Question:
Has anyone used Dr, Beryl Harberg from Houston TX or no of his where abouts??

Has anyone used Dr, Beryl Harberg from Houston TX or no of his where abouts??    — tanyalopez (posted on April 22, 2010)

April 23, 2010
I did a search of his name, and found this link: http://www.chisholmtrailmuseum.com/2009/memorials/index.php I'm not sure if this is good/bad news for you or not, but I would think you should be able to contact this organization, and perhaps they can confirm the findings as true? I found quite a few threads with his and his wifes name included, just searching the internet. Looks like he was quite infamous in the bariatric field! Good luck in your search!
   — Lisa1212

April 23, 2010
Dr. Harberg performed a VBG on me on 9/30/97. As everyone has said, he had a very gruff and had a dry sense of humor but I got a kick out of him! I had already been warned about his personality by a friend who used him and I was determined that I was NOT going to be intimidated! Thanks to various WLS sites I was already on prior to my consultation, I went in with a list of questions for him. A lot of them he answered in his presentation to me about the surgery and life afterwards but I did have a few on there he didn't cover. It was funny. He was so tickled that I brought a list of intelligent questions in with me that he asked if he could make a copy to keep. Of course I said yes LOL! After surgery I lost weight at a fast pace that first year and everytime I got on the scale and it dropped he was just as happy as I was. Those that say he was dedicated in what he did were 100% correct. I ran into a problem though. I started feeling hungry again shortly after eating and started regaining weight. I called his office to ask about it and rather than going in to check things out I got a response that implied that whatever was wrong it must be my fault, that I must be doing something wrong because the surgery was fine. Well, it wasn't fine but I spent the next year kicking myself as 25lbs creeped back up on. Finally I went to Neweigh for a consult to find out if I had indeed outeaten the surgery as was implied or what was wrong. Turns out my silastic ring had come loose from the pouch and was gone. Therefore my surgery had been rendered ineffective and it was NOT my fault, I had NOT failed the surgery! Talk about relieved. I was stripped of the shame and guilt I had been carrying for the past year and was revised to an RNY by Dr. Carlos Ferrari on 5/22/00. Despite how our "relationship" ended I still feel Dr. Harberg cared deeply about his patients and wanted them to succeed. If what the link in the post above me means that he has passed away I am sorry to hear it. He was gruff and crusty but funny all at the same time. Once you met him, love or hate, you never forgot him!
   — Kellye C.

April 23, 2010
According to the Houston Chronicle (our local newspaper) Dr. Harberg passed away on January 3, 2009.
   — Kellye C.

April 24, 2010
Thank yall Does anyone no who took over his office? Im having complications with my surgery and need to find my records
   — tanyalopez

May 21, 2010
so so sorry to hear about Dr.Harberg feel like I lost a friend, he did have a great sense of humor
   — Msbhavur