"My \"joke\" about Dr. Gritsus is that he really has no business being a surgeon because he has none of that \"doctor\" ego. Rarely have I been blessed to be treated by a doctor (and staff) who has such empathy and patience for their patients. The best thing about Dr. Gritsus is that he listens; he never made me feel that any question was wrong, or had previously been discussed and needn't be asked again. I felt that I was in good hands, I always felt safe, I always fetl that I was under the care of someone technically competent. rnrnI chose Dr. Gritsus because he was on my plan. Friends who had had the procedure urged me to go to another doctor, but there was no way that I could do this without my insurance covering the costs. However, I decided to STAY with Dr. Gritsus after attending his information session and going for an evaluation visit.rnrnSome people prefer their medical professionals to be just that, strictly professional in the highest degree. I needed to go through this life changing procedure with someone who had that professional capability, a comparable staff, but also with someone who understood what this meant to his patients. I feel I got this in going with Dr. Gritsus.rnrnThe next day....rnrnI wanted to add something about this office. Everyone in the staff is welcoming and accommodating - without Kathy's persistence I don't know long it would have taken the insurance company to come through. And the rest of the desk staff (I'm lousy with names) equally are so nice. Finally, a \"shout out\" to Dean, he has been so conscious and caring through the last few meetings before the surgery and now with my aftercare.rnrnrnC Schoenbrun"
"I had a WONDERFUL nursing staff, the hospital (Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ) was amazing (every time a baby is born from between say, 9:00 am and 9 pm, they play a few bars of "Lullabye" over the loud speaker. How nice to have such a positive sharing when you are in the hospital for other things. They had a women with a portable electric harp playing soothing music in the halls on Saturday, and the nurses, the nicest, most professional I have every seen.) Valley staff (and the nurses and i aides I had) went out of their way to not only take care of the things that needed to be taken care of, but to make me feel nurtured, and that they really cared about me."
