"Dr. Shayani, F.A.C.S., is a Board certified surgeon who was primarily a laproscopic stomach cancer surgeon until he was asked to start doing LAP rnys. He trained in laproscopy under one of the surgeons involved with Carnie Wilson's surgery. Until he started doing the LAP rny, Loyola only did open surgery.
I first met Dr. Shayani about a year ago when I started at the Nutrition Center. He was just recruiting people for the surgery and had not done any. To date, he has performed 12 LAP Rnys. He lost one patient who weighed 600lbs.
My husband and I both feel Dr. Shayani is caring and direct. He asked me to start watching my diet and exercising. He said patients who start the program before the surgery do better during and after. He told me to wean myself off coffee, soda and sugar.
I have not met his office staff yet.
Surgery was on 2-5-01. Dr. Shayani came to see me in the pre-surgical holding room and reconfirmed the type of surgery he was doing. Due to my weight loss, he was sure he could do LAP. The hospital staff at Loyola could not be better. The anesthesiologist spent a lot of time with me getting me ready for the surgery. After the surgery, Dr. Shayani came to visit me right after the Barium swallow test and then the next day when he discharged me. His bedside manner is pleasant and direct. He doesn't waste time, nor does he leave in a hurry. The benefit of a teaching hospital is that his doctors-in-training did a lot of work with me in advance getting information. This gave him the opportunity to come in fully informed.
Dr. Shayani's office staff is very friendly. They're extremely interested in the gastric bypass patients. The doctor kept me waiting awhile but was still thourough when he came in. He has seen me twice since the surgery and will see me every six weeks for a year.
3-21-01-I was hospitalized with a cellulitis. Dr. Shayani saw my name on the hospital computer and called me. he also visited twice. He was relieved to find the infection was not near the surgical site. What a caring man! "
