Dr. Fialkov is a wonderful surgeon, I am from Ottawa and would drive those 5 hours to Toronto any day to have him operate on me. I have a cleft palate and in 2016 a surgeon operated on me performing a rhinoplasty with a rib graft, a surgery that this surgeon was absolutely unqualified for. The surgery left me in the most unbearable pain with absolutely no results. My breathing (due to a deviated septum had even worsened after surgery). I had completely lost faith in plastic surgery and finally regained self confidence after a lengthy period of depression following the 2016 surgery. But finally after two years I heard about Dr Fialkov and decided to give him a shot. I was immediatly impressed by the MASSIVE hospital that is Toronto (wow Ottawa is small) but what I appreciated the most was that he did not promise me the moon and stars like many many other surgeons I had seen (including the one who operated on me in 2016). He was very realistic and I think that that is so important in reconstructive / plastic surgery because hopes that lead to disapointment following surgery can be very detrimental to one's mental health. Especially considering that when it comes to those kinds of surgeries on cleft palate children the outcome is not the same as that of a 'regular' rhinoplasty. In conclusion, he is a wonderful surgeon. He takes the time to explain the procedures unlike many surgeons and he did a great job at fixing my nose.