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Hello,
I am Dr Makhlouf, A board certified plastic surgeon in Chicago, Des Plaines and Elmhurst,
Illinois, in practice since 1987.
I am happy for the opportunity to introduce my practice to you.
There are various elements in a practice.
This is the physical space.
The human component is made of the office fairies, all the help we have offsite, and
there is myself.
There are all the tasks and activities that are performed on a daily basis to make this
practice vibrant and successful.
And there is you and the 12,000 patients over 25 years.
I had fun decorating this space myself and still tinker with it.
If you call the office and I encourage you to do so, you will talking to the Fairies
Leslie manages the front desk and the medical records, and Mariana manages the back office
the financial and insurance aspects along with hospital and scheduling interactions.
They are both very kind and helpful, among the best staff I have had in 25 years. They
manage to go to nursing school, and we all work together to accommodate changing class
schedules.
Off-site we have a lot of help our billing company our IT manager, our marketing staff
etc. I have tried to keep my overhead as low as possible so as not to increase charges
in these economic times. My patients have liked the intimate and private space of my
office and it has provided significant direct interaction between me and my patients.
On the subject of overhead, I no longer have a surgical facility in my office to ease the
financial constraints it would add, but we have been able to obtain from the hospital
facility fees that are very competitive.
I guess I have to talk about myself:
I am board certified in Plastic surgery, and perform a large volume of cosmetic surgery
but I have another hat teaching the Plastic Surgery residents of University of Illinois
Hand surgery.
I started my practice as a solo practitioner. Initially, my practice was quite diversified,
and after 5 years, I started intensifying my cosmetic surgery interests.
I worked hard honing my skills in a field that has had significant expansion in many
areas: facial rejuvenation with lasers, Botox and fillers and a revolutionary understanding
of facial aging and how to correct it. Rhinoplasty has had its share of changes,
and body contouring has exploded in terms of liposuction and its variants, tummy-tucks,
breast lift, buttocks augmentation with fat or with implants and post bariatric correction.
For more details about these procedures I invite you to visit the various sections of
my website, visit the before and after gallery and the testimonial page at www.enhancedform.com.