Vitaly Sawyna Bariatric Surgeon M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr Sawyna has dedicated himself to helping his patients. He spends a lot of his time running the support group meetings at Palmerton hospital in Pa and at other hospitals in the lehigh valley. Patty is wonderful and helps you through the whole process. I would recomend him to anyone who is serious about changoing their life and taking this step.

My first impression of Dr. Sawyna was that he's easy going and dose not have the surgeon attude some have,did not give me the same song and dance about my weight he was understanding and listened to me.
My Impression is still the same I like him and think he's wonderful and so is his staff I would rec mend anyone to him.

His office staff is the best Patty help me with whatever I need help with she scheduled my apts that I needed done check to make sure everything was in order all the time.

Their really is nothing I like least about him.

What future patients should know is that your going to see him for something life change.

He emphasized it lot to me and we kept going over it on every visit.

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He was very up front with the risks of the surgery pulled no punches which I like and answered all of my questions

I would give him 10
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My surgeon is very compassionate, gentle and caring and cares about each patient as an individual. rnrnEverything was explained and answered in full detail as far as the risks, aftercare and expectations that I can expect with the weight loss I will experience. rnrnI truely feel confident in him as my surgeon and I have a great deal of respect and admiration for what he does. He is the best at what he does. rn

Toady was my consult and the first time I met the Doctor. He was great. Answered all of my questions and was able to inject some humor to make me feel comfortable. I drove almost two hours for this appointment and it was well worth it!

Let me just say that Dr. Sawyna is the BEST! He ahs given me my life back! Sacre Heart Hospital in Allentown has the best program around. I live 2 hours away and I chose this program when I have many to choose from very close to home.

Dr. Sawyna was great. When I first met him, he was warm and engaging. He inquired about my reasoning for having the WLS performed. After I expressed my feelings, he got into the 'bad' things that could occur. I felt this was important. Almost like he was trying to make sure I knew the gravity of the steps I have started down.

Dr. Sawyna's office staff is great. The program they are involved in at Sacred Heart Hospital is wonderful. It really is a team approach. I live about 2 hours from him and the hospital, so having his staff arrange multiple appointments for one day is great.

The one aspect of his team approach that I am thrilled about is in surgery. There will be two surgeons performing this operation. They work in tandem, with Dr. Sawyna taking the lead. But having that extra set of eyes overseeing the procedure is very reassuring to me.

Dr. Sawyna was very direct and to the point, almost a tad abrupt. He first talked about the risks involved in great detail and then all the benefits. He took all the time in the world to answer my questions and my mother's questions (she went with me). His office staff was great. They were the first ones I spoke with on the phone that actually talked to me instead of pointing out how long the waiting list was. He had to look at my belly to see if he could do the surgery laproscopic and when he did he told me I was a little person inside. I almost cried. He performs surgery at Scared Heart Hospital in Allentown which has a very structured bypass program that includes nutritionists, social workers, personal trainers, and everything could possibly need.
its now been a little over a year since my surgery and Dr Sawyna is still great. He saw my about 3 times right after sugery, once for an emergency, and then at 9 months. He said I was right on tract and doing great. Hes got wonderful bedside manner for a surgeon (worked with a bunch!) and an excellent surgeon at that. He can get a little flaky sometimes but hes still really great at what he does. I would recommend anyone go to him!!

My first impression of Dr. Sawyna was that he was very polite and very understanding of my weight problem. His office staff, especially his assistant Patty was a wonderful asset to me. She answered many questions for me and helped me set up all of my appointments. The hospital where he performs the surgery is Sacred Heart and they have a whole team of people including a nurse, an exercise specialist a social worker and most importantly the team coordinator who are all at your disposal should you have any questions about any step of the process. They have support groups that you can attend before and after as well as a 24 hour answering service type thing should you have any questions. they're trained in this area and if they don't have the answer do call the surgeon to find it. He was very blunt with the risks of the surgery and made sure that I was not entering in to it lightly. I would overall rate him and the team as a definite 10.

My first impression of him was he seemed like an easy person to talk to, get personal with, trust.
His office staff is wonderful! I was scared at first, but any questions I had, Dr Sawyna and his staff answered with no hesitation. He of course went over all the risks with me, as well as the benefits. Overall I would rate him one of the best! I would recommend him to anyone considering this surgery!

He performed the surgery first on my wife and it was highly successful. Dr Sawyna and his staff were very courtious and very informative about the surgery and all of the help you have after the surgery with the help from the support group. They informed both of us of the positives and risks related to this surgery. After all of the research that I did before my wife had the surgery, this is the best overall program that I could find. I do not have any complaints about him.

I liked this doctor alot. He gave me more time and answered more questions than I thought he would, all without any impatience. My sister came along, and she had the surgery elsewhere one year ago. She thought he was too "sketchy" but I didn't. She also didn't like the fact that he had a hand-drawn picture of the operation, not a power point or computer generated chart.

I had to convince him to do my gallbaldder removal along with the Roux N Y, becuase he normally does them seperately. I was unwilling to go thru 2 surgeries.