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When my partner, John Rachel, MD, and I founded MetropolitanMD (www.metropolitanmds.com) it was an idea I had had for several decades. Imagine an institution with multiple physicians and surgeons with special and different training in cosmetic surgery and cosmetic enhancement and skin care, where a patient could get an expert evaluation and treatment program no matter what their presenting problem would be. As a fellow of The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery I already knew that many different fields of medicine and surgery had contributed to the creation of what we now know as cosmetic surgery and that no one specialty had the knowledge to address all patient’s problems. Hence, the idea of a multispecialty cosmetic surgery center was formed. And to make it even more unique, having specialists from different disciplines allows us to practice necessary medical care for patients as well as cosmetic care at the highest skill levels now available.

I am creating this blog with patient information as a goal. Over the coming months (years?) I will address problems in skin care, skin disease, cosmetic enhancement, facial plastic surgery, general plastic surgery, ear nose and throat medicine, head and neck surgery. I may also address concerns in primary care and family medicine, internal medicine, OB-GYN as well as the cadres of specialty medicine which have become invaluable keeping us healthy. As a cancer survivor I will also address cancer issues including cause, prevention, treatment, and issues of being a survivor and the grieving over a lost loved one.

I hope you will join me in what I anticipate to be an exciting adventure in health care communication. Your comments are welcome.

Edward Lack MD