IN NEED OF DR. IN BOISE AREA

Our family will be moving to the Boise area, actully, Meridian, in about a year. Our insurance is Tricare (retired Navy). Can anyone reccomend a good Dr. who does WLS, or at least understands it? My Dr. here is San Diego can't help me.

My friend and I both have tricare(US AF). I had surgery in SLC, Utah. (tricare let me go out of state). my friend had Dr. Valentine in Nampa and she adores him. He has a great support group meeting and have heard good things about him. if you have any questions..email me [email protected] Pamela

Sally, I use Dr. Valentine he is in Nampa about 20-30 min from boise. He is just a WLS Dr and general surgery but I bet he or his staff could recommend a family doctor that understands WLS. His nurse is Tammy 208-463-1455. They are wonderful and offer a great support meeting as well. I have been so happy to have choosen him and his staff. Good luck. Kristin

My doc is Dr. Christian Oakley in Boise. He is awesome, very understanding and compassionate as is his staff. I HIGHLY recommend him. Also, he operates at an excellant hospital in Boise, St. Luke's Regional Hospital.

I just wanted to add my 2 cents worth, I had Dr. Valentine. He is wonderful, he also does Laproscopic which was important to me. He is one of the most personalble Drs. I have met. I am almost 4 mo. post op he did a wonderful job, and I always feel great when I leave his office (learned something new) his staff are great and the hospital he uses is acrossed the road from his office. That was important to me because I live 2 1/2 hrs. away. Hope this helps, he also is on this website if you want to check him out. Good Luck...

Hi Sally, I have tricare and I was referred to Dr. Valentine. he and his office staff are AWESOME. tricare paid for everything except the nutritionist. His office is in Nampa (not too far from Meridian). Also, He does his procedure laproscopically. feel free to contact me if you have any other questions. take care virginia