"Dr. Callery makes a great first impression: personable, knowledgeable and has a sense of humor. He insists that you attend his information seminar with a friend or spouse. Then at the end of that night you are given the paperwork to fill out. As soon as they receive your paperwork back, they call you in for an initial consultation and go over the process of approval and surgery. You must take a 40 question test to make sure you understand the in's & out's of this procedure. At the time of the consult, you'll be given a list of specific test to have (which are a little different for everybody, depending on you medical conditions). As soon as my tests were done the doc dictated a letter and submitted it all to insurance. I was approved in less than two weeks!!
Dr.Callery has a great after-care program which includes a support group once a month as well as a nutrition group once a month. He also set up a web site on Yahoo Groups for 24/7 support. The people at the web site are great and very helpful.
I have found the office staff to be a wonderful as the doctor -- the only thing I disliked is - when you're preop, you can only call on Wednesday for a status checkup... We all know the hardest part is the wait between submitting to insurance and the actual approval
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"She is an absoult GEM! Romana isn't close to me (about 20 miles) but she is well worht the drive. Always on time and never makes you feel rushed along --she always takes the time to answer my never ending (!!) She even calls me with my test results - good old fashion health care at it's best :)"
