DS Friendly PCP in Northern VA

I am self pay, hoping to have DS surgery in Brazil.  I am looking for a PCP (don't really have one now) that is familiar/aware of the DS surgery, is willing to certify/recommend me for surgery, and can handle post-op care as necessary and the annual checkups. 

If it sounds like I'm looking for a rubberstamp, that is not what I mean.  As an intelligent, "thinking" patient, I would like someone who will work with me and hear my concerns, and not just try to run me through his patient mill.  If he has other DS patients, hopefully I won't have the situatiohn my sister does where she has to educate him on it.

Any recommendations?

Thanks,
Alvin

No recommendations but wanted to widh you the best of luck and welcome you to the boards!

I gave up looking for a PCP who knew about the DS already--so few are familiar with it. Instead, I have a PCP who is willing to listen and learn, and that's just as well. I basically go in, explain what will happen and what I need, and she does whatever I need. That is how it has been for the past 9 months or so, and I am scheduled for surgery in March. She has been so willing to learn that she has even made copies of a DS diagram I happened to have with me at an appointment so she could suggest it as another option to other type 2 diabetic patients considering WLS.

My doc is in Sterling, so not very close to Bealeton (I know a couple that lives in Bealeton--you must be the other person in that town!  ).