Okay...I have no social skills...I'll be the one to do it...

Well then.

I thought we were going to wait a day or two, but really, you're right - there's no time like the present, and while feelings are raw, perhaps you might make an impression not only on those of us who have been throught this numerous times in the past, but also on those who are just starting out, and maybe THEY will take up the flag as well.

Let's see, shall we start out with a chronicle of the DS disasters we've seen over the years?  Please feel free to copy this post into yours, and add your own comments, links and additional information.

There was Sifer, the surgeon in KS who SAID he was giving people DSs, but in fact was giving them BPDs.  He dropped dead during the litigations, saving others from his world of hurt:
(the case was lost based on filing in the wrong court, but the fact are set out here:
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/mo-court-of-appeals/1477996.html)
(here's another case, lost due to the statute of limitations passing, but the facts are there:
http://www.kscourts.org/cases-and-opinions/opinions/ctapp/20 08/20080502/97057.htm)
And this news report: http://www.pitch.com/kansascity/the-final-operation/Content? oid=2177193

There was FrankenHeap, and his Mini-DS (an abomination of a surgery that has been dismissed and derided by every other surgeon): http://www.duodenalswitch.com/forum/showthread.php?t=452&hig hlight=heap

I stumbled upon another fraudulent DS surgeon, Scholten, while looking up Heap: http://www.duodenalswitch.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1005&hi ghlight=heap

Voellinger has had some crappy outcomes, including Michael S (anyone have a link to his sad story?) who was DROPPED transferring him off the OR table, and with other complications, spent at least a year in the hospital and in rehab before disappearing.

Hoddinott was a vetted DS surgeon who has been dropped after some bad experiences: http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/ds/4424010/Kevin-Hoddinott /

Huacuz: http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/mexico/4195834/Do-NOT-go-t o-Dr-Huacuz/

Almanza-Reyes: http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/mexico/4432181/DO-NOT-USE- JERASULEM-HOSPITAL-FYI/

Warden: Ginger K had a defective surgery by Warden that had to be redone by Maguire - her story is somewhere in here - maybe she can help find it:
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/ds/board_id,5357/user_id,1 73727/a,messageboard/action,memberPosts/
 
Schlesinger: this is just ONE of many complaints about him, including SAYING he was giving people a DS, but giving them ERNY instead, in at least one case with what was later found during revision to be a 20 cm (!) common channel: http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/AZ/4032574/Wound-Infection s/

Deveney: http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/amos/4224914/Lets-discuss- the-duodenal-Switch/

Deveney's associates at OHSU, e.g., Patterson and McConnell: http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/ds/4260243/Was-I-deceived/

And of course, Husted (there are at least 2 lawsuits pending by people who were later found to have a 20 cm common channel; he also has his own "special" and utterly UNPROVEN surgeries he sells to self-pay patients, the VERGITO and the HIT (?) Husted Ileal Transposition?):  http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/revision/4345702/Who-is-th e-top-US-surgeon-for-RNY-to-DS-revision/#35934345

Please feel free to add your own information!