Dr. Schoen

I have scheduled for RNY on November 11, 2009 at University Hosptial with Dr. Schoen. Can anyone tell me how their experience went?

Just had my surgery with Dr. Schoen about 3 weeks ago.    I think he's great.....you need to remember that you are going to a teaching hospital and as he reminded me on at least 3 occasions, you'll probably know more about your surgery than his interns so if you don't feel their answer is correct........keep asking.    The only complaint I have and it had nothing to do with him is that they do a cattle call (ii.e. there must have been 20 people there to have some sort of surgery) in the morning of the surgery and it became overwhelming with everyone asking me a million questions, and the slow start and then hurry up/rush to get into the OR room.      

Again, I really liked Dr. Schoen and his staff.  

I met Dr Schoen once. I was going to the GI Dr's at University. Lets just say if I listened to him I would not be alive right now and my herniated intestine would have ruptured. He was not to concerned with the amount of abdominal pain I had then as well.  But then that is my exp from just one visit with him. He did not follow though with me either. I got the opinion of him that he did not have the time for me and he was to busy. But then most of the Dr's at University act that way.  I have heard allot of good things about him from  many people he has done a gastric bypass on. SO it might be better to hear from them but this is just an answer on my experience with him. And the GI Docs there. I am not a huge fan of University's Doctors as you can tell but  (In-patent there is pretty good though). But then I am not a huge fan of Swedish Hospital In-patent l either. But the Dr's at Swedish has taken pretty good care of me. Just decide what is best for you and ask ALL the questions you need to as to make you feel comfortable no madder where you go to.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Kathy