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Guide to Arkansas Plastic Surgery

There"s more to Arkansas than "a town called Hope". Little Rock is the capital and the state"s largest city. The Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway metro area is home to about 675,000 people. Throw in Pine Bluff and you"re at 841,000 or so. That's a major metro area in many states and in Arkansas; it's the home of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. UAMS trains eighty percent of the state's doctors and operates a number of clinics and specialty services. It's a highly diversified training and treatment organization, with major treatment facilities and community clinics not only in Little Rock but scattered throughout the state.

Because there's a major teaching hospital in the city, many of the surgeons in Little Rock are probably on the hospital staff. If you are looking for a plastic surgeon and are concerned about qualifications, ask the doctors you interview if they work with the UAMS, serve on the hospital staff or are affiliated with another acute care facility. It is a sign of a doctor that is respected by his peers.

Besides hospital affiliation, you should expect your Arkansas plastic surgeon to be board certified. While there are many certifying boards for cosmetic plastic surgery specialties, the most important certification is from the American Board of Plastic Surgeons. This board is recognized as the standard-setter for plastic surgeon testing and qualifying. A doctor that has been vetted by the ABPS will be a surgeon that has established his credentials with his peers, just as with hospital staff status.

The Little Rock area has its share of ambulatory surgery clinics: a term for the office-based facilities that provide cosmetic plastic surgery services on an outpatient basis. Many of these facilities combine surgery with spa services, so one wing of the structure may look like a surgical facility while another has the characteristics of a serious salon and spa. These outpatient cosmetic surgery facilities have become very popular - but they are also a step removed from the medical establishment and from the standard setting you"ll find in acute care hospitals.

So in your search for an Arkansas cosmetic plastic surgeon, inquire about the doctor"s certification but also ask if his clinic or office has been certified as an ambulatory surgical center. This process is similar to the certification process that hospitals go through and that determine a facility is sanitary, well run and properly equipped.