Anybody use ECU for bariatric surgery?

Dr. Chapman at the Brody School of Medicine, ECU, is my surgeon.  I am super impressed with him.  I asked him the day of my surgery how he got into doing bariatric surgery.  He said when he originally came to ECU he was the laproscopic (sp?) specialist.  When he met the bariatric team they were all doing WLS as an open procedure, so he taught them all how to do it laproscopically (sp?).  Now, not only is he the head of the bariatric surgery dept, he's also the chief laproscopic specialist.  Yeah, you could say I'd recommend him!  Big time!  Your friend will be in good hands.  When I did my first consult with Dr. Chapman I was over 400 lbs.  He said he could probably do my surgery laproscopically, but I needed to lose some weight to reduce the risk of complications or the need for an open procedure during surgery.  I lost some weight.  On the day of my surgery I was 362 I think.  Good luck to your friend.

I had Dr. Chapman and had the Rouen by-pass last September and have lost more than 120 pound since the surgery without any complications or problems. Dr. Chapman's office is very efficient, and there is never a long wait to see him.
If I had realized how much this surgery has helped me, I would have had it done a long time ago, and I recommend Dr. Chapman without any hesitation.

Barb,

I too have had my surgery at ECU by Dr. Pender, and I would definitely recommend him.  You can't go wrong with the doctors there.  I am so pleased with the surgeons, staff and hospital that  I couldn't imagine going anywhere else.  Please tell your employee to contact them and refer herself.  Before I started I had hit 450lbs and on my first visit there I weighed 442#.  My only advice for her is to get the ball rolling with ECU Physicians and try to loose weight and prepare for a life changing experience.

Best wishes for your employee.  Tell her to log on her for support this is a great site to get questions answered and support from people that have been there and done that.

Courtney