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(* La oferta expira 31 de diciembre 2012)

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Gregory Swank, M.D.

Dr. Gregory Swank, un cirujano plástico certificado con la Cirugía Plástica y Dermatología Piamonte en Hickory, Carolina del Norte ha sido seleccionado para el Norte de clase Carolina Medical College Sociedad de Liderazgo 2013. La Escuela de Liderazgo es un programa de elite que permite a los médicos y asistentes médicos para sobresalir como líderes dentro de la medicina organizada, hospitales, sistemas de salud, personal médico, las prácticas de grupo y en el campo de la política pública.

Dr. Swank ha sido cirujano plástico por 12 años. Él ha estado en Cirugía Plástica en Piamonte Hickory durante los últimos siete años y tiene privilegios en Frye Regional Medical Center y Catawba Valley Medical Center. Dr. Swank fue nombrado recientemente para el 2011 – 2012 en la lista de Best Doctors Latina y EE.UU. directorio Noticias Top Doctors. Además, fue distinguido con el prestigioso Premio a la Elección 2011 de los pacientes.

Dr. Swank fue nominado para este programa de liderazgo en la Sociedad Médica de Carolina del Norte.

“Ser parte de la clase de liderazgo de la Sociedad Médica de Carolina del Norte es un gran honor y espero poder perfeccionar mis habilidades de liderazgo con un grupo tan grande”, dijo el Dr. Swank.

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Ahora ofreciendo más de todo

Más oficinas. Nuestras cinco oficinas en Gastonia, Shelby, Hickory y Charlotte representan mejor cobertura regional a nuestros pacientes.

Más médicos. Con la adición del Dr. Benson Timmons y el Dr. Eric Emerson, ahora tenemos 16 experimentados médicos con mas de 238+ años de experiencia.

Más servicios. La oficina de New Hope ofrecerá una gama más amplia de servicios, incluyendo cirugía plástica, cuidado de piel general y cosmética, servicios de láser, Coolsculpting, discernimiento y tratamientos de cáncer de piel.

Operando desde 1994, somos la práctica regional más grande especializada en cirugía plástica, dermatología y cuidado de cáncer de piel.

Para más información, llámenos hoy

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* La oferta termina 30 de octubre 2012.

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Piedmont Plastic Surgery & Dermatology is proud to help sponsor Fighting for Women with Fashion - Benefitting the United Family Services Capital Campaign to build a New Domestic Violence Facility

Fighting for Women with Fashion is a fundraising event in conjunction with Dillards and jointly hosted by the Charlotte Women’s Bar and the Mecklenburg County Medical Society Women Physician’s Section. Last year’s fund raising efforts raised a little over $17,000 toward the building of a new Domestic Violence Shelter now under way on West Blvd. in Charlotte. The Domestic Violence Shelter serves the need of battered women and children seeking a safe place to stay. It offers room and board, crisis hotline counseling, support groups, child care, transportation, and more.

The event will be held
Tuesday, Sept. 18  6-9 p.m.
 Foundations for the Carolinas
220 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC

Local doctors and lawyers will brave the runway to showcase some great fashions while helping raise money for this excellent cause. For more information or questions about this even, call 704.376.3688.

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For a growing number of patients 50 and older, those decades of baking in the sun are coming back to haunt them: One in five Americans will develop some kind of skin cancer over the course of a lifetime, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. Fortunately even the deadliest form, melanoma, can be cured with early detection and proper treatment, but it’s crucial to keep an eye out for any changes in the skin that could signal a malignancy.
Insurers and Screening

Despite the importance of early detection, insurers may not cover screening because the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government advisory body, says there is insufficient evidence to assess the balance of harms and benefits of whole-body skin-cancer screenings by a dermatologist. The group says potential harms of screening include misdiagnosis, overdiagnosis, and the problems that can come from biopsies and overtreatment.

The task force does say clinicians performing physical exams should remain alert for skin lesions with malignant features and biopsy anything suspicious. They should also be alert for those at higher risk of cancer, including fair-skinned men and women age 65 or older, patients with atypical moles and those with more than 50 moles. Family history of skin cancer and a considerable history of sun exposure and sunburn are also risk factors.

The best way to find skin cancer in its earliest, most treatable stage is by checking your skin regularly and having a dermatologist perform a full-body skin cancer screening.

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A striking image of a 69-year-old truck driver shows just how much damage the sun can do.

This photograph, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows what dermatologists call dermatoheliosis — sun damage, a common sign of aging. What makes it striking is that this man, a retired truck driver, shows the damage on only one side of the face.

“He was a truck driver for the majority of his life and never wore sunscreen,” said Northwestern University dermatologist Jennifer Gordon, who reported the man’s case. “We think the sun exposure just on this side of the face is what caused the damage.”

