Terri Coutee: ASPS Patient of Courage, 2018

• Published in: Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open Vol. 7; no. 10; p. e2451
• Main Author: Chrysopoulo, Minas T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The Author. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons 01-10-2019; Copyright The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. All rights reserved; Wolters Kluwer Health; Wolters Kluwer
• Subjects: Patient of Courage
• ISSN: 2169-7574; 2169-7574
• DOI: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000002451

Mrs. Terri Coutee was selected as an American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Patient of Courage in 2018. Following successful treatment of her second breast cancer, which included a double nipple-sparing mastectomy and delayed deep inferior epigastric perforator (DIEP) flap breast reconstruction, Terri changed her career path from teaching to patient advocacy. In 2016, she launched DiepCFoundation.org, a non-profit organization that provides education, support, resources, and a community for women and men seeking information about breast reconstruction after mastectomy. Today, DiepCFoundation connects patients and physicians on a global scale, fostering a shared decision-making approach to breast reconstruction.