listed in Castle Connolly Medical Ltd www.castleconnolly.com and reported in "101 of Western New York's Top Docs," Buffalo Spree Magazine, January/February, 2008.

"To be the only Plastic Surgeon in Western New York selected for the Northeast edition (1996-7) and for the American edition (1998) is a great honor from my colleagues." RJP

"It is becoming more and more difficult for patients to identify which physician they should go to and whom they should trust. There are many who call themselves Plastic Surgeons who do not have the appropriate training and background.

Select a Plastic Surgeon who is board certified in the specialty and this means the American Board of Plastic Surgery, which is recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialists.

Your Plastic Surgeon should be a member in good standing with the American Society of Plastic Surgery whose ethics forbid him/her to publish before-and-after pictures in either advertisements or websites.

Ideally your Plastic Surgeon should be a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons which allows him/her to append the title FACS. This demonstrates that his/her ethics have been examined and approved by peer review. "RJP