Ultraviolet A (UVA) light from the sun can easily penetrate window glass and even light clothing, Gordon told LiveScience. UVA rays cause damage deep in the skin, affecting connective tissues such as collagen and elastin.

“That’s where you get that aging effect: the wrinkles, the deposits of material in the skin,” Gordon said.

The patient in the photograph came to Gordon and her colleagues after he got tired of his grandchildren asking him what was wrong with one side of his face. So far, the man has not exhibited any signs of skin cancer, Gordon said, though he’ll need to be monitored carefully in the future.

“This article gives a visual depiction of the deleterious effects that the sun can have on your skin with continuous exposure; causing damage leading to skin cancers, skin thickening giving a leathery appearance and loss of elasticity resulting in sagging and wrinkles.  The current recommendation for sunscreen use by dermatologists is a sunscreen that covers both UVA and UVB with an SPF of at least 30 with re-application cycles of approximately 2 hours in situations with continuous long term sun exposure.”

Tonya McLeod MD, MPH, MBA

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Dr. Gregory Swank of Hickory, NC is ranked among the top physicians in the nation based on patient reviews and nominations submitted by other doctors.

 HICKORY, NC – - The good news keeps coming for Dr. Gregory Swank, a board certified plastic surgeon with Piedmont Plastic Surgery and Dermatology in Hickory, NC.  Dr. Swank has just been named to the U.S. News Top Doctors directory.  U.S. News teamed up with Castle Connolly, a New York City-based company that has worked for nearly two decades to identify the nation’s top doctors, to help consumers find the doctors that can best address their needs.  The Top Doctors directory is available on usnews.com and is based on nominations submitted by other doctors and reviewed by Castle Connolly’s physician-led research team.

Top Doctors are identified by location and by hospital affiliation, across a wide range of specialties and subspecialties and for over 2,000 diseases, medical issues, and procedures.

Dr. Swank was also recently honored with the prestigious Patients’ Choice Award.  Only doctors who have received top scores by their patients and pass other quality measures are awarded the Patients’ Choice Award.

La buena noticia sigue viniendo por el Dr. Gregory Swank, uno de nuestros cirujanos plásticos certificados por la junta en nuestra práctica de Hickory.

El Dr. Swank acaba de ser nombrado para el Top Noticias EE.UU. Los médicos del directorio. EE.UU. News se unió a Castle Connolly, una ciudad de Nueva York-empresa con sede en que ha trabajado durante casi dos décadas para identificar a los médicos más importantes del país, para ayudar a los consumidores a encontrar a los doctores que la mejor manera de atender a sus necesidades. El directorio de los mejores médicos se encuentra disponible en www.usnews.com y se basará en las candidaturas presentadas por otros médicos y revisada por el equipo de Castle Connolly de investigación dirigido por el médico. Top Doctors son identificados por ubicación y por la afiliación del hospital, a través de una amplia gama de especialidades y subespecialidades y por más de 2.000 enfermedades, problemas médicos, y los procedimientos.

El Dr. Swank también fue recientemente galardonado con el Premio del prestigio de los pacientes. Sólo los médicos que han recibido las mejores puntuaciones por sus pacientes y pasar otras medidas de calidad son los pacientes que recibió el Premio ‘Choice. “Mi objetivo cada día es proporcionar la mejor atención médica para ayudar a los pacientes vean lo mejor posible”, dijo Swank. “Me siento muy honrado de ser incluido en esta lista de los grandes doctores y apreciar las propuestas de mis compañeros.” Para ver el directorio Noticias EE.UU. los mejores médicos, visite http://health.usnews.com/top-doctors.

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New technology allows patients to preview how they will look with a variety of aesthetic procedures, particularly breast augmentation.

If you are one of the tens of thousands of people each year considering an aesthetic procedure, our Gastonia office has some good news for you. Recent advances in three dimensional (3D) photography, combined with revolutionary new software, now allow prospective patients to preview what they will look like after undergoing procedures such as breast augmentation, skin rejuvenation, body contouring and more.

“My patients will absolutely love this,” said Dr. Daniel Ness, a board certified plastic surgeon with Piedmont Plastic Surgery and Dermatology. “This new technology is a particular advance in planning breast augmentations. It really enables a patient to have a realistic idea of what they will look like with breast implants. For the first time, patients can view a 3D image of themselves at all angles with different size implants, an extremely powerful and helpful tool for anyone considering that procedure.”

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For a free consultation, please contact our Gastonia office, located at 959 Cox Road, Gastonia, NC 28054, at (704) 866-7576 ext. 118.

Both the VECTRA® 3D camera and Sculptor software were developed by Canfield Imaging Systems of Fairfield, NJ, the world’s leading provider of medical photography systems. The process starts with a VECTRA 3D session, which produces a three-dimensional photograph of the patient. Then, using Sculptor software, the physician is able to simulate the expected results of a variety of aesthetic procedures.

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