I am deeply grateful and ever so appreciative of your truly welcome and much needed help! Your surgery results are nothing short of awesome! Thoughtfulness like yours indeed takes a special caring. Again, ‘Thanks a Million’ for everything!!
- P.B.S., Revision Rhinoplasty
I wonder how you create a living thing with your hands. How do you build something out of nothing? The thought of the task baffles me, but to my father, it is mundane.
- Katharine Searcy Menick click here for the rest of her perspective
I wanted to take a minute of your precious time to thank you and to let you know the true meaning of what you have restored in her. Yours is a truly special gift and the confidence in which you handled her case allowed her to focus on healing, not worrying!
- V.B., patient’s daughter Nasal Reconstruction
I feel great every time I look into the mirror. Thank you for that gift.
- C.G., Nasal Reconstruction
Needless to say, I am overjoyed at the acquisition of my new nose - something I never imagined I would need - turned out so splendidly. It is a wonderful gift that you bring the world with your expertise, your care, and your artistry. It replaces despair with hope and, indeed verges on the miraculous. My deepest thanks.
- D.L., Nasal Reconstruction - click here for case details
I get compliments almost every day on my beautiful nose.
-J.D. Nasal Reconstruction - click here for case details
You are really a miracle worker! My nose is healing rapidly and I feel normal again - a delicious feeling.
- P.F., Nasal Reconstruction - click here for case details
I am so happy for getting the surgery. The surgery has changed the outlook I have about myself and my self-confidence. So thanks again because how can I repay someone who has changed my life.
- T.P., Revision Rhinoplasty after Congenital Nasal Hemangioma
You truly gave me a new lease on life, as the saying goes. My nose is absolutely beautiful; I still get compliments on it!
- D.W., Nasal Reconstruction/Revision
Thank you so much for taking such great care of our son. We couldn’t have made it through all this without your kindness and compassion.
- B. and G. S., Nasal Reconstruction for their child
Words will never be enough to express our gratitude for the work you have done with our daughter. You have made her a whole person again. From the first day we met you, we had unending hope for her. You plainly said you could fix her when everyone else warned us not to expect much.
- Mother of K.B. Facial Reconstruction - click here for case details
I would like to take this opportunity to tell you what a magnificent doctor and artist you are! My two surgeries a few months ago - nose repair and facelift - changed my life. Everyone remarks how beautiful the work is. I feel I have lived on both sides of appearance; that is, going from droopy and haggard to looking vibrant and pleasing.
- J.T., Facelift and Rhinoplasty - click here for case details
"About My Father"
A Daughter’s Perspective
"The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and is rewarded as such."
-Og Mandino
The summer after my first year of graduate school I worked part time in my father’s office as a receptionist. Within the first week, I was able to quickly differentiate between cosmetic and reconstructive patients, but not necessarily on a physical basis. Reconstructive patients, I learned, are quicker to make conversation and to share their story. One of the people with whom I became acquainted was a man who lost his nose and half his face to cancer. He told me he could scarcely speak or eat before his operations. Another was a young girl who suffered severe facial trauma. Highschool had been a nightmare. Now they can show their faces and likely not be given a second glance. What they wished for and what they received was the gift of looking normal, which is something most of us take for granted. My father has made me conscious of how fortunate I am in so many ways. I look "normal," I have traveled the world, and I’ve never known what it was like to truly want for anything.
I wonder how you create a living thing with your hands. How do you build something out of nothing? The thought of the task baffles me, but to my father it is mundane. It is his life’s work. And while most of the world’s population will never need to tap into his knowledge or utilize his services, those who do are forever changed.
More than observing his "fan club" of admiring surgical residents when he lectured in Barcelona, Spain, hearing his patients’ voices revealed to me the person my father really is. That person astounds me. When I was younger, I did not grasp his purpose outside of his role of father. There were moments when I did not understand why he devoted so much of his time to medicine. But I’ve grown up and seen there is a world outside of my own. Just as he is one of the most important people in my life, he is one of the most important people in his patients’ lives. He gave me life, but they tell me he gave them their lives back.
- Katharine Searcy Menick, MFA
Excerpt from her nonfiction creative writing thesis
