Does anyone seen Dr Peter Cordeiro at MSKCC in NYC?

Annemo

My breast surgeon, who I love, recommended Dr Cordeiro as plastic surgeon for my upcoming bilateral mastectomy. I have had radiation in the past and will have radiation again after surgery. She has worked with him many times on patients with similar circumstances and felt he had a lot of experience with great outcomes. She gave me a little heads up about his personality and mannerisms. mainly that his personality could be a little dour, and that he sometimes comes off as not sure what he can do with this situation. She assured me that he does excellent work. 

I don't scare easily and am not an overly sensitive person. I adore and trust my breast surgeon. She has the most amazing bedside manner, which i think is not always common. I don't need for the pastics guy to be warm and fuzzy and completely appreciate the heads up she gave me. I don't like surprises and would have been confused if I didn't know to expect that.  I did some online research and he does get mixed reviews. Some confirm that while he is not warm and fuzzy, he did excellent work. Most who had negative comments, were commenting negatively about his personality and ended up not using him. Only one person had negative comments about the work he did. These reviews weren't very recent. I was wondering if anyone has seen him or had any experience with him and had any thoughts. 

thank you!

BrooksideVT

Did you go to the msk website and type in his name?  I just did and the man is clearly amazing.  I'd bypass all the patient reviews and just focus on his professional achievements.

Cshell15

Anemo,

This response is a little late, but I just saw your post had to share my experiences with Dr. Cordeiro. I was diagnosed at age 19, and was scared to death to meet Dr. Cordeiro, as I had also heard he did not have the greatest "bedside manner". At our initial meeting he insulted the size and shape of my natural breasts, which was certainly humiliating for a 19 year old to hear, especially as I was an emotional wreck anyway! That being said, I chose to have him do my surgery anyway, because his work is AMAZING.  During my follow up visits he was decently cordial, and I decided I didn't need my plastic surgeon to be my best friend, so all was well. I was very happy with my results and went on to live happily for 10 years, meet my wonderful boyfriend, and spend a week with him at the beach, happy and confident in a bikini. Unfortunately, I also somehow managed to rupture my silicone implant right around the 10 year anniversary of initial placement. Upon my return visit to Dr. Cordeiro, he berated and blamed me for the rupture of the implant (even though they are only guaranteed to last 10 years anyway!). I had felt a lump seemingly on my rib, which X-rays and CT scans confirmed was due to the implant rupture, but Cordeiro  then started suggesting it was a cancer re-occurance and seemed  not to want to admit that his work could have "ruptured." He TERRIFIED me again after I had already met with breast surgeons and radiologists who confirmed it was NOT a cancerous lump.  Again, I chose to have him do the surgery anyway because I truly believe he is the best at what he does.  Again, I was happy with the results. And then last month I got a staph  infection and my implant had to be removed. After my last experience with Dr. Cordeiro, I am trying to decide if I can stand to meet with him again. I am slightly emotional and a little  frustrated that I will need to have ANOTHER surgery, and I really don't know if I can face him and his hurtful words and attitude. I just want you to know that he does produce WONDERFUL surgical results, but that the stories about his arrogant and disrespectful personality are very true. We can have tough skin and think that this doesn't matter, and it didn't matter to me at first, but they way he further decreased my self esteem  is really making me reconsider if it's worth it to see him again. I'm older now and not as concerned about my breasts looking "perfect" anymore, so that is also factoring into my upcoming decision. I would like to know if you have met him yet and what you decide!