Dr. Mary Lee L Peters

Saw Dr. Peters for a consultation. She told me I could take a nicotine test between pre-op appointment and surgery date then wrote something different in the visit notes. When I called to schedule the pre-op, I was informed the office policy is no pre-op or surgery scheduling without a clean nicotine test. True, but she told me during my consultation that I could take the test between surgery scheduling and the pre-op because I told her I know I’ll need the hard line motivation of a surgery date to ensure I don’t relapse. She and her admin were both condescending and just generally treating me like garbage insinuating that I was just trying to have surgery without quitting nicotine (definitely not the case as I’m not stupid enough to roll the dice on tissue necrosis). She also misquoted me, blatantly lied, and made a racist comment in my visit notes. Apparently, I’m articulate for a black woman! Yay me! Someone should let her know patients can see her notes these days. I decided not… to proceed with her for obvious reasons and found there was another surgeon in the same office who is highly skilled at the procedure. I called to schedule a consultation and was spoke to two different people who each contradicted themselves repeatedly. Apparently I can’t see any other doctors in the office because they don’t “steal patients”, but at the same time I need to pass a nicotine test before they let me have a consultation with a different doctor, but at the same time they won’t write the lab orders for the test so I need to ask another doctor to order them. All of this to say I’ve seen quite a few doctors in my lifetime and this experience was far and away the worst healthcare experience I’ve ever had. Meeting with a doctor to ask for help with such a sensitive issue (breast reduction) puts you in a very vulnerable place. To the find out that doctor was making at least one racist judgement about you during that moment of vulnerability is a truly painful experience.

I woke up this morning profoundly grateful that my life intersected with yours, grateful that you took me on as a patient, grateful for your warmth, grateful for your knowledge that as Proust said, “God is in the details”, and grateful for your genuineness, and understanding that medicine is as much about technical competence (that can border on wizardry) as about interpersonal relationship and connection with your patients. So, I just wanted convey my gratitude for helping me regain a chunk of Life that I feared was rapidly leaving me.” Milena

I have COPD and I had large breast very uncomfortable and hard to breathe at time . So I was advised that a reduction would help me. I was real nervous about this procedure but by the 1st visit I was at ease and comfortable with having the procedure. She did amazing work and I could not be happier and she let me know every step and how it would be afterwards. I am so thankful I had this done now and I highly recommend Dr Peters

24 years ago I had reduction of breasts at 19 best thing going

She vowed to remove x amount of tissue from me, and to do any revisions free of charge, written into a contract including how much I would pay. The procedure was done in a suite in her office space. I was put under general anesthesia. She did not remove even 1/2 of what she said she would, but said there were no complications. She did not cauterize well, so I had "leakers" and a HUGE hematoma. When I called, scared and in pain, she told me "the ER will only make fun of you for having this done". Someone like that should not be allowed to practice medicine. Don't they make a pledge to do no harm?

Dr. Peter's is a first class plastic surgeon who truly cares about her patients.