Has anyone been banded from the doctors at Centennial Medical Center? I am strongly considering the LapBand and I know how good the hosital is but wandering about the doctors and the whole procedure. I was scheduled for a seminar last month and chickened out. I am scheduled for the July 29 seminar, hubby is going with me. I have a friend that had this done and really looks good. Any thoughts, comments or suggestions?

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I have heard good things about the surgeons there. As far as the hospital, it is great (I used to work there). I will ask around for more details and let you know what I find out. Go ahead and go to an informational meeting. You will likely get to hear the surgeon talk and get a feel for what kind of person he/she is.

I am having mine done in Clarksville.

I had also heard great things about their program and I have had friends who had surgery there and loved it. I did go to an informational seminar. The Dr was very knowledgable about the procedure however, I just didn't like his personality. I don't think we would have been a good fit. I am going to Dr Huerta who is in Dickson. He is a very nice soft spoken man. His practice is not as large as the one at Centennial and he is still part of the TRI-Star network of hospitals along with Centennial.

For me personally I wanted the Dr to know me and with Centennial I felt like I was just going to be a number.

Vanderbilt and Baptist also have weight loss surgery clinics as well so you may want to check those out too!

I wish you the best.

I had my surgery on July 10 at Baptist in Nashville. I had never been there before, and I can not say enough wonderful things about their bariatric program. From the office staff, docs, dietitian and including each and every person I dealt with at the hospital (pre-op and op day) it was an outstanding experience.

I'm a former ER nurse so you can guess that it takes a lot to impress me - and I WAS impressed. Consider checking out Baptist Hospital and the Metabolic Surgery Center! :thumbup:

I had mine at Horizon Medical Center in Dickson...Dr Gustavo Huerta was my surgeon...the staff is rally good and I got really personal attention since I had my surgery in April.

Thanks for the input. I had a friend that had hers done at Baptist by Dr. Spaw. I was actually thinking of using Houston for mine, but I'll check Vanderbilt I didn't realize they had one to.