Tamra S.
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Michael Todd
"The greatest piece to Dr. Todd is his office staff and his after-care program. His on-going support groups and posting board, which he attends and is a weekly part of, are an important part of the healing journey. Dr. Todd is a gentle, spiritual man with a great knowledge of his chosen skill and I trust him as my surgeon. I have watched him interact with other patients and his office staff, but recently I got to see how he interacts with his adopted children, and that sealed it for me. This is a good man. I am trying to think of what I could say that would be for improvement and so here goes. I believe that Dr. Todd's office would benefit from a Social Worker type individual that could handle concerns that surround such emotional issues as required tests, insurance issues, and medical complications. I also would like to see at least one of the support meetings be a psycho-educational meeting around issues of food. He is the best doctor in our state.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am now 4 months post-op and have seen a different side of Dr. Todd. I started experiencing pain from the surgery and have not gotten any help from Dr. Todd. I was admitted to the hospital at one point and Dr. Todd didn't even examine me, instead, ordered a psychological evaluation without discussing it with me. He did not call to ask how I was doing after my release, no follow-up, no referral to another doctor. I have lost trust in this doctor and would not recommend seeing him for any post-op issues. Since he is only one of two surgeons in town, having him do the surgery can not be avoided but do get another doctor involved for follow-up care. I am seeing another surgeon to figure out why I am having so much pain. At this point, Dr. Todd has done under 400 surgeries and has had 5 deaths, although these may not have been directly his fault, the number is much higher than the national average, and especially from one doctor."

Alaska Regional Hospital
"I was left in the pre-surgery room and forgotton about until after my surgery was supposed to begin. Then they had to rush through the testing because the doctor was waiting. After surgery, I was left in a bed of urine for 8 hours, and was not given a shower during the whole time I was there. Calls to the nurse took a long time before a response. I was not even given a breathing exercise tube. No one asked how I was doing or even seemed to notice that I was a person. Other people have had good experiences with this hospital but my experience is not one that I would wish on anyone."
About Me
Eagle River, AK
Location
29.3
BMI
RNY
Surgery
09/24/2002
Surgery Date
Oct 11, 2002
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