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I found Dr. Kole to be friendly and easy to talk with. He's professional and yet put me at ease right away. His office staff and nurses are all very professional and most are friendly and personable. The office is modern and clean and one of the first things I noticed in the waiting room was that the chairs were all extra wide which made sitting comfortable. I found that to be very thoughtful -- I've NEVER seen this in Ontario. Dr. Kole was encouraging yet he made sure that he informed me of the risks because that after all is necessary. I was aware of the risks prior to applying for gastric bypass surgery - I had done lots of research and also I knew others who had WLS. So, when he informed me of the risks, they were of no surprise. Dr. Kole encourages support groups and there is a local support group in Warren I believe. However, I live 6 hours away, so my support groups are my online support groups. As far as I know there is not a WLS support group in my area. Also, there are various follow up visits required and he and the dietician Rachel, both encouraged me to call if I have any questions whatsoever. Dr. Kerry Kole is competent, has lots of experience with WLS and is a former trauma unit surgeon. I am thrilled that I chose such a fine doctor.
Dr. Marshall is a great guy. He explained everything to me in terms I could easily understand and has a great sense of humor. His office staff is great too, friendly and efficient. He also makes sure you are doing the right things to get the maximum benifit from your surgery and become truely healthy.
He is very gentle, and a caring doctor. His office staff what can i say, they are on the ball. I would rate him 100%. So far I have only seen him once so far. I think as soon as I have been approved I will have more to say......
Dr Marshall is a wonderful surgeon and I am so happy with what he did for my mom and myself. He is very clot conscious which is good I think. Dr. Marshall's office staff are great ladies. They will answer any questions that you may have. I have to say that Dr. Marshall is a very bust man and at our last appointment we were there just short of 2 hours only seeing him for 20 minutes at the most. He is very specific about the vitamin supplements you should be taking and expresses the importance of regular excercise. Both his surgical competence and bedside manner are excellent. NO complaints here.
I met Dr. Kole on Monday, June 28th. He was ery nice. I felt that he was very personable. He is very tall like everyone said. He gave me the ok for surgery. I wanted a date for next week but he is going out of town. He made me happy knowing that he has experience doing revisions. He would not do the surgery before going out of town because he wants to be there the entire time I am in the hospital after surgery. I am glad to know that he feels this as important. Dr. Kole really emphasizes after care. He wants his patients to be successful.
My first impression of Dr. Marshall was that he was down to earth and extremely funny. (MY kind of guy) He was patient and answered everyones questions. (I met him at a info. seminar at a LivLite meeting)
Since then I have had my consultation with him, talked about the surgery and which one he wants to do and why. I am trusting him with my life...he just gives that kind of aura off. Great guy and from what I hear from everyone who has gone to him, a great surgeon.
He emphasizes your aftercare HEAVILY..starts out by saying that you may die if you do not have the surgery and you will die if you do not follow post op instructions and do the post care with him.
You have a 30 page document of aftercare to follow and his phone and pager number to call 24/7.
He sits down at the consultation for 1½ hrs and talks about the risks and the different kinds of surgery and why he does the procedure he does and why it will work for you if you work with it.
He is terrific!!!!
Dr. Pesta has been wonderful with me. I am such a "chicken at heart" and he has been very gentle with me. When I was going through a hard time healing, he gave me a hug and told me he was sorry that I was going through this!
I was going to go with Dr. Krause at William Beaumont Hospital but they are out of network for me (BCBS PPO) and I do not have $950 so I am going through the Cori Center.
I have gone to the consultation/seminar at Cori, in which Dr. Taylor was giving. He doesn't do the Lap so I have a scheduled meeting with Dr. Kole on June 13th 2005.