New Woman
The Best Doctors in New York
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(Dr.) Swistell
has been her one salvation in this whole ordeal,
and Margie is still dumbfounded that, without insurance,
she managed to hook up with one of the best breast
surgeons in New York. Her good fortune was that
she'd seen him two years earlier with a different
problem, and that gave her an in.
While Swistel's
staff did quiz her about insurance when she called
for an appointment, former patients aren't likely
to get turned away, no matter what the answer. "They
know that my philosophy about this is 'We'll work
something out; at least see the patient,'" says
Swistel, whose devotion to his work is telegraphed
by his kind eyes and slightly rumpled, sleep-deprived
demeanor. It doesn't hurt that Margie's unflagging
humor and grace make it easy to want to help her.
Swistel not only will perform Margie's mastectomy,
he has even enlisted his friend Dr. Darrick
Antell - cited by New York magazine
as one of the city's best plastic surgeons - to
handle the reconstruction.