Has anyone had experience with Dr. John F. Sweeney at Baylor in Houston? Do you know if he is a Unicare provider? I understand that he favors gastric bypass. Has anyone had a lapband performed by him?

RLittman:help:

Sweeney is an experienced Bariatric surgeon - his specialty is the RnY bypass.

He did an RnY bypass for my pal - she did fine, lost more than 100#. He is the Chief Bariatric Surgeon at St Luke's Hospital (Baylor, of course, is the medical school but St. Luke's is the name of the actual hospital.) I know that St. Luke's Bariatric was planning on starting LapBanding but I honestly don't know a single LapBand patient who has been through the program.

As for Unicare - it's a different kind of insurance, so you want to ask his specific office about which policy (some Unicare policies do not pay for bariatric) you have and whether they accept it.

Good Luck.

Happy Band (and Life) Journeys To All...

Thank you for the information. I have already checked with Unicare and our policy does cover bariatric surgery. Unicare requires necessary paperwork and psych evaluation.