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August 2020

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24 | August 2020 HEALTH Meet Fayetteville's New Plastic Surgeon Dr. Leif Nordberg will offer local patients a comprehensive range of treatments By Kim Hasty | Photography by Matthew Wonderly D r. Leif Nordberg was just settling in, and already he was in demand. A colleague cracked open the door of his office. Would he happen to have some clinic time available for one of her patients? "Sure," he answered. "I have some time tomorrow aernoon. No problem." As Fayetteville's new plastic surgeon, his schedule is likely to stay busy. He specializes in nearly the entire realm of plastic surgery, and his experience in breast reconstruction makes him an integral part of Cape Fear Valley Health's growing breast cancer treatment program. Breast cancer patients now can fulfill their entire treatment plan without having to drive more than a few minutes. "It's sort of been my passion that women should be able to receive world-class breast care right in their hometown," said Dr. Liz Sawyer, an Army veteran who is now a breast oncology surgeon with CFVH. Sawyer was instrumental in helping Womack Army Medical Center become one of only two centers in the Department of Defense health system to earn accreditation by the National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers. "We needed that last piece of the puzzle. We didn't need just any plastic surgeon; we needed one with the heart for reconstruction. "We're super excited to have him here," she said. "I think he's going to be fabulous." Nordberg spent the last 16 years practicing in Connecticut and the last five as medical director at a surgery center, but he has ties to North Carolina. He did his plastic and reconstructive surgery residency at Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, where his wife worked as a pediatrician and both

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