Can anyone help me find a Lap Band specialist in the Kansas City Mo. area?:biggrin:, Thank you for any help anyone can give me.

i went to Weight Loss Surgical Center in OP

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Dr. Malley is the onyl surgeon I've heard of who is actually in KCMO. I don't know his contact info but if you google him I'm sure you'll find him. He's the one with all the commercials on TV.

I used Dr. Hoehn in Shawnee Mission. kcbariatric.com.

There's a place in KS with "grass" in the name, I can't remember it exactly.

You might want to browse through the MO & KS forums, and see what surgeons people are mentioning. That will give you some good starting points.

Dr. Malley's website is malleysurgical.com his office is in Mission, KS but performs his surgeries out of the NewHope Bariatric Hospital just north of 435 & Nall. The other site Wheetsin mentioned is Tallgrass and they are out of Topeka.

There are several other doctors performing the lapband in the immediate KC area but in my own humble opinion Malley & Hoehn are the most experienced doctors in this area. Malley has performed over 1000 band operations and Hoehn isn't too far behind him. Malley is a proctor for the region teaching other docs learning how to do the surgery and Hoehn works out of Shawnee Mission Med Ctr which is one of the only hospitals to get its Center of Excellence Rating for this surgery so far. In other words I think it would be hard to go wrong with either surgeon. I would recommend checking out both of their seminars and more importantly attend each of their support group meetings before making a final decision.

If you are interested there is also another local Bandster Group that is not affiliated with any doctors called KCBandsters. They have an online Yahoo group as well as monthly meetings at a local library. The group has people that have been banded by many different docs even several that were banded in Mexico as long as 7 years ago. They are having a meeting next Monday night if you are interested. It may be a good place to meet and question people in person from some of the various local docs all at once without some of the bias towards one doc or another you might get at a doctor's run group. PM me if you want more details.

Why am I thinking that Malley was on North Oak?? Who's on N Oak?

Dr Price works out of St. Lukes on Wornall but I can't think of anyone else specifically on the Missouri side. Here is a link to their site.

Saint Luke's Center for Surgical Weight Loss - Saint Luke's Health System

I believe I have heard from several people that he and his staff leans more towards RNY but can't say I remember anyone specifically having problems with him otherwise. I did see his site referring to RNY as the "Gold-Standard" in weight loss surgeries. I couldn't find any information on numbers of surgeries performed or any other data.

Hi I'm using Dr. Mally off of Nall. Hope this helps.

I would not use Dr. Malley. I can't go into reasons why here.

Let's just say he is really into the number of cases he does each week.

I would recommend weight loss surgical centers.

Just remember when you pick a doctor character and competency are important ; just because they are a doctor doesn't mean they really care about you. Just research it well and you will find the right doctor for you.