My surgeon is Dr. Rayford Kruger, at Tobey Hospital in Wareham, Massachusetts. The hospital is a Bariatric Center of Excellence (since 2007) and is the only hospital in our area of Massachusetts to have received 5-star recognition for overall bariatric surgery by "Healthgrades" for four consecutive years (2009-2012). So, I do feel very confident that my hospital is staffed with surgeons that are well-trained, and that the program is a good one. But it would help my nerves to know exactly how many sleeve gastrectomies Dr. Kruger himself has performed, and what his rates are for complications/fatalities, etc.

I've been all over the interwebs, but can't seem to find the data. I know I can ask at my next surgeon-consult appointment, but my appointment is with the nurse practitioner rather than with Dr. Kruger himself.

I guess I'm also wondering if he'd take it poorly that I'm asking--I don't want him to think I'm challenging his professional abilities, I'd just like to see some specific data, since the sleeve is a newer procedure than the RNY and lapband. Have any of you been in this situation? How did you handle it?

Hi.. I think that you could look him up on Healthgrades ......they might have the information? Or, the State Medical Board ? All the best......