Looking for opinions on Houston area surgeons. My daughter lives in Katy.

I used Dr. Audencio Alanis. His main office is in League City but he also has an office out on Ric***nd near Dairy Ashford...much closer to you. He and his staff were great. His wife is his head nurse. His staff did ALL the insurance legwork for me. They made it very easy. He was great and very forthcoming and patient with me.

Looking for opinions on Houston area surgeons. My daughter lives in Katy.

Dr Terry Scarborough at TLC Surgery in the med center did mine. I have had zero complications and 4 1/2 months post op and have lost a little over 65 lbs, with 40 to go. Dr Yu is his practice partner and I have heard very good things about him too. They've been on the local news about their successful procedures. I think this link is on their website. Good luck!

My surgeon is Dr. Phillip Leggett. He's up North going towards Spring. He's been in practice many years and his office is really easy to work with. His daughter is the bariatric coordinator. I just got my approval from the insurance company today, so I've yet to set a date. He did surgery on my mom though, non-bariatric.

I used Dr. Audencio Alanis. His main office is in League City but he also has an office out on Ric***nd near Dairy Ashford...much closer to you. He and his staff were great. His wife is his head nurse. His staff did ALL the insurance legwork for me. They made it very easy. He was great and very forthcoming and patient with me.

Do you live in League City or Clear Lake?

I go to Dr Holder-Haynes with Baylor college of medicine at park plaza in the medical center/museum district. She is great and very supportive! Love, love, love her!

This MD is in Dallas but he is one of the best in the country

http://www.wlsdocs.com/

I used Dr. Brian Mirza on Westheimer. He is great and is very concerned about your progress. He even gives you his personal cell phone number in case of emergencies. I had an emergency and I left a message and within the hour he was calling me back(his daughter was playing with his phone) and he kept up with my progress in the ER and all but demanded I see him the next day so he could "verify" that I was o.k. You got to love him...LOL!

I totally agree with Dr. Mirza being a top surgeon. I chose him and I'm 4 weeks out. He's awesome and he's right off Westheimer between Fountainview and Chimney Rock.

And yes, he does provide his personal cell phone number as well as his coordinator Erica. Thank heavens I did not need to use it....they called me several times post op to check on me too.

As of today I can only sing his praises.

My Doctor was Dr. Matthew St. Laurent. He was great and very confident in what he does.

I loved his confidence, I did not have any post op issues. he is located off of 290.

www.drstlaurent.com

I went with the Methodist Bariatric program. They have locations/doctors in several parts of town. I selected Dr. Vadim Sherman in the medical center and he is an excellent surgeon and has a top notch group working for him.

Methodist

My doctor is Dr. Sherman Yu....I give him 5 stars!! Dr. Yu is great! Has a great bedside manner, and excellent surgeon....His office is in the medical center with Dr. Terry Scarbrough....Texas Laproscopic Center....

Do you live in League City or Clear Lake?

Nope...I live up near Cleveland. I was living in Pasadena when I started my whole process....right across the street from Bayshore Hospital. They are a Bariatric Center of Excellence, which my insurance requires I use, so I started looking at surgeons who operated out of that hospital. I came across Dr. Alanis and have been extremely happy.

It would have been nice to just drive across the street when I got out of the hospital...that was my original plan. Instead, we had to drive an hour to Cleveland. I was so ready to go home, the nurse offered me a pain pill but then said I'd have to delay my departure for 2 hours just to make sure the pain pill didn't upset me. I told her to keep the pain pill, I wanted to go home.

I used Dr. Todd Worley he works out of Methodist Willowbrook, and I can't recommend him enough. He is the definition of a perfect doctor. He has been there 100% of the way however I needed him. He and his staff have been just fantastic.

I used Dr. Clifton Thomas. He has a satellite office in Nacogdoches (I'm in East Texas). I believe he has an office in Houston. He performed my sleeve at First Street Hospital on Bissonett. I can't say enough wonderful things about him. His technique is amazing. I have 5 small scars (the largest is about an inch, where they removed the stomach). I have had minimal bruising. His office staff, the clinic he used for the EGD, the hospital he performs his surgery at where nothing but amazing, compassionate, and extremely supportive. My mother was so blown away with him that she wants to use him for her surgery as well. =) I've also met staff at all of those locations who had the procedure performed by him also.

Just FYI - He's also a GERD specialist. I had a major hiatal hernia and he repaired it while he was in there. I was a cash patient. He did it for free, will bill the insurance company, IF they pay for the hiatal hernia repair, it's gravy for him. I don't owe any copays or anything. I REALLY hope they pay him for it because I have been GERD free since I woke up in recovery.

I used dr. Todd Wilson ut physicians. He was great, the office did everything for me, it was all very smooth