"He is a soft spoken, calm person with a dry sense of humour. He is NOT pretencious at all!
His staff is full of caring and upbeat people, and when they say they will do something they have done it, and quickly.
Dr Rabkin has an extensive pre AND post op care program. Monthly support meetings and ongoing education as well as follow up visits thru out your life are an important part of his practise. I have meet dozens of the patients he has worked on over many years, and not one of then hasd ever had a negative thing to say about him as a surgeon or doctor. A few of then don't get his brand of subtle humour, but feel he is sensitive and caring, none the less.
Dr Rabkin makes clear the assorted riskes of this surgery and actually goes one step further. All of his patients must go thru a 2 hour educational session with a surgical nurse that explains ALL the assorted versions of Weight Loss Surgery. After that you take a test, to prove you were listening ;) Then you get to see the Doctor. I am extreamly happy with my experience thus far, and have every expectation of maintaining that high opinion of him throughout and beyond my surgery.
The one thing that has been problimatic is the insurance and fees. Dr Rabkin has a retainer of 3k that covers the pre and post op care. I have an insurance deductible of 2k and after that am 100% covered. At this point it's not clear what i actually will have to pay, and i wish it was not quite so obcsure, but I have submitted my question about that and expect to know shortly what the situation is.
Dr Rabkin has a very informative and well presented web page about his pracitse at
http://www.pacificsurgery.com/index.htm
Dr Rabkin is one of the few surgeons in the world who routinely does the Ds laparoscopically."
