Dr. MichaelFeiz

Sorry for the repeat post.

We will strive to improve. Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Thursday in Thousand Oaks should be fine, Dr. Misra will be there. I would like to see you myself on Monday if possible. What ever is best for you. Thank you again.

Dear KLisa,

First and foremost, let me reassure you that if something is amiss, my staff and I will not stop caring for you until your weight loss journey is successful and complete.

That said, let me try to address some of your concerns.

Firstly, I did slow down my surgeries as a result of elbow tendonitis. I am well and back to 100%.

I’m glad to hear that you’ve had a good experience with my partner, Dr. Misra. I am blessed to have a partner as kind and gifted a surgeon as Dr. Misra. She and I have had the same surgical training culminating in a specialized Fellowship training at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Except that she is better looking than I am, we are interchangeable and do everything exactly the same.

Rather than delay your surgery, we thought it best to continue with Dr. Misra on the day of your surgery. It is our policy to notify patients as soon as these types of emergencies arise. I am sorry if my office did not notify you sooner. I will look into this and make every effort to prevent this in the future. Our mission is to provide the best compassionate healthcare possible. I appreciate this chance to better my practice.

In regards to inconsistent office visits, please accept my apologies. I hope you understand that surgery is not completely predictable. Some surgeries take longer, some are more complicated than anticipated, and emergency surgeries deffinatly throws a wrench in everyone’s plans.

The concerns you have about your progress are very common with both the LAPBAND and the Realize Band. In fact, there is almost no difference with the bands, except that our anecdotal experience has shown that patients with the Realize band sense restriction a little later. We think this is because the Realize band is slightly softer and holds a little more saline. This may explain why we may have assumed that you have the Realize band. The aftercare is the same for both bands. Regardless, please don’t rush to think that there is a defect with the system. It commonly takes up to five (some times even more) adjustments before patients find their sweet spot.

My email address is DrFeiz@DrFeiz.com. Please reach out to me so that I can arrange a visit. I’m in Thousand Oaks every Monday. Again, be reassured that we will not stop supporting you until your weight loss is successful.

Dr. Feiz

Dear KLisa,

First and foremost, let me reassure you that if something is amiss, my staff and I will not stop caring for you until your weight loss journey is successful and complete.

That said, let me try to address some of your concerns.

Firstly, I did slow down my surgeries as a result of elbow tendonitis. I am well and back to 100%.

I’m glad to hear that you’ve had a good experience with my partner, Dr. Misra. I am blessed to have a partner as kind and gifted a surgeon as Dr. Misra. She and I have had the same surgical training culminating in a specialized Fellowship training at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Except that she is better looking than I am, we are interchangeable and do everything exactly the same.

Rather than delay your surgery, we thought it best to continue with Dr. Misra on the day of your surgery. It is our policy to notify patients as soon as these types of emergencies arise. I am sorry if my office did not notify you sooner. I will look into this and make every effort to prevent this in the future. Our mission is to provide the best compassionate healthcare possible. I appreciate this chance to better my practice.

In regards to inconsistent office visits, please accept my apologies. I hope you understand that surgery is not completely predictable. Some surgeries take longer, some are more complicated than anticipated, and emergency surgeries deffinatly throws a wrench in everyone’s plans.

The concerns you have about your progress are very common with both the LAPBAND and the Realize Band. In fact, there is almost no difference with the bands, except that our anecdotal experience has shown that patients with the Realize band sense restriction a little later. We think this is because the Realize band is slightly softer and holds a little more saline. This may explain why we may have assumed that you have the Realize band. The aftercare is the same for both bands. Regardless, please don’t rush to think that there is a defect with the system. It commonly takes up to five (some times even more) adjustments before patients find their sweet spot.

My email address is DrFeiz@DrFeiz.com. Please reach out to me so that I can arrange a visit. I’m in Thousand Oaks every Monday. Again, be reassured that we will not stop supporting you until your weight loss is successful.

Dr. Feiz

Dear Monroe33,

I am sorry for the frustration my office has caused you. I understand how much of a let down you have felt after waiting for so long. I will look into it right away. Can you also please call my central office @ 310-855-8058 so I can get some more details to get things remedied faster.

I two was in your situation a few months ago. I visited different doctors and my experience made me feel like it was a meat marked. After doing some research I decided to go with Dr. Feiz. Although my experience with some of his office staff was less than satisfactory I felt he was highly recommended.

Dr. Feiz performed my surgery last friday and I must say that im extremely happy. I was able to leave the hospital the same day with minimal pain. I did not even need to take my pain medication. So if your looking for a highly qualified surgeon you cant go wrong with Feiz. He seems to me as though he cares about his patients but is extremely busy. Although if it's truly him answering questions on this site he cares enough to respond. Well good luck and hope you find someone who works for you.

Yes, it is truly me... Dr. Feiz...

So I don't know if it's me and the apprehension of this surgery but I was looking for a doctor in the Ventura area to perform LAP-BAND® surgery (and it seems that in Ventura and all of LA there are very few!!) Maybe it's me but something seems off to me having a seminar with multiple people, and what seems to be such a revolving door and sales pitch for the surgery...and this seems common with weight loss surgery for ANY doctor I've found. Granted, my first in person consult is with Feiz.

I am wondering if anyone can provide me with info on Dr Feiz, good or bad. I have a consultation later this month and have had some preliminary conversations with his Thousand Oaks office. So far I am not impressed. It feels like a sales pitch, they seem to provide these template type answers to all my questions , etc. Tonight I was reviewing an email I got from them last week titled "FW: Anthem Blue Cross COE explanation" or something or other and it had some poor strangers email about LAP-BAND® surgery and her insurance in the bottom of the email thread. Seriously, WTF. This is SOO not professional. And this seems to be their template email of information as it's been retitled from the original email and the poor girls email was from March 09. If that were my email, with my personal story, work email, contact info being circulated, I would be PISSED... So it just seems like this place does not have it's stuff together. Yet I did get one good referral to them.....but for something as major as surgery, I want more. Especially now that I just can't help but doubt their credibility as a doctors office. I mean their staff seems incompetent. I sure hope I feel more comfortable after meeting Feiz. Well thanks for letting me vent out my frustrations on this whole process. If I could only find a doctor with strong referrals that from the get go treated this as a private personal matter, and not one to air at a seminar full of strangers I'd probably feel a lot better.

If anyone has a doctor recommendation for Ventura or hell, all of LA, let me know!

Dear Pmommy,

This is Dr. Feiz, it is a pleasure to meet you cybertronicly for now anyway...

First of all, an relation to Pdaddy :-)?

I am sorry for the lack of attention to detail that you have received thus far. I assure you that you are correct and that it is not a reflection of the medical care you will be receiving from me or my program.

You mentioned having to air concerns at the seminar.

Let me set your mind at ease regarding that. The reason I start our encounter as a group seminar is to allow you to benefit from other peoples questions. In one of my first consultations a Pilot of a commercial carrier, asked me if the Band would change while he was in the air... The answer is slightly due to altitude change... not important really unless your eating a big meal while flying... but the more important point was that there was a of Flight attendant in the group that had never thought of asking this question even though she may fly as much as the pilot...

the point is that different people have different amounts of information regarding the Band. Different people have friends or family members that have had one type of surgery or another.

When you hear other people's question it may trigger other thoughts or concerns for you.

The Seminar is not meant to replace a private meeting with me that will take place after the seminar where we can talk privately and get to know each other more personally.

I look forward to meeting with you personally and setting your mind at ease.

Respectfully,

Dr. Feiz