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I am looking into gastric sleeve surgeons in the Washington DC area, does anybody have any good doctors to refer me to?

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I am looking into gastric sleeve surgeons in the Washington DC area, does anybody have any good doctors to refer me to?

Dr. Marc Rickford at Providence Hospital

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@ sabrinalild-Thank you so much for your referral to this doctor. I am going to check him out. How has your journery been with your Sleeve?

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@ sabrinalild-Thank you so much for your referral to this doctor. I am going to check him out. How has your journery been with your Sleeve?

My experience with the Dr. has been amazing although my experience with the sleeve not so much. Well in my opinion anyway. I was expecting to lose more that 24 lbs within a month although if you read thru some of the other post that is in line with some other sleevers. If I was you I would also look into Washington Hospital Center. I've heard amazing things about their doctors and facilities.

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I am sorry that you feel that you have a stall in your loose of weight, stay positive you will get there. You know it funny because today I was looking into Washington Hospital Center. I think I am going to try there first and see what they have to offer with there Sleeve Surgery program.

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I had my surgery at Howard University with Dr Tran, he was awesome. They have seminars monthly. Check him and Dr Fullum out

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  • mgsmith72-Thank you for this information. I am going to make a note of this. When did you have your surgery?

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I had my surgery on Sept 12 and I am doing great! Good luck, let me know if you have any more questions.

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Actually I do have some questions for you. How was your process with your insurance company?

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I had my sleeve done at inova fair oaks hospital with dr Moazzez. I'm totally happy with my results. Tomorrow makes one week and I'm down 7 lbs. I'm sure it has a lil bit to do with being on an iv for 4 days. He also repaired my hiatial hernia.

He's with the bluepoint surgical group and those ladies are fantastic. They took care of everything I only had to show up!!

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I had mine done with Dr. Halmi at Blue Point Group. They are a well-oiled machine. Just show up and do what they tell you. They are experts at getting the procedure approved. They have a complication rate that is an order-of-magnitude better than the industry. Post-op surgical care at Fair Oaks was exceptional. They have bariatric nursing specialists. It has been a very positive experience. I am 3 months post- op and down 75 lbs. It has been no big deal.

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I'm having my surgery on Thursday October 18th with Dr. Brian M.Long at Sibley Hospital.

He and his staff are great! It's really a one stop shop. You can get your nutritionist visits, psychiatric evaluation and whatever other insurance requirement you may have to complete on site. You also get to meet with their personal trainer who specializes in bariatric patients pre- and post- op. Here's there website http://www.sibley.org/weight_loss/about_our_team.aspx

Before settling on Dr. Long I met with Dr. Brebbia at Washington Hospital Center, Dr. Vaziri at George Washington Hospital and Dr. Tran at Howard University Hospital. While they all seemed competent, it was the staff and comprehensive of the Sibley program that sold me on Dr. Long.

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Actually I do have some questions for you. How was your process with your insurance company?

Actually I do have some questions for you. How was your process with your insurance company?

Sorry took so long for me to respond but I didn't have any problems with my insurance company. I never had to contact them at all. I just made the first initiate call asking if they cover the surgery. After that my doctor's office made the request. After I completed my six month weight management class the doctor sent in my request and in a week I had a yes, 2 weeks and 1 day later I had my surgery. PS I have Carefirst BC/BS.

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I'm going though the beginning phases with Dr. Halbi at Bluepoint Surgical Group. He's got offices in Stafford, Woodbridge, & Fairfax. So far, so good.

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I did mine at Virginia Hospital Center with Dr. Salameh. It was awesome. You are treated like a VIP through your entire stay. Dr. Salameh has a great nutritionist and the VHC program is more geared to the individual. It is a smaller program than the Fair Oaks program which is nice because it s a bit more personal.

Sleeved 12/17/12 and enjoying the adventure!

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