Dr. Hania B. Bednarski, D.O.

At Serenity Surgery & Wellness, our goal is to reduce the footprint of surgery.
Dr. Bednarski performs many different procedures including cryoablation, biopsies, tumor and lump resections, reconstructive surgery, breast reductions and minimally invasive procedures. We educate patients of all ages who are scared or anxious about breast cancer, or who simply want to improve their lifestyle. 

Our patients are presented with all of their options, to give them the opportunity to feel whole again. Caregivers are always available to our patients.  

We are with our patients each step of the way, providing individualized care, because each journey is unique. Every member of our staff treats patients with dignity and respect to make them feel like they belong. We are all boobies all the time.

Since I was very little, I knew that I wanted to be a physician, specifically, a surgeon. When I was in Poland in kindergarten, our teacher asked us to draw ourselves when we grew up. I drew myself in a hospital room, at a patient’s bedside, in mask and gown. With my toys as patients, I was preparing to cure the world–a toy doll was sick with measles, only to be cured moments later, a stuffed koala bear was “operated” on in various ways.

From a very young age, I was groomed to do nothing else. My mother is an oral surgeon, and having studied in Europe, her approach is holistic. I assumed that all doctors looked at their patients as an entire unit, amenable by input and environment. I believed that all physicians used herbs as easily as medications. In United States’ mainstream medicine, I was in for a rude awakening. It was not until late into my college career that I found out about osteopathy. At that point, everything made sense–I would treat the whole patient. I would be able to rely on my hands equally, if not more than, medications. In this way, I could help the patient with the ability to heal themselves inwardly. My training in osteopathy has been a solid foundation for my approach to the patient’s physical, mental and spiritual health.

I did realize my dream of being a surgeon. I went to medical school and then moved to Manhattan, New York, for my surgical residency. Initially, I thought that I would be a trauma surgeon. I loved the high of being in that environment, where everything is fast paced and truly life or death. I loved the feeling of being in charge of a room; the endorphin rush was amazing. I loved helping people in extremis.

Then, I assisted a surgery where the patient was the wife of the dear friend of the surgeon in charge. This was one of the first breast surgeries with which I was involved, and the patient had breast cancer. I was expecting that we would do our best. In my mind, this meant not only getting rid of the cancer, but also giving her the best cosmetic result possible.

Unfortunately, the final outcome was quite the opposite. It was horrific, and more of a butcher job than anything else, with an ugly jagged scar and mismatch in the size of the breasts. When I asked the surgeon, “Can’t we do better? Is this really all that we can do?” His abrupt answer was, “I got rid of her cancer. She should be happy.” That was the day that I realized my true passion and calling. I realized that I needed to help women to avoid these kinds of butcher jobs. The surgical program from which I matriculated was a small, not well known program. I decided to add to my education by then going through advanced training, in a Hand and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship. I worked as a hand surgeon for over three years, never losing sight of my initial calling. I went back and did another Fellowship in Breast Oncoplastic Surgery. Now, here I am.

As I have grown in my medical practice, as well as in the practice of being a good human, I have found that it is important to first practice optimal health, in other words, preventing illness before it sets in. I explain this to my patients on many levels. I do believe that we have an innate ability to heal, in body and emotion. I often talk to patients of optimism, even in the face of cancer, and moving forward. Specifically, I tell them, “This is where you find yourself now, and all you can do is look to the future. There is no benefit in ‘would have, should have, if only…,what if…’ We are here, and we move forward.”

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