Has Anyone had Surgery with Dr. Raul Rosenthal - Cleveland Clinic

I am considering Lap Band Surgery and am seeing Dr. Rosenthanl in 2 weeks. Has anyone done their surgery at the Cleveland Clinic? Thanks, Ines

Hey Ines, I had my RNY surgery with Dr. Rosenthal at Cleveland Clinic on 4/10/06. Couldnt be happier. He and his staff are the greatest and the hospital is first class all the way. I went from 432 pounds to 190 today and am sincerely grateful to Dr. Rosenthal for all he did. Good luck to you and please keep us posted as to your progress. John

I have an appointment with Dr. Rosenthal on Tuesday. Will let you know how it goes. I've heard nothing but awesome things about him! Stacey

Hi Stacey: How did your appointment go with Dr. Rosenthal yesterday? Ines

Hi Ines, Thanks for asking! Here's what I posted on the VSG Forum: So today was the day. I had my consult with Dr. Rosenthal. First of all, I have to say how impressed I am with everyone I met there. Super nice and they made me feel that they had all the time in the world to spend with me. I met with the nurse first and of course, I was tearing up. She totally calmed me down. She took my history and looked over the forms I brought. She said that everything looked good and I didn't have any co-morbitities. Thank g-d. I'm a relatively healthy fat person!! Dr. Rosenthal came in and I was very impressed. He answered all of my questions. Even the silly ones. He was very calming. He asked me which procedure I was interested and I told him the sleeve. He went into detail about the procedure. I asked Dr. Rosenthal how soon I could get pregnant after the surgery. He smiled and said, "it's up to your husband." I know they want you to wait 1 1/2 years after surgery. How practical that is, I don't know. When he left, he told me the insurance person would be in. She was in within two minutes. We talked about BCBS of IL and she explained how I would have to go on a supervised 6 month diet. I kind of knew that. As she was walking out the door, she heard me tell DH how much less invasive the sleeve is. She stuck her head back in and said, "BCBS of IL doesn't cover the sleeve." I was crushed. I finally have decent insurance and it's not covered? DH was really annoyed, especially since we pay so much for it. She said that they cover RNY and the band, but I'm not interested in either one. Then one of the interns came in. He was very nice as well. He went over my history again and asked if he could check my belly. This was the one and only time I was examined. He said I had a very slight hernia and it was barely detectable and we would talk about in the future and that if I had the surgery, it would be taken care of. He told me the nurse would be back in to give me my scripts for the pre-ops. I got the scripts for the pre-ops, and with the exception of the ultrasound of my lower legs (they have been swelling lately) it's all standard; EKG, blood, the various ultrasounds, etc. All in all, I feel much better. I will be self-pay and I would like to have all the pre-ops done this month. My birthday is June 9 and I would love to have the surgery done around that time. DH and I are going on vacation at the end of August and I figure that will give me enough time to recuperate and get used to my new banana! Stacey

Hello. I was really interested in this physician at first, but then I noticed that he had a recent malpractice claim against him. Something about doing surgery on the wrong patient/ wrong body part.  You can look up potential doctors at www.myflorida.gov.

Hi Dr Rosenthanl just did two surgeries on me April 25, 2007 for Gastric Bypass (not for weight loss but for a disease) and Gallbladder removal on May 16, 2007. He and his staff and the Cleveland Clinic Hospital are nothing but "The Best" and I would totally recommend them to anyone. Dr Rosenthanl is the Greatest Surgeon with the highest of skills and I Thank GOD for giving him the knowledge and the skill to be able to perform the extensive surgeries he had to do on me. He also has a great bedside manner and is very happy all the time and makes you feel special. He even called me personally several times to see how how I was feeling. I cant believe he has a law suit against him. It must be for another Rosenthal.Can you tell me where on the flagov.com you found that information about him.

cleveland clinic is one of  the best,  check out  Dr. samuel szomstein at cleveland clinic he is my bariatic doctor. you'll  live  him. Tell him georgina told you about him. Good luck on your journey.

I had VSG and everything is a OK. Great Doc.

I am not saying that this doctor is not a good doctor, he is probably a great doctor. Alot of doctors have malpractice suits against them.  I think I am alittle picky because I work in healthcare and am not interested in a doctor who has a pending suit.  All doctors go through this at some point or another. This was just my opinion.