Hi,

I am a newbie, and started my bariatric process back in February with Bariatric Surgeon Marc Neff. In the middle of the process my insurance changed and I wasn't aware until now that Dr. Neff doesn't perform surgeries at Cooper Hospital in Camden, NJ. I am scheduled to meet and switch to surgeon Rohit A. Patel who is with Cooper in Voorhees, NJ. Has anyone had their surgery performed by Dr. Patel? Please tell me about your experience, since I have completed all my doctor evaluations, tests, nutritional counseling, etc and am hoping he will schedule my surgery date. Not sure yet if I want to have gastric bypass or sleeve. Also, how was Cooper Hospital?

Thanks,

Maria

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In January 2015 I attended a bariatric information session at Cooper in Voorhees. Dr Patel was the surgeon at that session. He spent about half of the session discussing the band as an option and passed around a band to help us understand how it worked. Just about all of the other information I gathered other places indicated that more bands were being removed than were being installed.

I decided to use a different surgeon because of Dr Patel's focus on the band. I was very happy with my surgeon (Christopher Boynton - Virtua Mt Holly).

In January 2015 I attended a bariatric information session at Cooper in Voorhees. Dr Patel was the surgeon at that session. He spent about half of the session discussing the band as an option and passed around a band to help us understand how it worked. Just about all of the other information I gathered other places indicated that more bands were being removed than were being installed.

I decided to use a different surgeon because of Dr Patel's focus on the band. I was very happy with my surgeon (Christopher Boynton - Virtua Mt Holly).

Thank you for replying! I will be meeting with Dr. Patel tomorrow, and will let you know if he still focuses on the band. Unfortunately, in order for my insurance to pay for my surgery it needs to be done at a tier 1 hospital, and Cooper is the closest.

- Maria

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