"My impression of Dr. Gorrin - I think he is the best wls surgeon a person could have - he was very encouraging and matter of fact. He answered my questions without hesitation and was patient. His office staff was very friendly but extremely busy. There are so many of us wanting this surgery. But they would take the time to speak to me and answer my questions even if it was via voicemail. You have to be patient and persistent because their workload is tremendous!!! That would be my only negative - they need more office staff to answer telephones; triage the calls and contact potential patients. I would say, do your homework, attend whatever classes they tell you should attend and come prepared to ask any questions. There are ongoing classes before, during and after surgery. My biggest obstacle post-op was that the classes are in South San Francisco (they were before surgery) and I live about an hour to an hour and half drive away during weekend traffic - not fun. So I had to go to other support groups in east bay. Dr. Gorrin did explain the risks of the surgery and I did massive research. I would rate him as a great surgeon; his bedside manner was fine with me and even I would say surgical competence is your greatest concern, but with Dr. Gorrin, I got both, great surgeon and great bedside manner. Cute too!"
