Need a good doctor in Ohio! Anyone have good results to tell me?

Hi! 

I live near Columbus, OH.  I was hoping to get some referrals from you all on good doctors in Ohio for weight loss surgery.  I'm not sure who to go to and I'm scared that I will get a bad doctor.

I think I want to go the gastric bypass route.

Thanks!
Tracy

Dr shauer at Cleveland Clinic is wonderful. He is one of the best in the world.You can put his name in search and it will bring up several articles. I recommend him 150% good luck

I used Dr. Myers @ Fresh Start @ Riverside Methodist Hospital. They have a comprehensive program whi*****ludes: medical, dietary, and psychological and exercise. Dr. Myers really cares about each of his patients before and after surgery. He holds seminars in Columbus on two Tuesdays and then 2 seminars on a Saturday each month. You can go to Ohio Health and search for him. Good luck...Paula Chumbley

Hi there Tracy,

I used Dr. Patrick White in Toledo, I know that is sorta far for you, but I thought he was great!!!

Good luck in your search

Caroline

I'll add an "Amen!" to the entry about Dr Meyers of Fresh Start Bariatrics at Riverside Hospital.  The entire staff goes out of their way to make you feel special.  A couple of weeks before I had my surgery I was trying to stablize my blood sugar.  He gave me his cell phone number and had me calling him three times a day!!!  I've been on the planet a long time and I've never heard of a doctor giving his cell phone number to his patients.  He's the best!

I second the recommendation for Dr. Phillip Schauer at the Cleveland Clinic; he's one of the best surgeons in the country.  The only downside to the Clinic's program is that you can sometimes wait a long time when you have an appointment with Dr. Schauer; he's a busy, busy surgeon.  The upside to that is that I never felt he was in a hurry when he was with me; he took the time to answer all my questions thoroughly and to make sure I had the information I needed. 

Good luck on your continuing journey -

Kellie

Hi Tracy,
My sister lives in Columbus.  She is also a nurse at Ohio State medical center.
She had her surgery at Ohio State with Dr. Needleman.  She had great success and
liked him very much

Good luck,
Susan

 Hi there!

I am from Columbus as well, but I live in Athens now :) I had my RNY with Dr. Clarey from the Dayton Bariatric Center. She was so fantastic I would get the surgery again! 

Hello, I live in Columbus and will be having my RNY bypass at Mt Carmel Medical Center of  Baraitric Excellence. My surgeon is Dr Patricia Chobin at Mid Ohio Surgical. I like her a lot . She took over as my breast cancer surgeon when the orig doc left the group to go on her own. DR Chobin heads up the Bariatric center at Mt Carmel and is a noted skilled surgeon who my PCP says is the only surgeon he would send his own mother to for WLS. She is friendly but puts up with no nonsense and expects the same from her patients. All of the other drs in the group are avail in the event DR Chobin is on vacation or unavail and they are all excellent. Call the hospital or Mid Ohio and ask them to send you info on the free seminar that starts the process. Hope this might have helped. Feel free to ask anything at all if I can possibly be of help. My BMI is 65 and currently I am at 411 but planning the countdown as soon as we can schedule the WLS....Pat

I LOVE my doc, the staff, the hospital -- everything.
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