"My first impression of Dr. Boe was very positive. He was very nice and seemed very gentle. At our initial appointment he came in to speak to me and my husband who is having the surgery also. Dr. Boe asked us how much we knew and then elaborated on the details of the surgery and several after care topics like food, hair loss, risks, sex, and pregnancy. He even talked about how much blood is lost during a typical surgery. I felt very comfortable asking him questions because he didn't make me feel like any of them were outrageous or stupid. The office staff was also very nice. I have a good friend who works as a patient counselor so that may have had something to do with it. The person who took all of our vitals and other basic info was a little too talkative about herself and less interested in us. Dr. Boe is part of the Bariatric Treatment centers and does have a pretty structured aftercare program. I feel good about the surgeon that I have chosen. I had a little inside help from my friend that works there who, by the way had the surgery herself with a different surgeon who works in the same facility. Dr. Boe was recommended by her over her own surgeon. So far my experience with Dr. Boe has been great. He portrays a sense of confidence in what he does and the people he works with seem to have the same confidence. I give Dr. Boe a 9 out 10 so far...guess we will know better this weekend when the surgery takes place! Most of my issues or obstacles that I have run into are related to my patient counselor not calling me back several times when I left a message, and then the scheduler did not call me back three different times when I was waiting to be scheduled. There seems to be a problem with returning phone calls in that facility."
