Hello everyone this is doctor Rafael Emerick
Salas I'm your board certified plastic surgeon
and this is your plastic surgery nip. It's
a collection of videos and important bits
of information that will help you in your
plastic surgery journey. Give me a few minutes
and I will give you the knowledge and power
to make good decisions about your aesthetic goals.
Today we're going to talk about myself a little
bit, to frame what this channel is going to
be about.
I was born in Missouri, my father is a cardiothoratic
surgeon, that's med speak for heart surgeon.
And we ended moving to Mexico City which is
where my family is originally from
and I grewup there until about middle school when we
moved back to Florida and that's why I'm a
Florida boy.
I ended up going to the University of Miami
for undergraduate then I went to medical school
up in Boston to Tufts University and I completed
my general surgical residency at the Harvard progam
in Beth Israel Deaconess. After that
I made my way back to the state of Florida
to the University of South Florida in Tampa
where I did my plastic surgery fellowship
and after that I was hired onboard to be part
of the team and help teach the up and coming
plastic surgery residents and pass on the
knowledge that we've been given.
All the while my colleagues had encouraged
me to pursue my aesthetic dream telling me
that my results even for reconstructive procedures
was above and beyond so I made the jump and
I moved down to Miami to start my private
practice and be closer to my family.
Now I enjoy meeting patients and through our
relationship have them to become more like
family.
My philosophy is pretty simple. I got it from
my abuelita, that's my grandmother, she always
stressed that by doing the right thing is
always the right thing. It's roughly translated
from Spanish but that's the idea. It's kind
of old school sentiment it's like the golden
rule. I'm a fan of making that making a come
back and people kind of joining the idea that
that's a good way to be. And so that leads
us to the way I run my practice. Right. My
practice is based on trust and establishing
that trust with my patients. So that they
understand that I'm not here to sell them
anything but just to explain to them what
they're getting into, what the procedure is
about so that they can feel empowered to make
good decisions and I think that shows that
trust and the genuine sentiment is there so
that they can sense that.
I know a lot of people throw that trust word
around a lot and because I think it's what
they feel people want to hear but I think
the only way to really establish that is if
you're genuine with it. I think my patients
emotional intelligence is good in the sense
that they can definitely sense that, they
can definitely see and feel when you are being
genuine and that's why I have my patients
be with me for life.
One of the main reasons for this channel is
that I felt that people were getting taken
advantage of. It was a, it was disappointing,
a little frustrating, and it kind of made
me mad honestly, I feel like if you know me
it takes a lot to make me mad but it did it
made me mad that people were getting told
things and that had no basis no scientific
evidence. And they were basically being conned
into doing things and that was really frustrating
to see them go through this. So I figured
I'm going to put this out there I'm going
to hopefully help people make better decisions
because I'm going to give you the knowledge
and knowledge is power so you can make better
decisions in that sense.
So that's what this channel is going to be
about. I hope you will come along with me
on this journey. I think we're going to have
a really good time.
If you enjoy the content please give me a
like, leave me a comment. If you are listening
please give me a rating it would mean a lot.
If you have any ideas of any content that
you would like for me to cover in the future
send it to me and we'll try to include it
in a future episode. Of course come by and
check out my website spsmiami.com for before
and after photos and more great content.
I'm doctor Rafael Emerick Salas and this is
your plastic surgery nip. Talk to you soon.
