ne of the nice thingsabout visiting the Salis-bury office of PeninsulaPlastic Surgery is that itsundeniable beauty alwaysseems to put you in a

tranquil mood. When Hurricane Sandyrolled into town last year, however, thatpreviously unblemished aesthetic sus-tained something of a black eye. But Drs. Vincent Perrotta and ChristopherPellegrino took even that in stride, seeingit as an opportunity to restore, or even enhance, yet something else to its formerstate of beauty. Along with their practice’sadministrator, Jennifer LeCates, and therest of their skilled staff, they meticu-lously gave the Tuscan-style facility afacelift of its very own.

“To begin with, we knocked downquite a few walls, both in the receptionarea and among the back offices. Then wereorganized to transfer some of the staffdeeper into the facility,” explainedLeCates, now in her third year at PPS.“All of this had the effect of making theenvironment not only more open and airybut also quieter for our patients. Thoughwe did redesign and modernize the recep-tion area, added new window treatmentsand refurnished key areas of the practice,we made sure we retained the sameMediterranean Renaissance motif that hasbecome something of a signature featurefor us.”

Maintaining their status as a state-of-the-art medical practice, however, meantthat more than merely an upgrade in

décor. They also installed a secure,HIPAA-compliant interactive patient por-tal in the reception area, at which patientsmay enter personal data, medical history,view before-and-after photos of other patients and even arrange for financing.

The most exciting changes, however,come in the form of the elite practice’srange of services, now more comprehen-sive than ever before. The result is a trulystate-of-the-art aesthetic medical practice,one which offers up-to-the-minute inva-sive, noninvasive and treatments for boththe face and body, from head to toe.

In addition to the highly touted andunsurpassed skill of their surgical tech-niques — most of which are performed inthe privacy and convenience of their ownonsite surgical suite — they offer time-

tested facial-rejuvenation treatments, such as Botox,Juvederm and microdermabrasion. But that’s not all.Peninsula Plastic Surgery is now also on the cuttingedge of such noninvasive face-and-body-enhancinglaser modalities as CoolSculpting, Fraxel, FractionalCO2 laser, IPL and Pixel. As a logical complement tothe emphasis PPS has placed on body sculpting andcontouring, the doctors have also recently unveiledtheir weight-management division, which uses the latest and most effective techniques of diet, exerciseand pharmacology in the achievement of dramatic yetlong-lasting results.

“Not every patient is a good candidate for surgery,”advised Julie Parrish, a physician’s assistant and oneof multiple key additions to the staff of PPS, “so we’veinstituted the procedures and technology necessary todeliver the desired results to those patients, too.”

Parrish officially joined PPS in August and will,among her other responsibilities, coordinate the breast

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MIND, BODY, SOUL PENINSULA PLASTIC SURGERY

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Dr. Christopher Pellegrinoand Dr. Vincent Perrotta inthe new PPS reception area

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Standing: Leslie Hooker and Jessica Moore Seated: Laurie Pearce, Jill Taylor, Jennifer DeVage

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Julie Parrish, P.A.-C Jennifer LeCates

In addition to their vaunted medical techniques and services, PPS now has orchestrated the essential staff to ensure that the practiceperforms at the same industry-leading level, whether that’s technically,administratively or customer service-related.

reconstruction program. She comes to the practice viaPhiladelphia University, where she’d earned a Bachelor ofScience degree and completed its distinguished PA programby age 22. A Salisbury native who graduated from ParksideHigh School, Parrish did a stint in a hospital ER before decid-ing to take her career in another direction.

“I loved the importance and immediacy of the work I wasdoing in the ER,” said Parrish, “but I eventually came to wantthe completeness and continuity of care that can be enjoyedin a private-practice setting. That desire and PPS’ reputationas the premier practice of its kind in the region are what ulti-mately brought me here.”

Julie is joined by Brooke Meredith, CNOR, a certified ORnurse. Having Brooke and Julie on staff means that PPS canprovide a level of pre- and post-operative care that has tradi-tionally been difficult, if not impossible, to achieve in otherhealthcare settings.

PPS has also welcomed Jan Newton to the team to overseePPS’ micropigmentation division, which was launched in the fall to provide services such as areola enhancement, scarcamouflaging and what’s called “permanent makeup.”

PPS even boasts its very own certified laser registerednurse, Julianne Lodowski. Along with coordinator LauriePearce, who joined to the PPS staff with 15 years of medicalindustry experience in the spring, Julianne will oversee andperform such laser-based procedures as Fraxel, IPL, hair removal, tattoo removal and skin resurfacing.

Add to all of this the spring introduction of the SkinMed-ica skincare line, as well as the impending launch of theirbold new breast-reconstruction division, and it’s clear thatthere are more exciting things happening at Peninsula PlasticSurgery than ever before.

It’s good to know that at least one positive thing came outof Hurricane Sandy.

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