In this latest episode of Beyond the OR, Dr. Cyr talks about what drove him into the field of cosmetic surgery.
Transcript:
As a spine surgeon, when patient after patient, after patient kept telling me, “Hey, while you’re in there,” because a lot of my anterior spinal surgeries through the belly, I have to go around the abdomen. A lot of patients would ask me, “Can you take away a little fat? Can you do a little tummy tuck? Can you do a little liposuction?” And it was always kind of in jest but partly they were serious like most jokes are. So I started thinking maybe one day I’ll actually do the cosmetic surgery training I’ve been thinking about since I was a resident. And so, as that idea kept just hanging in the back of my head, one day I thought, you know what, I’m going to actually do it.
And so I called all over the country and I found that multiple people recommended the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery president to be a person that I should seek training from. And just like with my spine training, I always tried to go to the best program possible. I wanted to go to the Mayo Clinic for a specific reason because it’s been ranked number one in orthopedics and spine surgery in neurosurgery for years and years, 20 plus years. And so for the same thing, for the same reason, I wanted to seek out the best person to train me in cosmetic surgery. I wanted my cosmetic surgery background to be based on training that would make me adept and skilled. And not just the average surgeon, I wanted to be better than average. I wanted to be supreme and superb at what I did. And so similar to my spine training, I wanted to make sure I went to the best place. So I found the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery president, and he was willing to train me. So it worked out perfectly.
