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Dr. Reath Appointed to Plastic Surgery Education Committee Leadership
Knoxville plastic surgeon Dr. David Reath has always been very involved with educating the public about plastic surgery. Because of this passion, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the foremost authority in plastic surgery, recently asked Dr. Reath to be Vice-Chairman of the national Plastic Surgery Education Committee.
If you are researching plastic surgery, you may have questions or suggestions for topics that you would like to know more about. Chances are if you want to know more, others will too. Please send Dr. Reath these thoughts and suggestions by clicking Ask Dr. Reath. Your input might be a great subject for a blog-post or even influence plastic surgery education at the national level.
Introducing Dr. Reath
Dr. Reath is a longtime resident of Knoxville, Tennessee where he lives with his wife and three children (all of them in college!). Dr. Reath and his family enjoy rowing, sailing, cooking together and UT football. When not in operating, seeing patients in the office or writing about plastic surgery education issues, Dr. Reath can usually be found singing baritone in the choir at the Church of the Ascension, cheering at one of his children's many sporting events, or racing competitively with his wife in their double shell.
Why you should consider Dr. Reath for your plastic surgery
There are two main reasons to choose Dr. Reath as your plastic surgeon: his personal approach and his professional qualifications.
His Personal Approach
Dr. Reath's motto is "The personal approach to personal change." This is not just a catchphrase. His passion is using his skills and abilities to help his patients best improve the quality of their lives. Routinely, patients comment on how pleasantly surprised they are by the amount of time Dr. Reath spends with them personally.
His Plastic Surgery Qualifications
It has never been more important to be sure that the doctor you choose for your plastic surgery is really a plastic surgeon. Know the importance of only using doctors who are Board-certified by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
Not only is Dr. Reath a Board-certified plastic surgeon, he just completed a two-year-term as member-at-large of the Board of Directors of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. He is the only plastic surgeon in the region to serve on the board.
In addition, Dr. Reath is
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- Included in America's Top Plastic Surgeons by the Consumer's Research Council of America.
- Past-President of the Tennessee Society of Plastic Surgeons.
- Selected by Cityview Magazine as one of Knoxville's Plastic Surgery "Top Docs" again in 2009.
- A member of the American Society For Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, an elite group of Board-certified plastic surgeons who specialize in aesthetic surgery of the face and body.
- Past-President of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
- A Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
- A past-member of the prestigious Committee on Trauma.
- A national and international renowned speaker and lecturer.
- An Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Tennessee.
Dr. Reath received his surgical training at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond and completed plastic surgery training at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
An Insider Interview with Dr. Reath
Describe the most rewarding experience that you have had working with a patient?
I am fortunate to have many rewarding experiences. These range from someone who had the function of their leg restored from reconstruction from trauma, to a women who feels whole again after having their breast reconstructed following mastectomy, to a someone in whom I have change a part of their body that has never been the way they wanted it to be. However, on experience that stands out in my mind is taking care of a child who was born with a cleft lip. And what is special is that her mother was also a patient in whom I had repaired a cleft lip.
What is your charity organization of choice and why?
FISH is a local hunger ministry, and a favorite charity of mine. They have several distribution centers that provide food for those in need. Over fifty local churches are involved and together FISH feeds about 11,000 hungry families each month. And they do this with great economic efficiency. Through bulk buying and gifts of food, five dollars will feed a family of four for three days.
What makes your specialties the right fields of medicine for you?
Plastic surgery combines the art and science of improving the shape or form of the body while maintaining or improving normal function. There are important elements of aesthetics, design, and problem solving that appeal to me. I have always understood that once a person has recovered from an operation whether it is plastic surgery or other surgeries, what they are left with is a scar. So minimizing their scar while improving their overall appearance is very important.
Can you tell us in your own words what you consider a perfect outcome of a surgical procedure?
It may be rare to get a perfect outcome. And really, this is not what I strive for. Because the pursuit of perfection can lead to results that fall far from the mark. A saying I like is: the enemy of good is better. Our goal, rather than perfection, is excellence. Too many times, either in surgery or in life, we make an excellent result worse when we try to make it perfect. Some results may in fact be perfect. But it's really hard to know when you're there. But an excellent result is one in which, after the patient is fully recovered, the patient has achieved what they wanted, the aesthetic result is excellent, and their function is normal or improved.
What procedure would you like to do more of and why?
My favorite operation is probably a tummy tuck. I have always liked my results from this operation, and over the years, by adopting improved techniques, these results have gotten even better. But what we are able to do with this operation is to restore or improve the appearance of a part of the body that, in women, has been changed by pregnancy and child bearing. The changes that are made with this surgery cannot be achieved by diet and exercise alone. And, we are restoring what has been changed by bringing another life into this world. Cool stuff, really.
I also love doing breast augmentations. In so many women this really helps them with a part of their body that just doesn't fit with the rest of their body. And by making them more proportional, there are tremendous improvements in what they can wear, and how they feel about themselves.
About Our Plastic Surgery Practice
At the office of David B. Reath, MD - Knoxville Plastic Surgery, we are not only focused on the quality of care for our patients considering plastic surgery, but also on the consistency of care. All of our office staff are passionate about taking care of patients the way they would want to be taken care of if they were patients. This kind of teamwork and camaraderie just can't be built overnight.
For cosmetic surgery near Knoxville, Tennessee, please consider Dr. David Reath. We offer the latest advances in aesthetic surgical care combined wth a friendly and knowledgeable staff to help you look and feel your best.
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Dr. Reath recently traveled to Washington to advocate for the CARES legislation, which would prevent insurance companies denying reconstructive surgery to children born with deformities. He is pictured here with Senator Lamar Alexander and Senator Bob Corker from Tennessee.
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