Looking for a new surgean

Hi, my mom had the lap-band done in July 06 at the OMISH hospital. The follow up care was of no help to my mom. she immediatly showed signs of infection at the port incission. OMISH called her a problem child and said they never seen this before. They squeezed on it and gave her antibiotics. She went back, they did the same thing and acted as they had no clue of what was going on. It came to the point she was scared to go back to them. She has since found a wound specialist and this last weekend had to have the port removed, leaving an 1'' hole for the infection to drain. Her health is good and she has lost over 60 lbs and wishes to have her port replaced or the rest of the band taken out when she heals but is scared to go back to OMISH and wishes to find a new surgean . I am looking for recommendations. Thank you,Lori

Hi Lori - I see Dr. Jesse Lopez in KC and I think he's wonderful. Extremely knowledgeable and very caring. I don't have his number handy at the moment but if you email me, I'd be glad to look it up for you. Good luck to your mom! I'm glad she's getting it taken care of. I've heard of a few more port infections lately, so its good for us to be aware of that problem. ~Tiffany

I went to Tallgrass in Topeka KS. 785-232-0444. My surgeon was Dr. Steward but there are several there. I just went thorugh a figuring out what was going on thing and they have been so great. I recommend them highly.