RN.

I urge you to choose not only your provider but their staff very carefully. If it is not an all encompassing package, go somewhere else.

If a patient wants to dress nicely, that is not something medical support staff should be concerned with. If a patient wants to wear their pajamas to the office, that is their prerogative and no one else’s business.

This behavior is inappropriate and graduates of prestigious medical schools know this.

I believe the staff makes their own choices without the surgeons knowledge as it pertains to the concerns above.

Often times staff in settings such as these have a tendency to get away with this because it makes people uncomfortable enough to just turn the other cheek instead of addressing it with their provider.

I don’t think the surgeons realize what this is like for patients and how awkward it is to get weird looks when you walk in to see a doctor because of maturity levels and lack of principles.

I’m not interested in the drama they have in the office. I’m there for medical reasons. I require post operative care and am reluctant to keep up with it because it is awkward.

I conducted extensive research on several plastic surgeons in the area who have experience performing the surgery I wanted. I also had several consultations before I made my decision.

The decision was based on skill and training which I found to be robust and admirable, not that I should have to explain my choice.

I ignored word of mouth and some reviews online about the practice because ultimately I was aiming for a result that would best suite mybody and believed the doctor I chose was the best candidate to achieve that goal.

He was focused on a natural result that enhanced my look and not fitting me to a status quo which was my main focus throughout my selection process.

I am very pleased with my result. I am not happy with the practice or the young staff they have employed there. Ultimately if I knew what was going on within the practice I probably would have opted for someone else for this reason alone.

Whether or not a surgery is elective, a patients body is sacred and that needs to be understood by the staff there and enforced by the surgeons at this practice.

I urge the MUSC graduates who swore the Hippocratic Oath to ask themselves why they started practicing medicine and if they’re upholding their staff to the values they should have at their core.

While MUSC is coveted amongst South Carolina natives, I remind you Tulane is ranked higher and has even more values they instill in its graduates.

As a patient who opted into a major surgery, I expect more out the staff working with a Surgeon who was not only selected to be Chief Resident of general surgery at Hollings Cancer Center but a graduate of both MUSC and Tulane university.

The staff may not have taken that oath, but that does not mean they shouldn’t be well vetted and carefully selected to ensure they care about the patients more than their own agendas. Personal opinions and bias have no place in the practice of medicine.

The Hippocratic Oath referenced throughout my review can be found below:

I swear by Apollo the physician, and Aesculapius, and Health, and All-heal, and all the gods and goddesses, that, according to my ability and judgment, I will keep this Oath and this stipulation—to reckon him who taught me this Art equally dear to me as my parents, to share my substance with him, and relieve his necessities if required; to look upon his offspring in the same footing as my own brothers, and to teach them this Art, if they shall wish to learn it, without fee or stipulation; and that by precept, lecture, and every other mode of instruction, I will impart a knowledge of the Art to my own sons, and those of my teachers, and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath according to the law of medicine, but to none others. I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion. With purity and with holiness I will pass my life and practice my Art. I will not cut persons laboring under the stone, but will leave this to be done by men who are practitioners of this work. Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption; and, further from the seduction of females or males, of freemen and slaves. Whatever, in connection with my professional practice or not, in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret. While I continue to keep this Oath unviolated, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and the practice of the art, respected by all men, in all times! But should I trespass and violate this Oath, may the reverse be my lot!