Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak, Dr. Chengelis

I was wondering if anyone had their surgery at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak and if anyone had Dr. Chengelis.  What did you think about the program.  Thanks :)

I have Dr. Krause and am scheduled for surgery two weeks from today.  The wl doctor I am working with help start the program at Beaumont.  They're all great people.

Beaumont was wonderful.  I had Dr Krause as my surgeon almost 4 years ago. The staff was great. I don't know anything about Dr. Chengelis.

I had my RNY at Beaumont in 2008. Dr Krause was my surgeon. The program is fantastic. I wish I had time to take advantage of everything they offer. I did two years of resew before selecting to have it done through Beaumont and their program was a huge part of the decision.
Best wishes.

I was going to go with Dr. Chengelis for the RNY, but have now changed my mind after lots of research and want the DS instead of RNY.  He doesn't do the DS, so I'm finishing my 6 month Dr supervised weight loss period (required by insurance) at the Beaumont center.  I will be done with that phase in June and then I'm having the surgery with Dr Kemmeter in Grand Rapids.  He's the only surgeon in MI that does the DS lap, there are 3 others closer the do it open, but I just don't see the point of having an open surgery when it can be done lap.  I found that at the Beaumont informational meeting, they don't even tell you about the DS option because they don't do it.  I've asked about it at my last couple monthly visits, they don't know that much about it there, so I'm done most of my research online.  From the research I've done, it seems like a way better option for me.  You may want to reasearch it as well before you make your decision, if your insurance covers it (they don't all cover it) - check out dsfacts.com - or look at the DS board on here.

Anyway, I read a lot of reviews on Dr Chengalis what I was still planning for RNY and he seems to be really good, I couldn't find a bad review about him on here. 
If you go to the find a surgeon, you can read reviews about the surgeons that others have posted, I found that pretty helpful. 

Good luck to you, I know it's a hard decision to make.

Hello.

I had Dr. Krause and very happy with my surgery experience. I don't have any complaints. He's a wonderful surgeon!!

Anna

I went through Beaumont Royal Oak and had Dr. Chengelis. He is an excellent surgeon.

How was your experience with Dr. Chengelis?  I had a consult with him today and was a little nervous when he said he only keeps his patients in the hospital over night if they are doing ok.  How do you like the program at Beaumont?

I love the program at Beaumont. Dr. Chengelis doesn't kick you out if you need to stay an extra day, but I did only stay one day. Once you are mobile and off the IV pain meds you should be able to go home.

Thanks Greg!