ObesityHelp will be in Atlanta!

Doctor Maynard no longer takes Medicare.  I think the expense of traveling and  all will be too much for me at this time.  I am going to check into the doctors who do the rny here in Atlanta on the 29th, and then try to make a decision.  I am afraid if I wait till I can afford to travel for the DS, these doctors might drop medicare patients too..  Thanks  Bernadette

Bernadette, Besides Dr. McQuire there's Dr. Peters in PA: Dr. Inman in Indy; Dr. Buchwald in Min; Dr. Panchard in Chicago; and Dr. Schweitzer in Maryland (tough criteria since Trailblazer is ther intermediary in that state); and Dr. Maynard...he's in Conyers, GA. I'm Medicare, too and it is diffiuclt to find a provider.  Medicare pays very little and therefore most of the docs I have listed are at teaching hospitals.   Best of luck to you in your search.  Unfortunatley there aren't many docs in the Southern half of the country that do the DS. Betty

I know that Dr. Rita Anderson just recently got her COE certification.  She's at newlifesurgery.org in Kettering, OH (just north of Cincinnati)

You guys are great, I thank you for all the good info. Bernadette