"I actually didn't know that Dr. Tran would do my surgery. I saw his partner in the practice, Dr. Halmi for my first two appointments. At first I felt offended to have been \"passed off\" to another surgeon on the day of my surgery, but Dr. Tran communicates very well and is upbeat and I think he did a great job. I don't think the office staff is very knowledgable and they tend to confuse things....ie scheduling me for an appt with the office nutritionist when I didn't need an appt with the office nutritionist because I went through the hospital nutrition program and then calling me at the last minute to say I didn't need to come, when actually I did need to come because I was coming in for my one month checkup also. I had read everything I could find on the risks of surgery so I didn't have many questions. I believe that both surgical competence and beside manner are important. I would definitely have my surgery again. My only complaint was that the hospital did not have any available beds the day of my surgery and I had to lay in the recovery room on a very uncomfortable rolling bed for five hours and it was very miserable on my back. The nursing staff was exceptional at Fair Oaks Hospital. "
