Lori D.
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Keith Jeffords
"Dr Jeffords worked with me to file an appeal to my insurance company. He was able to get my procedure paid for. His office nurse, Pam, made last minute phone calls to make sure that all the insurance issues were taken care of. Dr Jeffords was very attentive during aftercare, made sure that my pain was managed appropriately. I had this done 12/02 and so my aftercare went over the holiday season. I had 12lbs of excess skin removed and 6 inches of skin off of my back. I had a total body lift or what some call a belt procedure. "

Dennis C. Smith, Jr.
"I first contacted Dr. Smith by email. I sent him the questionnaire that he requires to be filled out by email. On Jan. 16, my LOMN was mailed to the insurance company. On 1/22/01 I had a consultation appt with him. He is now doing a group consultation appt to deal with the volume of patients. He does a slide presentation of each type of WLS surgery and then answers questions. He then meets with each patient seperately. I am expecting to hear from my insurance on 2/7/01. They do approve WLS if medically necessary. I have no reason to believe that I will not meet the criteria with a BMI of 64, diabetes and hypertension. I have angeled 3 of Dr. Smiths DS patients and have found that he is very caring and competent surgeon. He seems to have a very low rate of complications with his patients. He also has been very successful with Lap surgery, no matter the size of the patient. The only negative thing has to do with his office. They are trying to cope with all this sudden surge of interest. They were not prepared I think for the volume. And like all of us, they have bad and good days in how they interact with patients. Dr Smith has a big waiting list at this point, but he is an excellent surgeon. We didnt get this way over night and I feel it is worth the wait to have surgery laproscopically with him. He cares about patients over the longterm I was recently very ill with a unrelated condition. I came home from a trip with a liver infection (not hepatitis). I went back to Kennestone Hospital and he followed me. Along with a GI doc. He was very concerned about my nutritional status with me being so ill, he was in to see me twice a day."

Wellstar Kennestone
"The staff would love for postops to come back and share how they are doing now, or to send them before and after pictures."
About Me
Powder Springs, GA
Location
36.8
BMI
DS
Surgery
06/19/2001
Surgery Date
Nov 22, 2000
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