Surgical Recovery

Learn how to optimize your surgical recovery with a board-certified plastic surgeon and certified functional medicine provider!
Rebecca Knackstedt is a board-certified plastic surgeon specializing in breast reconstruction. She is also the co-Founder of Clara Recovery, a surgery recovery and wellness company. 

She completed her MD/PhD at Medical University of South Carolina where her PhD thesis focused on Vitamin D and inflammation.  She pursued an integrated plastic surgery residency and microsurgery fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic during which she also became certified in Functional Medicine.  Her research interests are prehabilitation for breast cancer, particularly for women undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy.  She has published over 90 peer-reviewed studies and has given numerous local and national lectures on her research.