Where are the Skin Sparing Nipple Sparing Procedures Done?

Julie,-Hello and welcome. Sorry to hear about your dx. Please know there is lots of support here from many wise women.

Did anyone see the New York Times article about errors in dx DCIS?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/health/20cancer.html?_r=1&hp 

Thank You. 

Kate,

Dr. Holmes at USC will do NSM on D cup women (like me).  Here's a link to his website.

http://www.drholmesmd.com/

PB22, heard back?  Was I supposed to be checking on something? 

Mansfield, TX - This is in the DFW area.

tashrox- Do you have the name of a surgeon there?

Kate33 - My PS is Dr. Richard Burkett.  Both him and his staff are great.

I am just 3 days post op from my risk reducing NSM and feeling fabulous. Both breasts are bruised as expected but my nipples are pink in color. My surgery was performed in Manhattan @ NYU for anyone considering the NYC metropolitan area. Both physicians are truly awesome "Top Gun" experienced surgeons, highly skilled &  compassionate. Together they have formed an incredible partnership. Breast surgical oncologist is Richard Shapiro & Plastic Surgeon is Nolan Karp. Surgery was 4 hours long with [hidden] infra-mammary incisions. Pre/post op nursing care was outstanding. Feel free to PM me anytime for more details.

I had a bilateral NSM several months ago at Johns Hopkins with immediate DIEP reconstruction .  Extremely pleased with the outcome!  I also had Dr. Tsangaris and I cannot begin to tell anyone how grateful I am to him and my plastic surgeon Dr. Manahan.  I have also heard very positive feedback about Dr. Chang at Mercy as well. 

My BS, Charles Cox, in Tampa, does this surgery, I was not really a candidate but did have skin sparing. PS Pedro Soler.

PB22    I never could find a surgeon in Md that does allot of nsm, so I have sch. surgery for Oct with my Bs and the Ps who has only done one of the NSM. My PS does alot of Mastectomies and my BS has done about 5 of the NS. My hands are tied because I have to have surgery in oct. and have run out of time. I am not a candidate for the flap because I have no extra body fat.

Heebie_Jeebie: So glad you posted this. I've been seeing Dr. Zarfos also at the breast center at St. Francis. Since she thinks PBM is overkill for me and thinks I should be doing tamoxifen, I didn't even ask her if she did NSM. She sent me to an oncologist whom I liked, across the street, and a plastic surgeon in Bloomfield, who I also liked, but that office is the one who said that Zarfos didn't do NPM. Since I want a second opinion anyway, maybe I should see Dr. Frank. Though I wonder if it's bad form to seek a second opinion of another doctor in the same office, or if it should be at a different hospital. Is there protocol for that? I'm at 40% risk according to Gail Model (I'm 42, just diagnosed with ADH on lumpectomy; mother had BC age 47, and paternal grandmother had it in her 80s) and I'm leaning heavily toward PBM instead of Tamoxifen and increased surveillance, but I'm still gathering info.