"I have not yet Dr. Jawad. I met his nurse practitioner. Silvia was very nice and helpfull. She gave me great encourgement. From what I understand I will be meeting Dr. Jawad when I go for my pre-op appointment the Thursday before my surgery. The staff in the office is unbelievably nice. I will admit I went to my orientation a little "on guard" because im very embarrassed about my weight and I just knew all the staff would be "skinny". But I found that allot of the women that work there have also had the surgery. Prior to my orientation I called and got the list of things I had to have taken care of in order to have the surgery(gall bladder sono, phsycological exam, blood work,etc.)They were very helpfull with my list. One thing that they pushed that was the most important for approval was the 6 month diet plan from your PCP. Im not real sure about how he fels about after care, but I do know that they have a structured program. During orientaion she expressed the risk of the surgery. There was 8 of us together for orientaion and she individually addressed us on which surgery we were interested in and the risk to them. Surgical competence and bedside manner were both excellent! "
