Fredrick Brody Bariatric Surgeon M.D.

12/14/04- Dr. Brody explained about the procedure and answered to my questions. I was satisfied with his details. I just found out my surgery date right after he sent me to his secretary.

Dr. Brody is a straight forward guy. He gets down to business. He draws a diagram and explains the surgery. He tells all the complications and explains everything. Sara Dr. Brody's secretary is great. I have had alot of questions and she has helped me.

Now in Washington D.C. at George Washington University Hospital. He is very professional and detail oriented. Dr. Brody took the time to explain exactly how the procedure will be done. He even drew a diagram. From the very beginning he and his staff made me feel comfortable.

Dr. Brody is now in Washington DC. I love him. He is warm, charming and a straight talker. He made me feel very comfortable. He never talked around me, over me or like my size made me less than smart. His office staff was warm, caring and knoweldgeable. Because the hospital, George Washington Univesity, is a teaching hospital I saw the residents on a regular basis and I felt very confortable with them. Dr. Brody met with me before and after my surgery in the hospital. The residents handled the check ups. He has done a great job with them, they will all be fine caring doctors. I liked the fact it was a teaching hospital and was impressed by the level of care I recieved from Dr. Brody and the residents.

I REALLY LIKED DOCTOR BRODY HE TOOK THE TIME TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING. MY IMPRESSION STATED THE SAME THE WHOLW TIME. HIS OFFICE STAFF ESPECIALLY HIS NURSE JANE IS EXCELLENT IT HAS BEEN ALMOST A YEAR FROM MY SURGERY AND I
CAN CALL HER WITH ANY CONCERN AND SHE IS ALWAYS THERE. WELL DOCTOR BRODY HAS MOVED ON HE IS NOW IN WASHINGTON D.C. THE AFTERCARE
WAS GREAT HE FOLLOWED UP WITH ME ALONG WITH THE ENDOCRINOLGY DEPT, AND THE NUTRITIONAL
THERAPHY DEPT.

He is professional; colleagues have told me that he is an excellent surgeon but sometimes he comes across as gruff or crabby. (this from Queen Crab!!)

When I first met him I did not like him. Second time I met him, he was much more likable.

Office staff was very helpful and friendly. They never tire of answering questions.


He is an excellent surgeon. He did surgery on my husband in December.

He was quite forward and truthful about all of the risks of surgery and answered my questions about complications without trying to sidestep the issue.

My first impression of Dr. Brody was possitive. He got right to the point and told me the ups & downs of the surgery. He explain the whole procedure to me. I left really comfortable with him. He's staff was really nice and they lissened to me and answered all my questions. I didn't feel like a number. There was nothing about Dr. Brody I didn't like. He's the kind of doctor that tells it like it is and doesn't beat around the bush. I liked that. I read what other people had to say about him (some neg and some pos) I guess you would just have to see him for your own throught.

For right, now I don't know his bedside manner I'm still waiting for my approval.

I have my approval. I will update re: Dr. Brody's bedside manner after my surgery in June 2003

dr. brody is very serious, and right to the point. he explained the surgical procedure, and some details of what i can expect after surgery. his office staff was absolutely the most professional people i have come into contact with since i started my journey. future patients should know that it is a long and drawn out process getting to actually see him, you must first see his "team" of other doctors(endocrinologist, dietician, and a psyciatrist). once this is completed you finally see him, and he is scheduling 8 months out. i feel it is worth the wait, he is very professional and very wellknown in his industry. his surgical competence is next to none, and if you can hang in there for the long wait, it will be worth you while.

I've met him twice. He didn't spend any EXTRA time, but he approved my surgery & told me how he would get around my complication. The surgeon I was formerly assigned to just turned me down! Dr Brody even smiled, which was nice to see! I hope Cleveland Clinic develops an aftercare, but if not, I'll find one of my own.

My first impression of Dr. Brody was pretty good. He only spent a few minutes with me and told me right from the begining that I would be a great candidate for the surgery. He sat down with me for a few minutes and went over the procedures and asked if I had any questions. It was a pretty quick visit but I was so extremely releaved after going through the process just to have the chance to meet Dr. Brody.

I have only met Dr. Brody that one time because I live out of state and have to come in for my visits. I know a lot of people have said that he has no beside manner and that he's lacking a lot of people skills. That made me nervous at first because I thought that if he didn't want to talk to or make time to get to know any of his patients how much does he really care about helping us.. but when it comes down to it Dr. Brody has got to be one of the best surgeons in the area working for the Clinic and they are not supposed to be the family doctors who chitchat with you. They are the ones who do the "mechanical" work and as long as they are excellent at what they do nothing else matters. I would say it is important to have a good bedside manner, but most importantly they should have excellent surgical competence which Dr. Brody undoubtedly has.

There is not much of an aftercare program that I know of. I guess I never really payed much attention to that because all I want is to have the surgery.. once its over I will probably wish there was something more but I haven't gotten to that point yet.

Dr. Brody did address the risks of the surgery