"I was referred to Cleveland Bariatric Surgery Center by a former patient. I went for my consult on June 28 and met with Dr. Schreiber. The office staff was very helpful and most informative.
Dr. Schreiber answered all of my questions and also my mothers questions..thank goodness she went with me. I was very comfortable with him and was very happy how the visit turned out.
He discussed with me the life changing decision that I was going to be making and after talking with him I knew that this surgery was going to be for me. He did go over all the risks and complications which he explained are the same as with any major surgery. The Cleveland Bariatric Surgery Center does have an aftercare program which they discussed but I do not have the details on this yet as I just learned this week the my surgery is scheduled!!!
Overall I would rate the Dr. and staff as very informative and helpful, although it is easy to see that they are definitely very busy.
I believe both surgical competence and bedside manner are both very important. I would not feel comfortable having surgery if I was not comfortable with the attitude of the surgeon. This is the first time in my life that I am going to have a major surgery so I feel that having both is important.
The only disappointment for me was that once the surgery was approved by my insurance and a message was left on machine that they had a surgery date scheduled, it took about 2 1/2 weeks before I actually found out. I believe that they are just very busy and sometimes it is hard to keep up."
