"Dr. Marema took more time with me than I would have expected regardless of what I was paying. He has over 5500 of these surgeries under his belt and I like the fact that he himself has had the surgery.
His office staff is very knowledgeable in handling patients, but I always see the Dr. Marema on every visit regardless of the reason to be there. I have also I dealt with his office in Orlando and found them very accommodating. His head nurse was great about addressing my email prior to surgery, and the hospital staff is encouraging, compassionate and experienced.
The hospital has spent a lot of money to create the right atmosphere and support for Bariatric surgery, and the nursing staff is very experience with barbaric patients. The hospital overall has a great reputation for quality and service.
Dr. Marema answered all my questions and told me all the facts, good and bad. He was the most direct of the many doctors that I attended seminars.
I went to a number of other surgery seminars and felt Bariatric was not for me until I met Dr. Marema. Other seminars I went to, I felt that I was being sold their solution and not told the facts, both good and bad. I am very happy that I found Dr. Marema.
St. Augustine and Flagler Hospital are very fortunate to have a doctor of this skill move his practice from a large city like Orlando and Ft. Lauderdale and come to St. Augustine now has been more than 2 years since my surgery and I have lost over 200 lbs. I could not be happier with the results. I am a new person with the ability to do things I never been able to do before because of my heaviness. I love shopping for close in a normal store and it is even more enjoyable when I fit in the smallest men’s shirt rather than looking for a Big and Tall men’s shop to find the largest, as I did in the past.
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"I purchased a lot of protein products and this is the one that I love. I fix a scoup with 8 oze of Skim milk which I hate and 3 ice curbe in my blender for 2 mnutes and I get a 16 ounce light and fluffy milkshake that taste great!"
"Great Facalities, everything s oversize and designed for the overweight paient. The rooms, the Doors, the Showers and the toilets all are about to handle larger paients than me. In fact, I did not feel fat with the souroundings. THey also allowed my wife to stay with me and provided a bed in the room, in the form of a convertable couch and even offered her meals with me. THey never bothered my guest, but brought extra chairs when too many showed up at the same time."
