upstate ?????

it seems as if all of the center of excellents are up state; it is so unfair; everyone do not have the money or means to travel back and forth---it is a life time committment

BEEGEE: First hello! Yes many things in life are not fair, how we look at things is a personal choice, it is all perspective...some states have NO COE, we are very fortunate to have many..Yes sometimes our choices are not optimal and my invove any challenges... Not sure where you received your info, the most up-to-date has many in the city!!! There are 2 accreditating bodies for bariatric surgery: The American Society of Bariatric Surgeons & The American College of Surgeons The ACOS has FIVE!!! http://www.facs.org/cqi/bscn/fullapproval.html Albany Medical Center Albany, NY Effective Date 6/2/06-6/2/09 Level 1b Lutheran Medical Center Brooklyn, NY Effective Date 11/8/05-11/8/08 Level 1b New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center New York, NY Effective Date: 6/14/06-6/14/09 Level 1a New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center New York, NY Effective Date 8/4/06-8/4/09 Level 1a St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center New York, NY Effective Date 10/11/06-10/11/09 Level 1b ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The ASBS has 15!!! ***NOTE look at link the formatting might not work here... http://www.surgicalreview.org/locate.aspx?state=NY#srchResults HOSPITAL PRACTICE SURGEON Brooklyn, NY Lutheran Medical Center 150 55th Street Brooklyn, NY 11220 718.630.8446 George Ferzli, MD PC 65 Cromwell Avenue Staten Island, NY 10304 718-667-8100 (No contact info provided) New York Methodist Hospital (No contact info provided) Dr. Piotr J Gorecki Buffalo, NY Sisters of Charity Hospital 2157 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214 716-862-1000 visit website Synergy Bariatrics 30 North Union Road Suite 104 Williamsville, NY 14221 716-565-3990 visit website Dr. Joseph A. Caruana Elmira, NY Arnot Ogden Medical Center Arnot Ogden Meciical Center 600 Roe Ave. Elmira, NY 14892 607-737-4499 visit website Bariatric Surgical Assoc. LLC (No contact info provided) Dr. Douglas Denton McKane Dr. Robert Esmond Cole Manhasset, NY North Shore University Hospital Manhasset 300 Community Drive Manhasset, NY 11530 516.562.3152 visit website North Shore Surgical Specialists 310 East Shore Road Suite 203 Great Neck, NY 11023 516-482-8657 visit website Dr. Dominick Gadaleta Dr. Larry Ely Gellman New Hartford, NY Faxton-St. Luke's Healthcare (No contact info provided) William A Graber, M.D. (No contact info provided) Dr. William Allystair Graber New Rochelle, NY Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester 16 Guion Place New Rochelle, NY 10803 914-632-5000 visit website Sound Shore Surgical Assoc.Of New Rochelle,LLP 16 Guion Place New Rochelle, NY 10801 914-632-9650 visit website Dr. Leonard Maffucci Dr. Madhu Sudan Rangraj New York, NY Mount Sinai Hospital One Gustave L. Levy Place 1190 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10029 (212) 241-6500 visit website Mount Sinai Program for Surgical Weight Loss 5 East 98th Street, Box 1259 New York, NY 10029 212-241-5339 visit website Dr. Daniel Martin Herron Dr. Subhash Ullal Kini NYU Medical Center (No contact info provided) NYU Program for Surgical Weight Loss (No contact info provided) Dr. Christine Ren Dr. George Fielding Oceanside , NY South Nassau Communities hospital One Healthy Way Oceanside, NY 11572 516-374-8657 visit website New York Bariatrics & Laparoscopy P.C 1420 Broadway Hewlett, NY 11557 516-374-8631 visit website Dr. Rajeev Vohra Port Jervis, NY Bon Secours Community Hospital 160 East Main Street Port Jervis, NY 12771 845-858-7000 visit website Peter H. Kwon, M.D. (No contact info provided) Dr. Peter H. Kwon Riverhead, NY Peconic Bay Medical Center (No contact info provided) Caremax Surgical P.C. (No contact info provided) Dr. Paayal Pinky Mehta Dr. Richard Barry Rubenstein Rockville Centre, NY Mercy Medical Center 1000 North Village Avenue Rockville Centre, NY 11570 516-705-2702 visit website New York Bariatric Group 3003 New Hyde Park Road Suite 307 New Hyde Park, NY 11042 516-616-5500 Dr. Shawn Garber Smithtown, NY St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center 50 Route 25A Smithtown, NY 11787 631-862-3028 visit website Collin E.M. Brathwaite M.D., PLLC (No contact info provided) Dr. Collin Everton Brathwaite Staten Island, NY Staten Island University Hospital 475 Seaview Avenue Staten Island, NY 10305 718-226-9000 visit website United Medical Surgical, PC 256 Mason Ave. Building b, 2nd Floor Staten Island, NY 10305 718-226-1300 visit website Dr. GENE F. COPPA Dr. HEATHER F. MCMULLEN Take Care, Jamie 100cm proximal Lap RNY 10/9/02 Dr. Singh Albany, NY 320(preop)/163 (lowest)/174 (current) 5'9'' (lost 45# before surgery) Plastics 6/9/04 & 11/11/2005 Dr. King www.albanyplasticsurgeons.com http://www.obesityhelp.com/member/jamiecatlady5/ "Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect, it just means you've decided to see beyond the imperfections!"

Hi Bee Gee, This one that Jamie listed is the one I used. Elmira, NY Arnot Ogden Medical Center Arnot Ogden Meciical Center 600 Roe Ave. Elmira, NY 14892 607-737-4499 visit website Bariatric Surgical Assoc. LLC (No contact info provided) Dr. Douglas Denton McKane Dr. Robert Esmond Cole They have also added another Doctor to their practice, his name is Dr. Moon, and he does Lap-RNY. The others do Open-RNY. This is a center of excellence, they are awesome!!!! It is probably about 2 hours from you though. I don't know myself of any closer to you, but I have heard of a lot of people having the surgery done in Rochester. Hope you find a place, good luck, Shannon

I used Dr. Caruana. He is also in the above list that was posted. He is located in Williamsville. It probably is a little over an hour from Rochester. My insurance is Excellus BC/BS out of Rochester and he also took my insurance. Buffalo, NY Sisters of Charity Hospital 2157 Main Street Buffalo, NY 14214 716-862-1000 Synergy Bariatrics 30 North Union Road Suite 104 Williamsville, NY 14221 716-565-3990 Dr. Joseph A. Caruana

The bariatric Center at Highland Hospital in Rochester just received their Center of Excellence rating this past fall.. it is on 1000 South Ave, Rochester, NY there are two doctors there. Dr. O'malley and Dr. Boss.. I had Dr. Boss and he has been wonderful from start to finish... Jenny

they had a verbal-since aug---------no papers----------i had my one on one with doc omalley in may--------------i went to the monach meeting a couple weeks ago---------every one that was pre with me or now post.--------------------thanks jenny

surgical review corporation and--------------baraiatic surgery/ medicare----------------name all the center of excellents----------- thanks again

adirondack medical center in Saranac Lake - I'm going there tomorrow nite for the mandatory bariatric seminar -rae