"Dr. Teel is a personable, thorough, safety conscious, efficient surgeon. I first met Dr. Teel when I had an eroded gastric band that was implanted by another bariatric surgeon from Cincinnati, Oh. The gastric band had eroded completely into my stomach only 4 months after having it implanted. I made the decision then that the doctor in Cincinnati would never touch me again. My primary care physician referred me to Dr. Teel and his staff worked me in immediately for a consultation to have the gastric band removed and a revision surgery. The day following my initial meeting with Dr. Teel, he did an EGD and immediately scheduled surgery for me to have the gastric band removed and to repair my stomach within 3 days. Although I had hoped I could have a revision to a gastric sleeve during the surgery, Dr. Teel informed me of all of the risks associated with doing an immediate revision and recommended that I have a revision surgery at a later date. After what I had experienced with the band, I took his advice and opted to schedule a revision surgery later. In October 2010 I had the band removed and repair done to my stomach. I returned to Dr. Teel in July 2012 to pursue gastric sleeve revision surgery. I had my surgery on September 4th and am now 6 days post-op and feeling great. I personally believe Dr. Teel is the best bariatric surgeon around! He has a wonderful bedside manner, does not talk down to his patients and always has the patient's best interest as his primary concern. I cannot thank Dr. Teel enough for what he as done for me. He has given me a tool to assist me in pursing a healthy lifestyle. "
