Surgeons in Rochester, NY

Hi.  I am in the Syracuse area and Dr. Anthony Deboni is my Plastic Surgeon.  He told me that he has an experienced collegue in Rochester.  I wonder if they would tell you his name if you called his office. Also you might try the DIEP 2011 thread, I am pretty sure there is someone on there from Rochester.  Username Carberry, I think.

Hi, I am in Rochester and am very happy with my Plastic Surgeon. His name is Dr. Stephen Evangelisti. I Also have an amazing surgeon as well, if you need that name as well. Please feel free to get in touch with me. I would be happy to help any way that I can.

What type of reconstruction are you doing? I have heard that Vega is the guy, if you are doing a flap procedure. If you are looking into tissue Expanders, that is what I did.

For DIEP 2011 try the Jump to Forum Box at the top of the page.  Click arrow: Go to Tests, Treatments, and Side Effects and you will see Breast Reconstruction then hit the Go button, that will give you a list of reconstruction threads.

I saw Vega for PS and he is a dream, also staff is great and for the breast surgeon  Dr. Caldwell is the leading breast surgeon for NY, studied at Sloan Kettering and really knows his cancer of all types.  He is the one that dictated my treatment plan all around.  If you see Dr. Caldwell first he will tell you that he only works with 2 PS and one of them is Vega and the other I think is Dr.Smith.  Good luck with your decisions.

My BS is Caldwell as well. He is the top in the area and I have nothing but great experiences with him. Caldwell works with Evangelisti as well. Depending on what kind of reconstruction you are having, be careful with Skinner. Just what I have heard from other people.

Don't make a fast decision about the recon,it is too important.I am seeing my fourth PS next week and plan to see another after that.Then I will decide which one and what type of recon is right for me.Take your time and read the postings on this forum and especially look at the photos on TimTams site, so you know what to expect.

I used Dr Caldwell for sugery and Dr Vega for reconstruction.  They are both great and both perfectionists.  I just had my nipple reconstruction done on Monday.  I liked the way he does this - he uses the skin on the breast and ties and cuts....sounds gross but good results. My friend had reconstructive surgery and her doctor took skin from the inside of her thigh and used that for nipples....you then have two places to heal.  I liked Dr Vega also because he came across to me as an extreme perfectionist.  I think he was more concerned about the results than I was!  Good Luck!

I had Dr. Yellin for BS and Dr. Davenport for PS, they both were given as recommendation from HS classmate.I absolutely LOVED Dr.Yellin, he spent over 2 hours with me at my initial appt.My consult with Dr Davenport was good  also. I was hung up on the losing my nipple(have widespread calcifications so NSM was ruled out) he told me a story about one of his patients that went on a BC survivor cruise and wont a trophy for "BEST NIPPLES" I was sold.Apparently he tells this story to all his patients.I am 5 weeks post op and had my first 1/2 fill monday,I have some delayed healing in one area. I met with a local (canandaigua area) PS and did not care for her personallly, she did not seem to be very caring and unfortunately I needed some hand holding in the beginning of this process.

Trying to research info on Dr. Langstein.......I have silicone implants placed last Jan. 2012. I continue to have tightness, pain, and a squeezing feeling in my chest. My PS has offered no help and I need to check out another PS. Langstein was referred by a friend of a friend. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks...

3mom,

Dr. Shastri did my implants. I don't feel he did anything wrong but I have constant pain which he will not address with me. Has not offered any suggestions to deal with it, tells me to take advil and give it more time. It's been over a year. I did 20 sessions of PT which helped somewhat and I do yoga daily which also helps somewhat. I'm not sure what the solution is or if there is one. That's why I'm trying to find a PS that might be able to help. My advice to you is to see several different PS and talk to others who have had the procedure. I went into this whole thing blindly and didn't question enough. Good luck to you. Let me know what Dr. Vega is like.

3mom,



Thank you and good luck!



Jan