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Dr. Erik J. Miles | North Charlotte Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery or the past 10 years, Dr. Erik Miles has been practicing plastic surgery at North Charlotte Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery in Huntersville. As the son of a physician, Dr. Miles became interested in medicine at a young age. Growing older
he worked in the emergency departments of major hospitals and was an EMT while he was an undergraduate at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. It wasn’t until he began surgery rotations while attending medical school that he decided that plastic surgery would be his focus.
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“Plastic surgery is an extremely rewarding specialty that allows me to work in a wide variety of clinical settings,” explains Dr. Miles, who has been a physician for 18 years. “I enjoy the challenges of restoring form and function to patients with reconstructive needs, as well as providing cosmetic surgery patients with procedures that can improve confidence and self-esteem.” Dr. Miles’ postgraduate education began with flight training in the United States Navy, where he served for eight years and was selected to fly high performance military jet aircraft. His deployments aboard aircraft carriers around the world earned him numerous military awards and gave him invaluable life experiences. After being honorably discharged to pursue his medical ambitions, Dr. Miles attended medical school at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and completed a general surgery residency program in Dallas at Methodist Medical Center. He was then accepted into the highly competitive plastic surgery residency program at Methodist Hospital in Houston and later received extensive aesthetic surgery training at St. Joseph Hospital, which is the home of the original breast implant pioneers. In addition, he studied with internationally known aesthetic plastic surgeons at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Miles is board certified in general surgery and plastic surgery, and he is also a fellow
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in the American College of Surgeons and a respected member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons At North Charlotte Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Dr. Miles and his staff, which includes his wife, Marcy, of 24 years, offer patients a variety of cosmetic procedures on the face, breast and body, as well as non-surgical aesthetic procedures. He also routinely treats patients who have had traumatic injuries or surgical deformities secondary to cancer resection. Although the majority of his patients have cosmetic concerns, Dr. Miles says he will always devote part of his practice to caring for patients with reconstructive needs. “At a time when many plastic surgeons have abandoned reconstructive surgery to focus on more lucrative cosmetic procedures, it remains a rewarding and enjoyable part of my practice,” he explains, adding that for many years he commuted weekly to the VA Hospital in Asheville to perform reconstructive surgery on military veterans. “Reconstructive surgery is the foundation of our specialty.” Patient safety and satisfaction are always a primary concern at North Charlotte Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. “Plastic surgery can be life-changing. However, not everyone is a good candidate for plastic surgery,” says Dr. Miles. “The success of our practice is not measured by how many patients we can ‘convert’ to surgery after their consultation. We use patient satisfaction as our benchmark.”