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Who Was Your Gastric Sleeve Surgeon

Hi, I would very much like all of us to publish who your surgeon was and at what facility you received your sleeve? I would hope this information will be of importance for all the future visitors to the site in helping them make a decision and hoping to relieve some stress in picking a doctor. Please post your information.

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Need some help trying to figure out which Dr to choose. So far I'm looking at Dr Guillermo Alvarez, Dr Louisiana Valenzuela, Dr Jacqueline Osuna or Dr Elias Ortiz. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

I had sleeve done January 3rd in Tijuana with Dr Ramos Kelly at Angeles. I can't say enough wonderful things about both doctor and hospital. Dr Kelly is confident, skilled, and highly respected at the hospital. Angeles hospital is extremely clean, efficiently run, and I have never been treated as kindly as I was by the nurses & faretakers at Angeles. You simply cannot go wrong with these choices.

My surgeon will be Dr. Brody at the Washington DC VA Medical Center. I hear he has a great reputation.

My surgeon was Dr. Steve Webb in Jacksonville, Florida. Surgery was done at Memorial Hosptial Jacksonville, a bariatric center of excellence. I was approved for a one night post op stay. I would highly recommend Dr. Webb. Great bedside manner, very calm and reassuring.

My surgeon was Dr. Benjamin Schneider at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He is amazing. Kind, great listener, better explainer (is that a word?), does hundreds of procedures a year. Oh, and he teaches them at Harvard Medical School. Gets no better. Love him to BITS!

Hi

My name is Sothere / Sleeve

✔️Cancun, Mexico

✔️Dr Hector Perez (fluent English)

✔️Victoria Hospital.

✔️Surgery perfect

✔️Med care-very good (limited eng)

My surgeon will be Dr Mauricio Gutierrez at Trinity Medical in Tijuana, he comes highly recommended and his coordinators are wonderful ! :)

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Hello everyone, my name is Tammy. I was sleeved 2 March 2015 in the General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital by Dr. Oscar Chan. Dr. Chan is straight forward and does not have a very good bedside manner and is on his own time, but he is an excellent surgeon. I was in the hospital 2 nights. The nursing staff was also on the lacking side pretty much in attentive. I also had to know my own dietary restrictions and call down to the kitchen to order my own meals. HW 239 SW 216 CW 216.

My surgeon is dr. Joseph McPhee in Lancaster PA. Surgery is in two days!! Have been very pleased with the level of care so far!

My surgery was done on March 11, 2015 by Dr. Carlos Juarez from California Bariatrics at Clovis Community Medical Center. Due to nausea I was kept an extra day until I could tolerate fluids by mouth. I feel almost no pain and gas pain was almost non-existent. The hospital kitchen has special diets that automatically send the appropriate selections based on individual dietary needs ordered by the surgeon. Clovis Community has a wonderful staff and private rooms. I felt at home and slept well there.

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My surgeon is Dr Maleckas, had my surgery in Lithuania, at Nordbariatric clinic. I'd say overall it was a positive experience :)

My surgery was on March 23, 2015 at Roanoke Memorial in Roanoke, VA. My surgeon was Dr. Lucktong.

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