Breast Reconstruction Surgeons Named To Prestigious Best Doctors in America® List

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Frank DellaCroce, MD, FACS; Scott Sullivan, MD, FACS; and Christopher Trahan, MD of the Center for Restorative Breast Surgery and St. Charles Surgical Hospital, have been named to the list of Best Doctors in America^® for 2013. Only five percent of physicians in America earn this prestigious honor, which is decided by the largest ongoing, peer-reviewed survey in the medical industry. Selections to the list are based on surveys of more than 53,000 medical experts in over 450 specialties and subspecialties worldwide; physicians cannot pay to be included on the list and they are not paid for their input. The only way to be recognized as one of the Best Doctors in America^® is for a doctor to earn high marks for clinical ability from his or her peers. According to Best Doctors, Inc., doctors are asked questions which include, "If you or a loved one needed a doctor in your specialty, to whom would you refer them?"

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Best Doctors, Inc. evaluates the review results and verifies additional information to meet inclusion criteria. The experts that are part of the database provide the most advanced medical knowledge to patients with serious conditions. Drs. DellaCroce, Sullivan and Trahan are international leaders in all breast cancer reconstructive surgery options including state-of-the-art techniques, such as DIEP, Stacked DIEP, the Gluteal Hip Flap, and the revolutionary BODY LIFT Flap(SM) procedures that offer breast reconstruction without sacrifice of important functional muscles. Having performed more than 4000 breast reconstruction surgeries for women facing breast cancer, far more than any other physicians worldwide, they have pioneered many of the revolutionary procedures at the Center for Restorative Breast Surgery including the ground-breaking immediate reconstruction option—the Nipple Sparing Mastectomy. "We are proud to be included on this list and we will continue to focus on providing women the final link in the circle of treatment, a return to wholeness, and an overall sense of recovery," states Dr. Sullivan.

About Best Doctors, Inc.:
Best Doctors has earned a worldwide reputation for connecting people with the best medical care. Best Doctors services help dramatically improve quality of care by bringing the clinical knowledge of the world's top specialists to the problems of people with serious medical conditions. By making sure individuals get the right diagnosis and treatment the first time, Best Doctors reduces complications and avoids ineffective treatments - and as a result eliminates unnecessary spending.

About Center for Restorative Breast Surgery:
The Center for Restorative Breast Surgery was established to serve as a dedicated resource for women seeking the most advanced methods of breast reconstruction utilizing the body's own tissue. Frank DellaCroce, M.D., FACS, Scott Sullivan, M.D., FACS, and Chris Trahan, M.D. specialize exclusively in state-of-the-art breast surgery techniques that allow for microsurgical fat transplantation to rebuild the breast without sacrifice of important functional muscles. They are international leaders in breast cancer surgery options, pioneering groundbreaking procedures including nipple sparing mastectomy, the Stacked DIEP, the gluteal hip flap, and the revolutionary BODY LIFT Flap(SM).  They have performed over 4000 breast reconstruction procedures for women facing breast cancer from around the world. For more information please visit www.breastcenter.com

SOURCE Center for Restorative Breast Surgery