Michael S. Beckenstein, MD
800 St. Vincent's Drive
North Tower Suite 610
Birmingham, AL 35205
Phone: (205) 933-9308
Monday - Thursday: 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
With the current status of healthcare, especially its economical status, we are seeing some unforeseen casualties. One of them may be immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy. Some plastic surgeons in Birmingham cite financial reasons for not referring women to have immediate breast reconstruction. "This is doing an immense disservice to these women who have been recently diagnosed with breast cancer," …
Would you pay 12 to 20 percent more to ensure you had the safest possible care you can receive, especially when it comes to surgery? "Your life is certainly worth more than that!" states Birmingham, plastic surgery doctor Michael S. Beckenstein, M.D. "It amazes me how a person will lie down on someone's operating table simply …