Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 208, Issue 2 , Pages 246-254, February 2009

Impact of Regional Referral Centers for Microsurgical Breast Reconstruction: The New England Perforator Flap Program Experience

  • Janet H. Yueh, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
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  • Sumner A. Slavin, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
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  • Eran D. Bar-Meir, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
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  • Hasan S. Merali, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
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  • Mary Jane Houlihan, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Breast Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
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  • Shiva Gautam, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistics Program, Harvard-Thorndike General Clinical Research Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
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  • Donald J. Morris, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
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  • Adam M. Tobias, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
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  • Bernard T. Lee, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence address: Bernard T Lee, MD, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 110 Francis St, Suite 5A, Boston, MA 02215

Received 14 September 2008; received in revised form 28 October 2008; accepted 29 October 2008.

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 Supported by grants from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (JHY) and the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation (BTL, AMT, EDBM).

PII: S1072-7515(08)01547-0

doi:10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.10.033

Journal of the American College of Surgeons
Volume 208, Issue 2 , Pages 246-254, February 2009