Sayeed Ikramuddin, M.D. When Dr. Ikramuddin walked into the exammining room he smiled and said to me, "So, what do you think about all of this?" His confidence and warm smile made me comfortable right away. He answered all of the questions that I had, and thanked me for asking them when our conversation was over. He encouraged me to ask questions at any time if I had them. "Your life is in my hands", he said, "so you can ask me anything!" He made a great first impression on me! I won't see him again until right before my surgery, but I am hoping that my impression won't change.
The staff in the office is awesome! They are all so pleasant and very reassuring. They are professional and seem concerned with making patients comfortable and at ease. The only thing that I don't like about Dr. Ikramuudin so far is that he is only in this particular office once per month. I imagine that this means that it is more likely that a nurse will be doing the fills. I am hoping that it does not indicate less accessability to him. Future patients should know that he is a very busy man. I realized that during our consultation, but the time he spent with me did not seem rushed at all. During my consultation he emphasized how importatnt aftercare is to the sucess of the lap-band. I don't know how structured the aftercare is, but Dr. Ikramuudin was insistant on how necessary it is in order for the band to be successful. He was very open about the risks involved with the surgery, but seemed very confident in his abilitites as a surgeon. Before the consultation was over, he looked me in the eye and said, "You are an excellent candidate for the lap-band. I think you will do very well." In my opinion, Dr. Ikramuddin has excellent surgical competence. I draw this conclusion based on rhe number of surgeries that he has done and the number of trials that he has been involved in. Based on all that I have experienced during the initial consult date, I would rate Dr. Ikramuddin as a 10.