"This review are just my personal impressions of my own personal experience and I am making no statements about what other people may experience.
I found Dr. Vanguri to be atypical for a surgeon - he does listen to you :-) . He did tell me he doesn't do lapband because he doesn't see long-term results. He was flexible in scheduling me with St. Joseph's hospital rather than Franklin - which was a benefit to me from an insurance standpoint. Dr. Vanguri indicated that he would try to do the procedure laproscopically and if he needed to he would go in open. In my case, he said the instruments got tangled and I had an enlarged liver so he ended up going in open. That was disappointing to me - especially hearing that the instruments got tangled. He has a good bedside manner. He lists about 200 risks of surgery - some are really "out there" so that wasn't really informative for me. He is very open for questions and concerns and did completely explain the different procedures. He has a monthly support group that I didn't attend - because my insurance has their own specified nutritionists and nurse managers. I also have 4 friends that have had the surgery that I was able to go to for questions.
His receptionist was nice to me - but I did not find the office manager/scheduler, Barbara, to be pleasant at all. In my case, I had approval from the insurance and called to get a surgery date. Apparently the paperwork had not been sent to the doctor's office and I couldn't be scheduled that day. After that when I called the office I was told she was on vacation and couldn't schedule (no one else in the office could schedule either). Then once she was back - I called and left several messages over several days - that I did not get a return call on. It took about 10 days for the surgery to be scheduled. It was scheduled for 2 weeks after that. In my opinion it could have been scheduled much sooner and I found the wait very frustrating.
Post care was a visit to remove staples and get a vitamen shot. Then a check each month after that. So far so good."
