James Ostroff Bariatric Surgeon M.D.

Ok, he was pretty frank. He told me I was not going to like the skin after the weight lost.

They were very friendly and busy.

He was always hard to contact for all my questions.
He may not be the one who actually perform the surgery. He has staff that works in partnership with him.
As for aftercare-he didnt talk much about this to me. Like I said he was quite frank about the extra skin he was frank about the risks involved, told me I could die. overall rating for him and his partners...I would say....1-10...I give him a 3 and his partner Dr. Andrew a 7, he had very good bedside manners.

I have only met him once, and I was quite intimidated. Lets see how the surgery goes, and then we will talk more.

Ok, My new surgeon is not on this list, his name is Dr. Campos. Hes wonderful... I love him!!!

Dr Ostroff was really nice, he just really really tried to convince me not to have surgery. I feel he was just trying to see how serious I was about having surgery.

Other patients should be prepared on how much he stresses that you can die from this surgery.

I have not met Him yet.

I have a consultation scheduled for 09/28/00 with Dr. Ostroff, M.D. Dept. of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Francisco. The purpose of the consultation is to evaluate my candidacy for surgery. If I'm found to be acceptable for surgery I will report back here for additional information.