"Dr. Vanek impressed me as a no-nonsense kind of doctor. He is more experienced at gastric bypass than lap band but explained he has assisted his partner on several and he will have a surgeon who has done hundreds of lapbands proctoring him until he is more experienced. I liked that he didn't make me feel rushed during the consult and didn't have an air of superiority. He did get a little stern with DH because he didn't watch the info video about RNY. He said \"you need to support her, she can't do this by herself.\" But all was ok when I said he does, he just has a weak stomach! I also liked his description of how he will do fills. He will put enough in that I can't get water to go down, then remove enough to allow it to go through. So that seems like it takes the guesswork out of proper restriction.rnrnHis office staff were friendly and efficient. I had called a few times with some concerns pre-consult and they never seemed annoyed.rnrnThe center has a very structured aftercare program. Dr. Vanek placed heavy emphasis on the requirement of aftercare, especially for lapband patients. He feels if you can't commit to that part you shouldn't have lapband because you won't have successful weightloss results.rnrnHe did ensure we thoroughly understood all the risks, from possible problems from the scope to band slippage and erosion.rnrnSo far, I give him a high rating. Some people may be put off because he doesn't seem to be a real laugh and joke kind of guy, but he instilled a lot of confidence in me.rn"
