"I liked Dr. Obeid right away. It was obvious that he is a very thorough and with this type of surgery that is extremely necessary. He has a good sense of humor also, which makes me feel at ease. He went into very much detail about what happens during the surgery, what the risks are and what outcome you can expect. He insisted that each surgery candidate in the conference room understood everything there was to know about the surgery before we left from our initial consultation. Since he is the Chief Trauma Surgeon, his surgical capabilities are obviously the best.
I think that his aftercare could be greatly improved on, though.
The office staff was very helpful and had plenty of time to answer all of my questions. It was a very "warm" atmosphere! "
"My surgeons and the other doctors were absolutely excellent. The people that I was most disapointed with were the nurses. There were some that were top notch and helped whenever possible, but the majority of them didn't seem to care. My IV went bad 2 days after surgery so I lost my morphine pump. I had to wait for about 5 hours to get anything for pain!! They had to page the doctor to get orders for oral pain meds. By that time I was having trouble breathing and was REALLY hurting. The doctor called in the medication for me but they didn't even bother to get it for me until I begged them again! That was wrong!!! Also, I didn't see the nurses washing their hands. I wish that the nursing staff would have been more caring. "
