NEED HELP FINDING DOCT. IN MASS.
Yes, Brigham and Women's also has a Bariatric Dept, and I originally went there to see if i would qualify for the Restore, but I didn't. Dr. Thompson is brilliant, no doubt, but he didn't give me the time of day when I didn't qualify and I didn't care for the way the EGD was done...I felt like I was being herded like cattle into a tiny room with other people also in tiny rooms next to me. When Dr. Shikora was recommended to me by a friend who is a bariatric dietician (and had worked with him at one time) I went to see him, joined the program and had stomaphyx simply because I really wasn't ready for a major surgery. I don't feel as though the stomaphyx has given me any restriction so I will talk to him at my "follow up" appointment on 5/20. I will tell him that I am ready and anxious for a revision. He is at Tufts Medical Center and Dr. Shikora is Top Doc. I feel very confident in his ability and in his care.