Good Morning. Got a pic of your surgeon?
I am kind of scared of posting his picture but here goes
Dr. Deveney, AKA Satan on the DS board. He has a bad (and probably justified) reputation as far as doing the DS but he is a very good surgeon. He is the head of the division of general surgery and I don't think they would make him the head if he were a bad surgeon. He is a nice guy, always pretty busy. Last time I saw him he was in and out in about 2 minutes. He generally doesn't do my follow up. His NP does and she is pretty, well, in my opinion, ignorant as far as post op needs go. She is the one *****commends Flintstones and is freaked out by my high vitamin D. At a whopping 87.
OHSU has a poor bariatric program as far as pre op education and post op care. Knowing what I know now I would probably have gone somewhere else but in 2002 I didn't really know better and I went where my PCP referred me.
Dr. Deveney, AKA Satan on the DS board. He has a bad (and probably justified) reputation as far as doing the DS but he is a very good surgeon. He is the head of the division of general surgery and I don't think they would make him the head if he were a bad surgeon. He is a nice guy, always pretty busy. Last time I saw him he was in and out in about 2 minutes. He generally doesn't do my follow up. His NP does and she is pretty, well, in my opinion, ignorant as far as post op needs go. She is the one *****commends Flintstones and is freaked out by my high vitamin D. At a whopping 87.
OHSU has a poor bariatric program as far as pre op education and post op care. Knowing what I know now I would probably have gone somewhere else but in 2002 I didn't really know better and I went where my PCP referred me.
WLS 10/28/2002 Revision 7/23/2010
High Weight (2002) 240 Revision Weight (2010) 220 Current Weight 115.
This is a picture of "Dr G", as Dr Antanavicius is known. He is really much more personable than his picture shows, and a great surgeon. He often utilizes the DaVinci robot in his laproscopic surgeries, and recovery has been smooth sailing for me. I recommend him (and the entire staff at the IMBS in Abington) to anyone in the Philly area. As we all know, it's important to have an excellent staff in the office to help with all the questions we have, in addition to a superior surgeon.
Eliza
Consult:239 SW:217 1mo:195 2mo:182 3mo:169 6mo:139 9mo GOAL CW: +2 from underweight
Consult:239 SW:217 1mo:195 2mo:182 3mo:169 6mo:139 9mo GOAL CW: +2 from underweight
I hate my surgeon's OH pic. I have one somewhere of the two us in Las Vegas with me wearing my "Surgically Altered Freak" tshirt. I'll try to hussle it up.
HW - 225 SW - 191 GW - 132 CW - 122
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