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The following is a statement of my personal opinion and experience. I am not making any statements about anyone else or anyone else's experience.
My first impression about Dr. Trivedi was that he was very professional, extremely knowledgable, honest, and very kind. Dr. Trivedi was very caring and informative when he dealt with me and my family the day of the surgery and throughout my stay in the hospital. Dr. Trivedi was very upfront about the risks of surgery. I personally rate Dr. Trivedi as "the BEST of the BEST"! I researched this surgery for the past 2 1/2 years and have been to another consultation 1 year ago. I feel that Dr. Trivedi's education and experience by far outweigh the other surgeons I researched. Dr. Trivedi has both an excellent surgical competence and bedside manner. To find both in a doctor is wonderful, but the surgical competence by far outweighs bedside manner.
Dr. Trivedi's office staff, his assistant Autumn, and especially his Nurse/Office Manager Kathleen Connor, RN are by far the BEST! This practice has the best support system! They have a very structured aftercare program and are always available for assistance. When you call they are extremely kind and patient. If you leave a message they call you back right away.
I feel very comfortable with Dr. Trivedi and his staff. I highly, highly recommend Dr. Trivedi to anyone from anywhere in the country for Bariartric Surgery.
Dr. Trivedi was wonderful. His seminar was helpful and he had a great bed-side manner. I would definitely recommend him.
Dr. Hans Schmidt is a God-send. Dr. Schmidt is sensitive, kind, caring and extremely knowledgeable and in my opinion the best surgeon around.
Many people complain about his office staff but for me I have had no problems at all with them. Plain and simple, they are swamped with work and do the best job they can to help everyone equally.
I highly reccommend Dr. Schmidt, you may have to wait a bit for him, but, it's not like you put the weight on over night so you might as well wait a bit for the best!
Very thorough DR. cares about people. Office staff very helpful. Very organized office. No complaints at this time 1 week post-op.
Honestly at first I didn't care too much for Dr Douglas Ewing. Couldnt put my finger on the reason why. He answered all my pre op questions, told me the risks, etc. Maybe I just expected him and his staff to be a bit more friendly. Im in the early stages waiting for approval, my surgery date is May 26th, 2005. Maybe my impression will change in time so I will keep you posted.
As a nurse, I thoroughly researched all bariatric surgeons available. I worked with a nurse who used Dr. Schmidt at Hackensack and she lost over l00 lbs. and looks and feels wonderful. I cared for a patient who had bypass surgery by another doctor, located closer than Dr. Schmidt. The woman ended up with a colostomy and eventually died. From this experience I knew I didn't want to have a bypass (higher risks involved)and I knew Dr. Schmidt was like Dunkin Donuts "worth the trip!" People couldn't believe I drove 2 hours each way to see Dr. Schmidt. I would fly to see him if I had to, he's that good. Since my surgery 2 other nurses at work have gone to Dr. Schmidt(one had lapband, one bypass) and they look wonderful and with no complications. One has lost over l00 lbs and one close to loo. I've gone from 207 to l72 and still losing. I've stopped taking glucophage (for diabetes), bextra (for arthritis pain), welchol (for high cholesterol), norvasc (for high blood pressure) ,just taking synthroid for hypothyroidism. I feel so much better, my energy is high, my health is l00% improved. Did you ever see the movie "schindler's list", a man who saved thousands of jews during the holocaust? Well someone should make a movie about Dr. Schmidt and call it "Dr. Schmidt's list", it would include all the people he "saved" from years of illness and surely early deaths due to obesity-related illnesses. I'm so grateful and happy to be on that list.
Seminar 2/05 -
I like his forward approach on surgery.
3-31-05 -
So I had my first consultation visit with Dr Schmidt and he is very confident about his work (good). I asked a lot of question and concerns and he answered all of them (good or bad). I am still on the fence if I want to get the operation and I have to be sure this is what I want but it looks good so far. I had to cancel the original surgery date (a date that I do not like) to the end of the month; they will get back to be.
my first impression was that he was very nice
The office staff was nice but i had to keep calling to find out my approval status. They were suppose to fax over my info to bc/bs and forgot so when i called a few days later, they realized they never faxed it. After surgery i didn't see Dr. Trivedi at all. I met w/Dr. Trivedi 4 days later and actually didn't even talk to him. I dealt w/his nurse who was very nice. She went over the aftercare w/me. The nurse did advise how important it is to stick to a diet after surgery cause the band isn't tightened yet and u could gain weight. Dr.Trivedi did advise me of the risks but didn't seem to make it as if the risks were that bad. i would rate him a very good doctor, i had no problems w/surgery at all. The healing went great. His bedside manner and surgical competence is great.
My first impression of Dr. Schmidt was that he was extremely confident in what he does as a surgeon. My impression of him remained the same as he was prepared and ready to go, at the appointed time. All that worked with him took equally good care of me. No problems with the staff so far. I will find out more about the aftercare program as time goes on so I will address that at a later date.