Anyone knows about doc's at Sloan-Kettering?

Dr. Cody is my breast surgeon and Dr. Mehara is my plastic surgeon at NYC MSK.  I recommend them both.

They are all wonderful at MSK.They also all cofer with each other.I had my surgery there,but tx at MSK on Long Island.

my breast surgeon was tari king and my ps was joseph disa. I was pleased with both. As MSK is really good they do not think out of the box. They are very conservative and go with status quo. This is not to say that they did not do right by me. In fact Tari King saved my life. I was diagnosed in NJ and surgeon there said nothing was wrong with my right breast. She was wrong and Dr. King was right...

 But if you are looking for non conventional approaches look elsewhere.

 btw,. just had my exchange surgery yesterday and I was doing lots of errands today... They are good at what they do

Florence, I echo everyone there. Who is the random surgeon that they assigned to you? It is also tru that MSK is conservative and traditional, which is not to say that they are not excellent. My breast surgeon was Dr. Cody, he did an excellent job on my mastectomy. If you are looking for a fantastic bedside manner, you have to ask for Dr. Heerdt BUT be prepared to wait because many, many patients ask for her and her OR schedule is jampacked. Dr. El-Tamer is new to MSK but has been an excellent surgeon from NY Presbyterian I believe. I could go on and on and also they have a team approach meaning that what one surgeon tells you would be the same that the other one on the same team because you are getting the opinion/approach of Memorial. 

NJbhwgirl - My PS is Dr. Disa too! Isn't he wonderful?? I am so encouraged to read that you had your exchange yesterday and you are already doing errands!!! My surgery is scheduled for Feb 28 and it seems like forever. Do you mind if I ask you how much you got filled on the TE? I am only up to 420 cc...

I have Dr. Pusic at MSK for a PS. Many of us have had her on BCO. I love her. She fixed a botched up reconstruction for me.

Hey Florence,

Usually surgery is the first step in removing the BC. Unless the tumor size is huge and they recommend administering chemo first to shrink the tumor then have the surgery. I  don't know how large your tumor is but you mentioned that you were already scheduled for your mastectomy. If you decide to have surgery at Sloan, at your post op visit with your breast surgeon, you will be referred to a medical oncologist. Do you mind if I ask if you have invasive BC or DCIS? Because the med oncs there sometimes don't see patient's with DCIS, they will sit with you regarding a chemotherapy treatment plan which most of the time is not the case if you have DCIS. So after you have your mastectomy, if they find out that you have positive nodes, depending on how much, you may need Radiation. Your medical oncologist will refer you to a Radiation oncologist. Okay I'm not speaking for any other hospital and how they work but just specifically MSK. Hope this helps.

I used Dr. Van Zee as my surgical oncologist and thought she was wonderful.  She has great bedside manners and was really meticulous about everything.  I had DCIS in one area of my breast and a benign area in other.  I thought she was really thorough when she made sure the area diagnosed as benign was benign and ordered another test to confirm.  You get the feeling she treats cancer very seriously.  (I had a second opinion with another surgical oncologist at another hospital and that surgeon justed accepted the diagnosis).  I don't know what stage BC you have, but some of the surgeons seem to have more of a focus on certain stages of BC.  I picked Dr. Van Zee because she is so well regarded for her work on DCIS and sentinel biopsy.