"I first met Dr. Kolli and all of his office staff at an informational meeting on October 16, 2004 at Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center. I knew immediately he was the one for me. He is wonderful, caring, understanding man and I cannot say enough about his entire staff. I had my first personal appointment (11/10/04) with Dr. Kolli and his Nurse Practioner - Karmell and they were very caring and informative. They explained the procedure to me as well as the testing I would need to undergo to qualify for the surgery. I am in the process of scheduling all the appointments - the first to be done just after Thanksgiving. They are very thorough and do not leave any stone unturned. I will be having an Upper GI & venous dopplers on 11/26 and my sleep study on 11/27. My next appointments are scheduled with PT, nutrition and social work on 12/8/04. The only draw back is Dr. Kolli has only perform approx 40 surgeries in the year he has been in practice as a bariatric surgeon. The majority of his surgical cases are performed laparscopically. I will update more later."