"I asked him which surgery procure should I do..Dr. Hodge anwser my question with honesty. He said, If I were you I would not choose any and just don't do it. I would not if it were me. It made me think he was not out for the money and he cared about his clients.
The staff is nice and will answer any problems you have with insurance and such. And the surgery also. They go over it with you to make sure you know everything.
He told me also when I asked how many people die from the surgery. He was honest. Three from unknown heart problems and one sucide.
He is straigh forward and will not lie to you. I like the fact he do not hold anything back.
The only negative thing to say about him is that he is not very informed about the insurance companies and their restiction of what doctor or dietion you can see.
I was told by him that I could get a dietion and a doctor to do the psyche evaluations here. You can not you have to go to the one he picks you. Not the one that is closer to you. So I have to drive from knoxville to Johnson City for each and every meeting.
He has a good bedside manner when talking to the clients. Very friendly and patient like a doctor should be in this day and age.
He just does not do the surgery on his own. He and his partner Dr.Waston both work on you too. So you got two good doctors doing the surgery.
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