First let me say, I don't know this doctor and never heard of him. On the front page today it says that Dr. Sheldon Randall has had his surgeon's license suspended. I guess a few patients have died in his care. He had performed over 6000 WLS in 30 years.

​According to Dr. George Blackburn (a very famous WL doctor) Dr. Randall's death rates is very low compared to how many surgeries he has done.

​I am not a professional at this, I am just reporting what I read. Maybe if you go to the Boston Globe's web site you can read the whole article. Dr. Blackburn, I had been under his care many many moons ago with a drug trial, which turned out to be Merdia. That drug worked wonders for me but is not healthy. When I was in the study I lost 60 pounds in about 6 months by being on 30 mg per day. Recommended is 5-10.

If any of you had Dr. Randall, I hope you liked his work and follow ups because I guess following up is what made one man die at 45.

Thanks for reading this.

Arlene

I tried to read the article but you have to have a paid site subscription to see it.

I tried to read the article but you have to have a paid site subscription to see it.

do you want me to mail it to you bu USPO?

do you want me to mail it to you bu USPO?

Oh thank you! I'll just give it a couple days, I'm guessing it'll show up on other news media soon

It can be found here in it's entirety for free. http://www.bostonglobe.com/2013/10/27/mass-obesity-surgeon-license-suspended/uopBPHfH5cmYZJr3BuvWCP/story.html On the boston globe site.

Thanks for the link!!

I think for me, the big flag would've been he still performed open surgery rather than laproscopic like everyone else. I would've immediately been finding a different surgeon for that reason alone.

I suppose him doing open surgery was the problem but really 4 patients in 6000 dying is not really a large number since it is 1 in 300 that die from wls. Everyone knows there is a risk of death from any surgery and some have died having minor surgeries. No death is acceptable but it happens.

Dr Randall was my surgeon. He did my VSG laparoscopically. I can say I had surgery 7/26 and was not aware of his cases. I was referred by a close friend who had trust in him. Almost immediately after surgery In was not impressed, I had so many issue with my BS dropping and NOT once did he contact me. It was always another doctor who just blew me off. I saw him 1 time after surgery and was not informed that he was going before the board. I had appointments that the front desk lady called and cancelled. I am almost 4 months out and still no follow up, no referral to another doc... I am so annoyed. I went to my pcp on Saturday and he won't even refer me. Says no one wants an already touched patient of dr randalls... Idk what to do