"I call him \"Papa\" Schechner...he is absolutely the BEST! He has been doing these surgeries since 1978, is an EXPERT in the field, and has the best and kindest personality!rnI found out this past Christmas, (2007) that Dr. Schechner has finally retired. It's a huge loss for the bariatric world, but we can look to him as a pioneer of the surgeries we are all experiencing now that so wonderfully change our lives. I'll owe him forever."