Hey guys,

Looking for a fill doc in the Kansas City area. i did the search and read all the responses.

Any updates on who to use?

Thanks

Big B

I go to the Weight Loss Surgical Center in Overland Park. I had my surgery there as well and have been extremely happy with them. Everyone there is very nice and professional.

I'm in Lansing, so I'm not too far from where you are from.

The only surgeon I know of who will fill others' patients is Dr. Malley. As a heads-up, around Juneish I called his office to see about transferring my care there and was told there was a 4 month waiting list. I've heard that Dr. Hitchcock (formerly with SMMC) has left and joined Malley's practice. Might be worth looking into, though I have no idea if he is as "open" about taking others' patients as Malley is. You could also look for a local fill center. I have no idea if there are any or not, never looked. I believe I've also seen a bariatric center off of I-435 east of State Line but west of Holmes. Somewhere in there. I don't know if they do bands or fills, but if you could find their name it would be worth a phone call.

Weight Loss Surgical Center also will handle fills for patients not banded at other facilities. In KC, there are two WLSC clinics -- one at the surgery center in south Overland Park and one in Independence Center Mall in Independence Center. The Independence Center location has some evening and weekend hours available for fills.

Since the fill nurses and physicians assistants don't do surgeries, they specialize only in helping people lose weight by getting the most of of their bands. Also, all fills are done with X-ray guidance, so even if the surgeon placed the port in an unexpected spot, they'll know they're hitting the port and not accidentally nicking the tube or anything like that.