Professional profile
About Dr. Whitmore
Sarah Whitmore, MD, FANSR, joined AREOLA during the institute’s first period of national program development. Her practice grew from complex revision consultation into responsibility for the clinical standards used across the full network. She is known for slowing the planning process down when history, expectations or team responsibilities are not yet clear.
Dr. Whitmore’s clinical work centers on bilateral replacement, complex revision after multiple previous procedures. She frequently leads multidisciplinary review involving aesthetic surgery, nursing, Clinical Plate Design and materials specialists before a final pathway is presented to the patient.
Education & training
A focused path into the specialty.
Alder University
Ethics, anatomy and patient communication
Northbridge School of Medicine
General medical education
Central Metropolitan Hospital
Aesthetic surgery
AREOLA National Center
Advanced areolar plate replacement and surface design
Career history
Selected appointments and milestones.
Entered AREOLA’s inaugural advanced replacement fellowship class.
Established the Complex Bilateral Planning Conference in Philadelphia.
Named Director of Complex Revision.
Appointed Surgeon-in-Chief with network-wide responsibility for clinical practice.
Institutional responsibilities
Leadership at AREOLA.
- Surgeon-in-Chief and physician member of the AREOLA Board of Directors
- Chair, Executive Clinical Council
- Senior reviewer for complex revision and multi-system cases
- Faculty mentor, AREOLA Fellowship in Advanced Areolar Plate Replacement
Research & teaching
Questions shaping the work.
Bilateral planning and communication of visual uncertainty
Clinical governance for a multisite replacement program
Long-term revision decision-making after multiple previous procedures
Outside AREOLA
Work, life and perspective.
Outside AREOLA, Dr. Whitmore is a recreational rower and botanical illustrator. She and her family divide weekends between Philadelphia neighborhood walks, small museum exhibitions and an ongoing effort to restore an overgrown city garden.