"My first impression of Dr Weiss was that he was a no nonsense kind of guy! He tends to talk down to his patients and makes comments that a doctor that is dealing with over weight people really should not make. However, over time I have come to respect him and he is a very caring surgeon. I had to remind myself that I was more impressed by his surgical skill than his personality. He is a "just the facts, Ma'am" kind of surgeon and he really does not have the time or patience to be anything else.
The office staff at Bassett Healthcare is second to none! What a great bunch of compassionate and caring people.
Future patients should know that Dr Weiss leaves no stone unturned. He is extremely dillignet and completes a number of tests pre-op to insure the best possible post-op for all of his patients. While some may find this time consuming, I appreciated all the pre-op work ups because I knew that Dr Weiss was ensuring the best possible outcome for me.
The after care at Bassett as a whole is not the greatest. I felt all alone when I came home from the hospital. This is being addressed from many sides. No one called to see how I was doing and my first appointment post-op did not happen until 3 weeks later. I felt that the very hands on involvement pre-op would carry over to the post-op side, but I was sad to find that it simply did not!
Dr. Weiss is a much better surgeon than a "friend". I learned to appreciate that and came to realize that I would much rather have a surgeon with his level of competence than to have a surgeon with great bedside manners. I never felt like anything bad was going to happen to me as long as Dr Weiss was performing the surgery.
I am 5 months post op now and re-reading this I can say that things have gotten much better at Bassett now. The program there just passed its one year mark and they are adding a lot of new things all the time. Dr. Weiss is still no nonsense, but I realize that he was making sure that I was as serious as I should be about this surgery and the changes it would bring to my life."
"I would reccommend this hospital over any other in the area. They are not affiliated with any religion or any "network", so they are not under anyone else's thumb. They are focused on giving the best possible care to their patients, period! They have a lot of new wings and new buildings that are as state of the art as they can be. It is simply the best!"
