"I've met with Dr. Murr once, and at that time he was very informative and cordial. I understand why most of his patients find him easy on the eyes! I can't really say much more about his 'bedside manner' as others have, since I haven't experienced it, but for all those out there that have dissed him for being too business-like, all I want to add is that I wasn't looking for the most friendly surgeon, I was looking for THE BEST QUALIFIED. I believe I have that in Dr. Murr, but only at post-op can I be sure. All I've heard from med professionals, friends and acquaintances that DO know him has been very positive. rnrnWell, here it is, five years post surgery. I can honestly say that Dr. Murr did fine by me, but since I have no experience with other bariatric surgeons, is he the best?? WHO KNOWS? I had problems. Pneumonia two days after surgery, but that's one of the risks. I was also given sugar in the hospital so had my first experience with dumping, which was AWFUL, but oh well, all I could do was complain about it, which I did. I do feel that Tampa General can do alot better as far as cleanliness goes. I found the bathrooms to be gross, especially when you have to share them. It was wonderful when they put me in ICU after developing pneumonia, because I had a room and bathroom all to myself and it was CLEAN. The nurses were mostly top notch. Dr. Murr's partner was not the nicest guy, but I can't even remember his name now, so it's not like it was that big of a deal. I do feel the Dr. Murr can make improvements with his follow-up care of patients not just weeks, but years after surgery. I went to him due to bone loss, and for whatever reason, it's as if he didn't care that I was having that trouble and that nothing I have now was caused by the surgery. He also will not bill insurance any other way than by saying it's for obesity, and if your insurance is like mine, it won't cover obesity visits, especially five years down the road. Wouldn't Dr. Murr want to follow his patients progress years down the road as a way to chart anything that might come up that's relative or shows a correlation to the surgery??? Maybe he doesn't think a certain problem is being caused by the surgery, but what about if he sees the same thing in 20% of his post-op patients 5, 10, 15 years later? Wouldn't he want to include that in his surgery information to anyone thinking about getting it done? "
"99% of the nursing staff was great, with only one exception. The bathrooms in the patients rooms on the surgical floor were rather dirty, which surprised me. And, since I had to share the bathroom with one other person, the nursing staff wasn't always on top of charting/cleaning the urine "hats", so many times had to do it myself. "
