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Surgeon recommendations: How did you choose a surgeon?
Breast Cancer | Last Active: Oct 17, 2023 | Replies (58)Comment receiving replies
The same thing happened to me at a teaching hospital, and I was not informed in advance. I did my research and selected a top level surgeon and I found out after the fact that a resident did my surgery. I would have paid out-of-pocket rather than be a participant in on-the-job training. Also dealing with residual problems.
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I can understand. I've learned to ask the surgeon when talking with them whether they will be doing the surgery themselves. Some of the teaching hospitals are virtually run by residents and we often aren't told the status of the person seeing us. "Dr. So-and-So" has earned the title Doctor when they are a resident so we may not know. BTW, some residents are very good, but we still should get to know the qualifications of the person serving us and whether the attending physician will actually be in the room supervising.