Fabian at MeritCare's really patient-oriented

Dr. Fabian's the first surgeon I went to.  He agreed to do the DS, which he learned on fellowship, but BCBS wouldn't pay for it.  Rather than fight BCBS (few reasons) & wanting to have a surgeon with more experience with the DS, I decided to go with another surgeon.

Dr. Fabian took A LOT of time talking with me &, while he had to leave for a short while due to the fact that he had other patients scheduled, he came back DURING HIS LUNCHTIME to continue talking with me.  He spent nearly an hour with me & almost certainly still got paid his regular consult fee instead of the 3x longer that he actually spent with me.

I just wanted to put that out there in support of the fact that he is clearly patient-oriented.  I just decided to go with someone else for other reasons.

Have a good day everyone!