COMBINATION THERAPIES
“Whenever someone has more than one area that they would like improved, I ask myself how I can link these procedures together to maximize the patient’s experience. I work very hard to devise individualized treatment plans that reflect and incorporate the patient’s desired goals in a time-efficient and rational manner,” says Dr. Geldner, whose focus on the patient started when he was very young. At age 18, while working as a surgical orderly, he was preparing a young child for his upcoming skin graft to correct a severe burn injury. The younger Peter Geldner saw what had been previously grafted and found it unsightly. But to the child, the skin graft was his ticket to normalcy, erasing the injury from his body and his self-image. “I suddenly had incredible clarity, realizing that within plastic surgery, results are subjective. What matters is how patients see themselves after surgery and how it improves their well-being.”