"Well, my first impression was made before I even met Dr. Meilahn. Let me tell you, I learned to not let someone elses opinion influence my feelings. My oldest son has a friend who had her surgery by Dr. John
Meilahn. She praised him to the highest, except she said he is "cocky". I was so nervous before I met him thinking I am not gonna like him (because I had this impression of this young cocky Dr. who thinks he is the S***) and I have to not even think about that because I definitely want Dr. Meilahn to do my surgery if I am approved. He is the best in his field and I can't let opinions get in my way of a safe and healthy outcome.
Okay, to make a long story short. I met Dr. John Meilahn on June 24, 2005 at Temple Hospital in Philadelphia for my initial consult. I was so impressed by him, and his staff are excellent! Everyone so far are just so professionally serious about the gastric surgery.
(Unlike the first consult I had at Crozer Hospital in Chester, that's another story not worth talking about.)
And you know what I have concluded? Dr. John Meilahn is the S*** !!!
He is very serious about the surgery, very thorough, so confident, and his attitude is NOT cocky. What I saw was a man who is an expert in his surgical abilities who displays such a serious, positive confident demeanor. He makes no jokes. This is my life and I felt very sure of him right away. Everywhere I have been since my consult everyone is talking about this man. He is THE BEST! He is also the director of bariatric surgery at Temple. As of 6/24/05 Dr. Meilahn had done 513 surgeries with not one fatality. I've been hearing the death rate is 1 in 200. It seems to me Dr. Meilahn has exceeded the statistics, by more than double.
So I must say since I have met him I have no doubts and not a worry about the success of my surgery. I feel very priveledged and blessed to have Dr. Meilahn as my surgeon.
Thank you God.
And thank you Dina for finding him.
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