Alan Bradshaw Bariatric Surgeon M.D., F.A.C.S.

I was very impressed with Dr. Bradshaw,I feel
he and his nurse, Shirley really understands
my health problems due to my weight and I feel they want to help me.
The bariatric program headed by Diana Fisher
has been very helpful to me. When I have my
procedure done I will be involved with the
after care program once a month. Dr. Bradshaw
and Diana have both told me the risk of the surgery,In fact at one of the meeting I met a
lady that almost died from this surgery. I am
at risk with or with out the surgery. I have
heard nothing but good things about Dr.Bradshaw. He was trained under the very best and still continues to learn in order to
help people like me.
Competence is more important to me.

I WAS EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED AFTER MEETING WITH DR.BRADSHAW. FIRST OF ALL THE APPT. BEGAN AT LEAST 30 MINS LATE. INITIALLY A NURSE TOOK ME BACK TO AN EXAM ROOM. SHE DSCUSSED THE PROCEDURE BRIEFLY. PRIOR TO MY MEETING WITH THE SURGEON I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE NO PROBLEM TO HAVBE MY LAP RNY IN THE MIDDLE OF DECEMBER. MY APPT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER. THE NP WHO ALSO ASSISTS THE SURGEON CAME IN TO MEET WITH ME BRIEFLY, SHE SEEMED NICE, SHE ALSO MENTIONED THAT SHE HAD RECENTLY WENT TO EMORY HOSPITAL TO SEE WLS BEING PERFORMED AS SHE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE SURGERY. SHORTLY AFTERWARD DR BRADSHAW CAME INTO THE EXAM ROOM. HE HAD NO BEDSIDE MANNER, HE SCOFFED AT THE IDEA OF MY HAVING SURGERY IN DECEMBER. IN THE MEANTIME, I HAD TOTALLY COMPLIED WITH THEIR LENGTHY LIST OF REQUIREMENTS BEFORE THE FIRST MEETING WITH THE SURGEON, THIS INCLUDED A LENGTH DIET HISTORY, A LETTER TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY, A LETTER FROM MY PCP SUPORTING THE MEDICAL NECESSITY OF THE PROCEDURE, AND A FULL MEDICAL FAMILY HISTORY. BRADSHAW INFORMED ME THAT HE REQUIRED A PSYCHOLOGIOCAL EVALUATION WITH AN MMPI-2 PSYCH TEST, WHICH TAKES ABOUT 3-4 HOURS TO COMPLETE), THE PSYCH EVALUATION COST IS $650 CASH--THE PSYCHOLOGIST ACCEPTS NO FORM OF INSDURANCE, ON TOP OF THAT HE REQUIRES A MEETING WITH HIS REGISTERED DIETICIAN, AT AN ADDITIONAL COST OF ABOUT $200--CASH, THE DIETICIAN ALSO DOES NOT ACCEPT ANY FORM OF INSURANCE. I FELT THAT DR BRADSHAW WAS VERY ARROGANT. IN ADDITION, I FOUND OUT THAT DR. BRADSHAW HAD NO EXPERIENCE BEYOND HIS INTERNSHIP & FELLOWSHIP, DURING WHICH HE HAD PERFORMED OR ASSISTED ON 54 WLS, 2 OF THOSE PATIENTS DIED AS A DIRECT EFFECT OF THE PROCEDURE. ONE BECAME SEPTIC DUE TO A LEAK AND DIED, THE OTHER THREW A PULOMONARY EMBOLISM & DIED WITHIN 48 HOURS AFTER SURGERY. MIND YOU THE DOCTOR DID NOT VOLUNTEER ANY INFORMATION REGARDING HIS SURGICAL EXPERIENCE, MY FIANCEE', KEITH QUESTIONED HIM THOUROUGHLY. WE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THE SURGEON HAD NOT DONE ONE WLS SINCE ENDING HIS FELLOWSHIP AT EMORY. TO SAY THE LEAST THIS DOCTOR MADE ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AND I DIDN'T FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT HAVING HIM OPERATE ON ME. HE HAD A POOR ATTITUDE ABOUT MY NEEDS AND MY TIMELINE OR NEEDS, HE SHOWED NO EMPATHY WITH REGARD TO MY MANY COMORBIDITIES OR MY SITUATION. CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THIS MAN ONLY OPERATES ARE WHAT IS CONSIDERED LOW RISK PATIENTS, BELOW 45 BMI-- I THINK THAT THE FACT THAT TWO OF 54 PATIENTS DIED DOES NOT SPEAK HIGHLY OF HIS ABILITY. I ALSO FEEL THAT BOTH HE & HIS OFFICE IS NOT SYMPATHETIC TO THE NEEDS OF THE OBESE PATIENT. AND FOR THEM TO MAKE A PATIENT JUMP THROUGH ALL THOSE HOOPS NOT KNOWING IF HE IS EVEN ABLE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE PATIENT IS RIDICULOUS. I GRADE HIM OVERALL AS "F."