"Went to info sessions with Dr. Carlos Barba and Dr. Jonathan Aranow. Started process with Dr. Barba and was not impressed. After going to Dr. Aranow's info session and talking to his office staff I knew he was the one to go with. Dr. Aranow is a nice guy, seems to genuinely care about his patients, is very cautious and VERY thorough. He requires you to attend the support group before surgery and, along with the psychologist and nutritionist, works to make sure you are truly ready before he'll perform the surgery. The people in his office, especially Lois, and the nutritionist and psychologist are excellent as well, although I will say that there is a second nutritionist who works with the regular one whom I personally did not feel comfortable talking to. They all take time to answer questions and explain things when I need them to. Dr. Aranow is very direct and honest about the risks and benefits of surgery. He doesn't try to sugarcoat it at all. He is an excellent surgeon and has a great reputation as well. I feel he took excellent care of me and I would highly recommend him. The only negative thing I couls say about him is that he is very busy and sometimes I feel I am being rushed when I am speaking to him."
"My experience there was very good. Everyone there, with one exception was capable and caring and took really good care of me. I was very nervous before the procedure and everyone was understanding and comforting. I felt that everyone I dealt with was very well-qualified as well. The one exception was someone who seemed to not know what she was doing much at all, and who also seemed insensitive toward overweight patients, but she really was the one unfortunate exception among a group of terrific people, so I didn't feel my experience there was bad at all. I particularly liked that there was a pre-op class offered to let you know what to expect every step of the way while you are in the hospital...it really eased my mind knowing what to expect."
