Question:
I need to find a doctor!!!!

So I finally got an appt with my fam. physician for a refferal and I cant find a surgeon!!! The one I wanted and got an appointment with I found out has had two people in the last 6 months from complications!! Anyone know a good surgeon in the Albany Schenectady area, within 25-30 miles???    — Rebekah A. (posted on April 10, 2003)

April 9, 2003
I went to "Find a Doc" on this site and this is the ones I found: Albany NY: John Carter..Carl Rosati, T.Paul Singh and in Sch. Oscar Lirio...To check them out go to the "find a doc" link on the top of this page. Hope this helps Jamie
   — Jamie M.

April 10, 2003
I used Dr. Singh 518-262-8674 and have alot of detail on my profile about his process. I absulutely love him and couldn't happier with him and his way of dealing with me. I have also heard a huge amount of positive things about Dr. Rosati (spelling may be off) I think Carl may be his first name. The support group at Albany Med has alot of people who have used both and possibly others too. Very good meeting with a wide variety of people in all stages from pre-op to longer term postops. Meetings are, I believe, on Thursdays from 6:00 to 8:00 in the gastroenterology (SP?) dept at Albany Med but if you call they can tell you for sure. If you go get there a little early the room fills up. Dr Rosati does only Open. Dr Singh does both, I believe. I chose LAP. Good Luck. Penny :-) 07/31/02 LAP RNY 257/165/140? 5'4"
   — pcollin4

April 10, 2003
Penelope is exactly right. I had my surgery at Albany Med with Dr Rosati, I had open. Both Dr Singh and Dr Rosati are awesome surgeons. The support group is sponsored by both of them and it is on Thursday nights 6-8 PM in the A-1 clinic, as you come through the front door of the hospital, take your first left and it's down the hall in the waiting room. (no meeting on April 17). There is a requirement that you see a clinical nutritionist and lose 10% of your weight before surgery (although recently Dr Singh is getting away from that, as long as you can demonstrate that you've made positive changes in your eating habits and have added exercise into your daily routine). Dr Rosati does Open RNY only. Dr Singh does lap and open RNY and has recently started doing the lap band. Please email me if you want more info.
   — Michele C.