What happens after I'm diagnosed with breast cancer? [Kyle Baltrusch, MD, Portland]
Getting a breast cancer diagnosis can feel like a punch in the gut, but you're not alone in this fight. Portland plastic surgeon Dr. Kyle Baltrusch shares his wisdom on the importance of being your own advocate, understanding your options, and finding...
Getting a breast cancer diagnosis can feel like a punch in the gut, but you're not alone in this fight. Portland plastic surgeon Dr. Kyle Baltrusch shares his wisdom on the importance of being your own advocate, understanding your options, and finding the best care out there.
Read more about Portland plastic surgeon Dr. Kyle Baltrusch
Follow Dr. Baltrusch's practice on Instagram @portlandplasticsurgerygroup
To learn more about Dr. Kyle Baltrusch, listen to his episode of Meet The Doctor
Where Before Meets After brings credible, accurate information about plastic surgery, aesthetic procedures and treatments to the researching audience from trusted plastic surgeons and aesthetic professionals.
For more information about being a guest or sponsor of Where Before Meets After, visit wherebeforemeetsafter.com. If you're a doctor or an aesthetic professional and have ever thought about doing your own podcast, you can try podcasting for free on our Meet the Doctor podcast. Schedule your recording session at meetthedoctorpodcast.com.
Where Before Meets After is a production of The Axis
Dr. Baltrusch (00:00):
My name is Kyle Baltrusch. I am a plastic surgeon at Portland Plastic Surgery Group in Portland, Oregon.
Eva Sheie (00:05):
What do you want women to know if they've just been diagnosed with breast cancer?
Dr. Baltrusch (00:09):
I just want patients to know that they have options. We're here to guide. We're here to answer questions. Ultimately, the goal is to make them cancer free, but I always want my patients to feel like they're making an autonomous decision and what they feel is best for them in their reconstructive journeys. But I want patients to feel like they can advocate for themselves, ask questions. We're just here to give them information and what our best recommendations are based on our medical literature. But from my perspective as a plastic surgeon, I just want patients to know that they do have options, and we do see in more rural communities that patients don't seek plastic surgery because they are unaware that it's even an option. Here, I serve a greater area. I have patients coming from all over Oregon, Northern California, Idaho, Montana, even Washington, and so people are being diagnosed all over, in their hometowns. And so sometimes you have to travel hundreds of miles to talk to a plastic surgeon. But I want women to advocate and say, I want to talk to a plastic surgeon, because we can always set up telehealth visits and chat with patients about their options, even from afar. You don't necessarily have to travel hundreds of miles just to talk to us. Just know that we're here and we're an option.
Eva Sheie (01:30):
On this podcast, we bring you directly to the doctors who are where before meets after. Links to our guest's website and contact info are in your show notes. Follow us on Instagram @wherebeforemeetsafter. Where Before Meets After is a production of The Axis, the podcast agency for aesthetics, theaxis.io.
Kyle Baltrusch, MD
Plastic Surgeon in Portland, Oregon
Dr. Kyle Baltrusch is not only honest, intelligent, and compassionate, but also fun, charismatic, and easy to get along with. He’s proud to be a friend to his patients just as much as their plastic surgeon.
Originally from a farming community in Montana, Dr. Baltrusch was the first in his family to attend college. With a passion for art and anatomy, he realized in middle school that he wanted to be a plastic surgeon. He landed in Portland, Oregon, for medical school and training, joined Portland Plastic Surgery Group and never looked back.
While building his own practice within a group, Dr. Baltrusch has added to his already abundant surgical knowledge. From body contouring after massive weight loss, to cosmetic breast surgery, to top surgery and breast cancer reconstruction, Dr. Baltrusch has a wide variety of patients and he loves being their biggest advocate throughout their unique journeys.