"I had a very good first impression of my surgeon, he seemed compassionate and not judgmental about my weight problem and while he was very informative, I did not feel as though he was trying to talk me into the surgery. My first impression did not change over time.
His office staff was very helpful his assistant, Carmella, went to bat for me when the paperwork needed for insurance approval was unnecessarily delayed by another physician's office. With her help I was able to have the surgery scheduled first and then received the insurance approval shortly thereafter.
I do not think there is a great emphasis on aftercare by this office since Dr. Edelman recomends that each patient continue with nutritional and and pschological help from an individual with whom they are comfortable.
Dr. Edelman adequately addressed the risks of the surgery and overall I felt he is a very talented surgeon with an excellent bedside manner.
Since this is a very new form of WLS, there are some office details, handouts and information given to patients and discharge instructions which I sure will be improved in the future. My biggest gripe though, was with Baptist Hospital. While this staff was mostly wonderful, they somehow could not come up with a large size gown to on the day of my surgery. This made trying to move around the room and sit up in chairs during the first 24 hours following surgery more uncomfortable than necessary. Also, the a/c did not work in our room -or for that matter the whole hall and only after several hours of wrangling a wonderful technician brought a portable cooler to my room.
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