Dr. Beraka was one of the featured doctors in the June issue of Avenue magazine, which is distributed in the Upper East Side of Manhattan and in the Hamptons. The article is highly complimentary and describes Dr. Beraka’s education and training as well his contributions to plastic surgery of the breast and body. We will try to make this article available on our website.
In April, the New York Supreme Court’s Appelate Division ruled by a 5-0 vote – that an insurer must cover a teenage boy gynecomastia surgery. This ruling upheld two lower court decisions that sided with the patient.
This patient was a 17 year old boy who had been teased by his classmates because of the full appearance of his chest. One of the judges involved called gynecomastia “an objective, tangible, and unusual source of turmoil, more skin to clubfoot or cleft lip than to a large nose.”
Of course, gynecomastia can be a serious congenital deformity and its correction should absolutely be covered by insurance. This court decision is a very important precedent.
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