Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

Holistic Surgeon Reveals Breast Implant Illness Truth

13 Dec 2024 · 0 min

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This is a YouTube interview with Robert Whitfield MD discussing his professional journey. In this excerpt Dr. Whitfield says he spent about two decades doing reconstructive surgery for cancer patients, including sarcoma reconstruction and neck reconstruction in Central Texas, and that breast-cancer-related reconstruction comprised the majority of his practice due to breast cancer prevalence. The interview frames his shift from mainstream reconstructive surgery toward a niche focus (implied by the video title) on breast implant illness.

Illness expert. Tell me a little bit how you ended up, like, in this niche, because obviously you come from a very different formal training in terms of your background. How did it evolve into this on your journey?
Yeah. For everybody listening, I had spent two decades, really mostly doing reconstructive surgery for cancer patients. And there's a variety of cancers that I took care of. I took care of most of the sarcoma reconstruction in Central Texas. I had neck reconstruction as well. And then because of the prevalence of breast cancer, the predominant reconstructive surgeries, we perform more for breast cancer patients.