"My fist impression was that he was very young, but very knowledgeable in his field. My impression hasn't really changed, because he's just so thorough and very focused on helping you to succeed. His office staff is the best I've dealt with. They are kind, and very quick to help you gather any and all documentation needed for your file(s). I think the thing I like least is the amount of time I've gotten to spend with him. I only saw him very briefly for the consultation, but that seemed to be enough to get everything started and a solid plan for my goals. Future patient's should know that even though he seems to be a little cool to his patients, he seems to know his stuff. He's very closely monitoring your approval process and goals from beginning to well a week before the surgery (haven't gotten past that yet). He places the most emphasis on after care of the entire process you go through. You must attend support groups before your surgery, and you're very strongly encouraged to go after. You must sign documentation stating you will come to post-op visits with dietitians and his office as well as adhere to all dietary and exercise rules! He has a very structured after care program, which I will detail when I get all the paperwork upon discharge. He addressed the surgical risks in a very mater-of-fact manor, a little cold if you ask me. He doesn't sugar cote, or gloss over anything which is good I supose. Every possible consequence they could think of, even death, was detailed in a hand out given in pre-op class which we were required to sign and return to the nurse. So far I would rate he and his staff as a 9 out of 10, as I haven't actually had the surgery but everything up to this point (which is all but the surgery) has been pretty darn good! His office hasn't been a problem at all, the hospital pre-op testing was the worst part so far. I wasn't told what was going to go on, everything was just sprung on me. I didn't like that, but hey I was approved January 28th and by Feb 10th my surgery was scheduled as well as pre-op testing and pre-op classes. There just wasn't a lot of time to explain much of anything I guess."
