Dr. Richard Slate, MD

Dr. Slate operated on me 10 years ago. I had a recurrence of breast cancer and had undergone radiation therapy ten years before. He spent over three hours with my husband and me discussing options and outcomes. Implants were not a great option as they tend to harden in a person who has radiated tissue. We decided to have him perform a very complex procedure: a free tram flap reconstruction, requiring over 12 hours of surgery. The general surgeon first performed the mastectomy with Dr. Slate in t...

First, I don't by any means wish to criticize the post below that is critical of Dr. Slate but he is a reconstruction surgeon, he does not perform mastectomies as the post claims and the surgical scars would have been caused by the general surgeon not by Dr. Slate as his involvement/specialty is only the reconstruction phase of breast surgery. So am very much at a loss to understand the post below. With that said, Dr. Slate treated my wife for reconstruction after a double mastectomy. His wo...

Dr Slate performed a bilateral mastectomy last year. One breast had cancer the other was removed prophylactically. The scars, particularly the scar on the breast that had no cancer are so large after the surgery that they almost go under my arm. this causes me pain and iratation every day. I have many friends in my group that have had implants after mastectomy and have little or no scar. Dr Slate tried to fix one of the scars but made it worse then blamed my surgeon for the original problem. I n...

Dr. Slate is the best surgeon. He literally saved not just my breasts, but my life. I am forever grateful to have found such an experienced and caring doctor. He was always there for me when I needed to see him right away, and really understood what I was going through. Anyone would be lucky to have such a wonderful doctor.