lapband/center of excellence

I need to know which doctors do the lapband at an Arkansas Center of Excellence. I am on Medicare and they only pay for this combination. Please help. Carolyn

Hi Carolyn! Dr. Gibbs does the lap band and he does his surgeries at Baptist in Little Rock, which is a Center of Excellence. Dr. Gibbs did my lap RNY and I encourage you to look into him. He and his staff are wonderful, I couldn't have asked for better. Good luck in your search! Denise

Hi Barbara, I went to every seminar in Little Rock! Dr. Gibbs has a rep as an awesome surgeon. The only problem I had with him is that it is apparent that he prefers RNY or really anything but the band. In his seminar, I asked him, twice, how many lap bands he had done and he skirted the question and never directly answered. I ended up going with Dr. Wellborn at St. Vincent (also a COA) because he has done I think over 700 and I knew that he would have the expertise that I needed and also know how to remedy problems better being the #1 lap band (er) :-). I was not disappointed. Happy hunting! Pam