Dr. Elisabeth Potter, MD

Dr. Elisabeth Potter, MD Empowering patients with advanced breast reconstruction & aesthetic treatments. DIEP flap specialist.
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06/07/2026

It is after 10 o’clock. I haven’t wanted to rest once today.

The moment I arrived at Camp Breastie, something shifted. Hugs from people I hadn’t seen in years. New faces that somehow felt familiar. And after about an hour, a fog I didn’t even know I was carrying just lifted.

This is where it all started.

The advocacy. The fighting for codes. The trips to Capitol Hill. The conversations about insurance and healthcare workers. All of it traces back to this community — to patients affected by breast cancer, to a clinic room with a problem, and Paige who told me the community would show up.

She was right.

I am reminded tonight that none of this work is about systems or policy alone. It is about relationships. It is about listening. It is about showing up for people and letting them show up for you.

I learned something today about what it means to be a better doctor. Not from a textbook. From listening.

Goodnight from Camp Breastie. Tomorrow is going to be a great day. 💙

06/06/2026

Day, one at Camp Breastie and these conversations, I’m having are everything.

I met with a Breastie who was offered a lat flap and told it was her best option after radiation.

It’s not.

This is 2026 and we are still here — still having this conversation. Doctors are not always right. Some offer surgeries that aren’t always in your best interest, and I need you to know that.

No one should be losing muscle to rebuild a breast when better options exist.

If you’re being gaslit, I see you. Keep asking questions. Keep pushing.

06/06/2026

I woke up at 3:40 this morning to head to Camp Breastie.

And I would do it every single time.

I’m a full-time reconstructive surgeon. My schedule is packed. But getting to step out of the OR and just be with patients — no agenda, just real conversation — that’s not something I take lightly.

This community means everything to me. See you soon🤍

06/03/2026

I learned about a family in my home state of GA who needed help getting lifesaving medication.

Adam, has a rare autoimmune condition that causes inflammation in his brain. Without treatment, he can lose the ability to eat, speak, and walk. For years, a medication called IVIG helped give him his life back.

Then his father’s insurance benefits changed.

Not because the treatment stopped working. Not because his doctors recommended stopping it. An administrative change in his healthcare benefits meant Adam suddenly lost access to the medication he needed. He ended up back in the hospital.

As I learned more about the situation, I realized the employer had the ability to help. I thought of Mark Cuban, sent him a message, and asked if he could get involved.

He did.

And Tyson Foods stepped up to make sure Adam could continue receiving his medication while longer term solutions are worked out.

This should not happen in America. No one should lose access to a treatment that is working because of a benefits change.

But this is also a story about people doing the right thing.

A family who never stopped advocating for his son. A company that listened. Someone who used their influence to help.

And a reminder that every message you send me matters. I read as many as I can, and every story is important.

Adam’s journey isn’t over, but today there’s hope.

06/02/2026

Over the last year, many of you have heard me speak about what is broken in healthcare.

You watched me speak up after being pulled out of surgery by an insurance company. You watched me continue speaking after facing retaliation for telling the truth. And recently, you watched me stand alongside healthcare workers from across the country on Capitol Hill.

But words are only one part of the story.

Long before any of those moments, I was building. Building a practice that puts patients first. Building systems that support healthcare workers. Building proof that healthcare can be done differently.

What we’ve created isn’t just a practice. It’s a method.

A method that honors patients first and takes care of healthcare workers. A method that proves we don’t have to choose between exceptional patient care and sustainable healthcare careers.

It can be done.

The work is well underway.

And over the coming months, I’d like to show you more of the method so you can do it, too.

06/01/2026

How we do one thing, is how we do everything.

How we tackle healthcare in America is how we do everything.

Healthcare is not separate from who we are as a country. It reflects our values. It reflects what we reward. It reflects who we choose to protect and who we are willing to leave behind.

For too long, we’ve handed over control of healthcare to boardrooms and stock markets when it should be rooted in our clinic rooms, hospital rooms, and homes.

We have to take back control of that and that’s going to require a revolution.

Not a revolution of anger, a revolution of truth. A revolution of healthcare workers speaking honestly about what patients and providers are experiencing. A revolution of doing the right thing, even when it is difficult.

05/29/2026

Some made a withdrawal from my Karma Bank today.

We pour everything into this practice, into our patients, and into our advocacy efforts. Because of that, there are a lot of things at home that end up waiting, including repairs we’ve needed for a long time.

Today, someone came by to help with one of those things and refused to accept payment. They simply said they had seen what we were doing and wanted to help.

This is what I meant when I said there is a different kind of currency in this world. One built on kindness, integrity, service, sacrifice, and showing up for people when no one is watching.

I think sometimes we wonder if any of it matters. If doing the right thing matters. If continuing to care deeply in a system that often makes people cynical matters. It does.

Today felt like a reminder of that and I just want to say thank you.

And maybe this is your reminder too, to make a deposit in someone else’s Karma Bank this week. Big or small. You never know how much someone might need it.

Or tell me in the comments about a moment someone made a withdrawal from yours. I’d love to hear it.

05/27/2026

I was able to fight back against a system that was trying to silence me because I had previously invested in my mental and emotional health.

I am proud that I sought therapy after my medical training, and I hope other healthcare workers will join me in taking care of themselves.

We are trained to push through, to put others first, to normalize suffering in silence. But we have to break that cycle — for ourselves and for the patients who need us whole.

So I want to ask you something…what does it actually mean to take care of yourself in healthcare?

Whether you’re a physician, a nurse, a resident, healthcare worker or someone who loves one — drop your thoughts in the comments. This is a safe space and it starts with one conversation.

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Healthcare workers are taught to push through. To keep going.
To sacrifice for, “the greater good.”We are conditioned to...
05/26/2026

Healthcare workers are taught to push through. To keep going.
To sacrifice for, “the greater good.”

We are conditioned to believe that caring for patients means abandoning ourselves in the process. But one of the biggest realizations from this week was that speaking up does not make us weak. It does not make us difficult. And it does not mean we care less about patients.

In fact, telling the truth about what we are experiencing is how we make healthcare safer and better for everyone.

I was deeply moved watching my colleagues advocate in DC this week.

Not perform. Not posture. Not try to go viral. Just… tell the truth.

I watched healthcare workers walk into rooms with members of Congress carrying stories that have lived quietly inside of them for years.

Stories about burnout. Unsafe conditions. Moral injury. Mental health. The impossible position so many healthcare workers are put in every single day while they do their best to take care of their patients.

And what impacted me most was watching people realize, sometimes in real time, that their voices mattered in those rooms. That they belonged there and were essential.

This week reminded me how powerful it is when healthcare workers stop carrying these experiences alone and start saying them out loud together.

Watching my colleagues step into that was one of the most hopeful things I’ve experienced in a very long time.

And seeing the impact those honest conversations had on members of Congress made me even more certain, this is how change happens.

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