"My first impression of Dr Spivak was that he was soft spoken, but very caring and intelligent. He's a terrific Dr and knows all there is to know about the band. I was impressed with the fact that he does more bands than bypass's and that his speciality and training are in Lap surgery's. In addition everyone in his office is just as caring and helpful as he is. Anytime I call with a question I can get a quick answer-which is so nice.rnrnI can't say enough good things about him, or his practice. He does have several seminars weekly that are free and has also begun seeing paitients after the seminar for the inital consultation. HIs seminar is very throughouh and he makes a point not to steer his paitients towards one proceedure or another, letting them make the choice.rnrnI've heard about a lot of very skilled and wonderful surgeons who are lacking in bedside manner, but he certainly is not the case. He's highly skilled and trainined in both current porcedures as well as the ones not done anymore and his is very warm and caring bedside.rnrnThe only thing lacking that I can think of is that I would benefit from a more structed diet after surgery. Now it may be becuase my insurance is rare in that it requires no counseling, nutiritonal consultations etc, I'm not sure. He does provide a list of foods and at which point you can have them, but I did have to call the office to get a little more guideance myself. Which really isn't a problem, its available, you just have to ask for it."
"Everytime I go there (I return almost monthly for fills) the staff is always happy to see me, friendly and very accomendating to what ever my needs may be!"
