I was just wondering if anyone has had Dr. Arturo Rodriguez for the Sleeve. :thumbup:

Not one of my picks for as surgeon.

why wasabubblybutt?

He just has a long history and he is not anyone I would ever go to.

Yes, but why would you never go to him?

Also, who are your "Mexican doctors on my list of "evil" that I wouldn't send my worst enemy to"?

Well, when I tell people about Rod's past he stomps his little feeties and calls my doctor accusing me of being a patient coordinator and then slams my doc.

My doc has nothing to do with my posting. I have posted just about everything I know about every popular doc in MX. I tell who the good and who the bad are. If I was working for my doctor why would I tell who all the good sleeve surgeons are? Rod might as well call and whine to my dentist, my eye doctor, my GP. It would serve the same purpose. They have as much to do with my posting as my WLS doc does.

If it was a band... it's not as big of a deal. If a doc blows it on a band you can typically remove the band and everything is okay. If the doc blows the sleeve you can die. For that reason we all have to go to the better surgeons for sleeves. Some doctors depend on people shopping by price and those people get what they paid for. Others depend on patients researching and they want people researching by skill and experience. It's up to each of us to decide what it is we are looking for.

Also, who are your "Mexican doctors on my list of "evil" that I wouldn't send my worst enemy to"?:rolleyes2:

Dr. Huacuz is on the top of mine and he's the first 10 entries too. :wink2;

But I'd also avoid anyone associated or formerly associated with a Betancourt clinic, particularly: Contreras, Pompas, and Lopez.

I'd also avoid verboonen because of his arrest for insurance fraud. If your doctor has no integrity, then how can you trust him to cut off most of your stomach?

Then I'd eliminate anyone who hasn't been doing the sleeve for at least 3-4 years and has done less than 250-500 of them. Let someone else be their learning curve. Oh and anyone who uses a 40 f boughie or bigger.