"My first impression was that he was young! He is the most experienced Dr. at the clinic, but appears to be in his mid-30's. He was courteous and up-front. I felt he had my total attention. He got paged twice during my consult. He took the first call, but then turned off the phone after the second. That made me feel he was interested in ME at that moment. He did not go into too much detail, but I feel that is because he was aware of my previous knowledge. During the big schpeal I did kind of get the "sales pitch" feeling. But I know that I am a candidate so I guess it didn't really affect my feelings towards Dr. Schwartz. His office staff was very friendly. The facilities were obese friendly. They give you a video to take with you that goes over everything too. Which is nice if you want to teach others about the procedure. I guess the only bad thing about Dr. Schwartz is that he is 1.5 hours away and isn't quite as experienced as I expected. They do offer after care, including a support group that meets once a month. They give you tons of handouts about diet, exercise, counseling, plastic surgery, etc...in your consultation packet. Dr. Schwartz directly addresses the risks of surgery. I would rate him as a 9 out of 10. I liked him. I had a much better experience with Dr. Schwartz than I had with either of my other two surgeons (C-section and gallbladder). I thought he had a good bedside manner. I was impressed that he did his internship at the Mayo Clinic. "
