I haven't been around here for a while...but feel the need to weigh in. 

I went to Dr. Forse's informational meeting with a friend of mine in NOv.  I hadn't been back to see anyone in Creighton since my last visit just before Dr. Sudan left (I begged him not too lol) and have had follow-ups with my GP.  One meeting with Dr. Forse was all I needed to know that he is NOT the doc I want to continue my care nor the messed up office.  My friend was having her consult the same day and when we got there, she had not rec'd any of the paper work she was told she would (and there was at least ONE other lady there with the same situation) and we had to wait 4 hours (due to him having an emergency surgery and not getting to the office until 1 p.m., understand that situation no problem).  My friend got back to see Dr. Forse at 5:40 (educational session was to start at 6 p.m.). She saw the dietician for about 3 minutes, a student doc for abou 10 mins and Dr. Forse showed his face about three minutes informing her that he didn't have time to visti as he had a conference to be at in 5 minutes.  We drove ONE WAY 3 1/2 hours...and he didn't have time to see her?  He was down right RUDE, told HER this was a serious surgery and she needed to be more compliant (with what I don't know, she was nervous and was joking around with the student doc, but had Dr. Forse taken the time he would have seen it was nerves not , not being serious about the surgery).  She is a diabetic and had 5 minutes to find food, eat and get to the meeting herself.  I was not impressed with how he handled the information/educational session at all.  He was very flippant with the way he answered serious questions continually stating (when he could have given at least a generalized answer) "I don't know your history so I can't tell you" even down to how long from point a to point b to surgery does it take APPROXIMATELY? He was flippant when he stated, "If you are looking for Dr. Sudan or any of the other surgeons that were here, they aren't I'm IT."  I am also very concerned with the fact that he has been in bariatric surgery from what I can find for information since the mid 70's BUT has only done approximately 1,000 surgeries?  No thanks!

Overall his treatment of my friend, his attitude and his lack of empathy towards the patients (or possible patients) in the room really turned my stomach and when I got home I contacted Dr. Anthone's office to see if they would take me as a patient.  I am now in the process of transferring my records.  I'm really sad to see Dr. Sudan leave, and what happened to the other two surgeons that were there?  I saw a female surgeon (can't remember her name) and another male surgeon while I was in the hospital.  Did they go wtih Sudan or transfer to a different hospital?

I'm hoping that my medical record transfer won't be a problem, though it took a WEEK for me to get the release papers in the mail but from reading here, I'm worried.  I see Dr. Anthone on Dec. 18th (MUCH sooner than I thought I would be able to, but he wanted to see me ASAP because of lack of lab work that was done with Dr. Sudan's office). 

I suspect that Creighton is going to have a problem wtih keeping bariatric patients in the least...wonder how their other surgery patients feel about the change?

Just wanted to say I finally found a PcP I am very happy with after searching for over 6 months,,this one is Wls friendly also..Found her from a list i recieved from my insurance..thanks for responding with your suggestions..........Wendy

Hi Emily, It depends on the insurance package your employer buys. Your best bet is to check with the company. BCBS of Ne hasn't been too good about covering wls. Would there be a way to get your surgery by the 1st of the year? You may look at that option. Good luck. Mona

Well Cherilee, you are a couple of days away from surgery.  Good luck and I hope everything goes great for you.  I had mine a week ago from tomorrow.  I feel great and had no real pain.  I hope you have the same result.  Cindy