Plastic Surgeons in New York, Florida, Chicago, Los Angeles Named America’s Top Plastic Surgeons

Released on = November 30, 2004, 11:01 pm

Press Release Author = Hugo Gallegos

Industry = Healthcare

Press Release Summary = When asked, "Which Specialists in your field would you consider most desirable for care of a loved one?" many doctors, though extremely busy don't hesitate to answer.

Press Release Body = MDNationwide.org randomly asked that question of 5,000 board-certified plastic surgeons nationwide With 33 percent responding and after checking our research for proper licensure status, disciplinary status, education, and training our results determined 358 top plastic surgeons in America. (See
http://www.mdnationwide.org/search.php.) “We are Pleased to recognizing these surgeons as the pinnacle of plastic surgeons, and we thank them for contributing a high quality of health care nationwide.” Said Hugo Gallegos, president of
MDNationwide.

“Choosing a well-trained, certified practitioner means you have somebody who can handle unexpected complications,” says Dr. Richard Gregory, a renowned board-certified plastic surgeon in Florida, and one of the survey’s respondents.

A doctor’s education, training, experience, and recognition are crucial components in receiving the highest quality of health care. Experience varies from doctor to
doctor, especially in today`s world where advancements in technology, lead to more advanced surgical procedures being offered.

"Board-certification specialty fields are not federally regulated. Therefore, an MD
who is board- certified in "surgery" can legally perform the same surgical procedures as an MD who is board- certified in plastic surgery. Even an Anesthesiologists, dermatologist, or gynecologist, can legally perform plastic
surgery," Says Hugo Gallegos. With the plastic surgery industry booming, more
doctors are going out of bounds and performing surgical procedures where their qualifications, experience, and training endanger the consumer.

More now than ever, consumers are researching their doctors, and demanding the
highest quality of health care. There is no universal agreement on how to find,
the best doctors, however there are establishments which, specialize in finding only
the top doctors. These have their own methodologies in place, some more extensive
than others. There are countless online doctor directories, for which any doctor
can pay to be listed. And there are establishments where consumers can check
doctors’ credentials, disciplinary actions and medical doctor ratings, all of which
differ from each other.

“Our methodology consists of contacting only board-certified doctors throughout the
country and asking them: ‘Which specialists in your field would you consider most
desirable for care of a loved one?’ Those doctors who are recognized the most from
their peers are advanced to the next logistical phase, where our research team then
looks through their training, education, experience, and licensure status. If they
meet our in-house high company standards, their names and credentials information
are then added to our Best Doctor database” explain Gallegos Because not all doctors
participate in our surveys, we then communicate with medical societies, and
hospitals as further research.

Things to look for when choosing a plastic surgeon: He or She
* Is well recognized from his/her peers
* Is board-certified in plastic surgery
* Has hospital privileges