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I HAVEN'T MEET DR. COATES YET BUT I HAD MY CONSULT WITH HIS PA ON 8-11-05. SHE WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MY LUPUS AND ASKED ME THREE TIMES IF I'M SURE IF I WANT TO GO THRU WITH SURGERY KNOWING THAT MY HEALING MAY BE SLOWER THAN OTHERS BECAUSE OF THE MEDS I'M. THIS IMPRESSED ME A LOT TO HAVE A DR THIS MUCH CONCERN. THE OFFICE STAFF WAS VERY PLEASANT AND VERY ON TOP OF THINGS. 8/16/05 DR. COATES OFFICE STAFF IS OUT OF THIS WORLD, THEY ARE THE BEST GROUP TO BE HELPING YOU. WHEN THEY GOT THE APPROVAL THEY TELEPHONED ME IMMIATELY AND WAS EXCITED AS I WAS. A VERY BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. HOWEVER I STILL HAVEN'T ACTUALLY OFFICALLY MET DR. COATES BUT WILL BY THE 8th OF SEPT.
When I first met Dr. Coirin, I thought he was good at what he does. He made me feel comfortable. He even answered all the silly questions my sister was hounding him with. I still think that he is good at what he does. He explained everything. He has both, surgical competence and a great bedside manner. The office and the hospital have a great structured program.
Dr. Coirin is very personable. I immediately felt comfortable with him.
The office staff is very young. I had waited several months before completing my required testing (ie, psychological evaluation) and they were great at sending me reminder notes every month.
However, once I had those things completed, I called to verify that they had recieved the report so that it could be put in for approval with my insurance and it took 3 phone calls before anyone got back to me. (This is just my experience, I realize that they are a busy staff dealing with 2 bariatric surgeons)
I like best about Dr. Coirin is his easy going personality, it put me at ease in a rather nerve wracking situation.
Yes, there is a rather structured aftercare program.
The risks of the surgery have been gone over and over and over. This began with the group seminar which Dr. Coirin was present, as well as my one on one visit with him.
So far, *pre-surgery* I think Dr. Coirin is wonderful!
I believe that both surgical competence and bedside manner are important. I can't really rate him yet. I will get back to you on this topic! :)
The first impression I got from him was at the seminar. He was hekka funny! I really was knowing what was gonna be talked about and he was honest if nothing else. Very down to earth and explained what was needed to be known I thought. And he didn't use all the language that made people confused. He's an "A" so far. I haven't been to the office yet, but will be in a few weeks. I will update more then! ***UPDATE*** So I went to the office and the staff was wonderful! A+++++ in my book! I would recommend them to anyone! ***ANOTHER UPDATE*** Dr. Coates came to see me twice, once before surgery and he was very sweet, next was the day after. I told him I took about 3 hrs to eat broth b/c I was so sleepy. He laughed! I think he's a great surgeon and dr. Although I talked to another woman who said that he was rude to her and he didn't let her change the medication. I haven't changed my view of him and he was very nice! Bedside matter was great and he's cute (I think anyway--thats why I chose him!) lol!
Officially met Dr Coates on the day of surgery. I like him personally and appreciate that the volume of surgeries he performs gives him great skill. I had no complications and felt great upon waking up in the recovery room.
His office staff, however, is another story. Because he is so busy, the staff cannot keep up with the paperwork and essential communication is either flawed or absent. I guess it all comes down to what is important to you. For me the surgeon's skill was the main thing. If you can deal with the frequent aggravation from his staff and be prepared to spend considerable time finding the hole that information fell through, he's your man.
Allow me to state explicity that the foregoing is merely my humble, unprepossessing personal opinion of my experieces with this office to date. Your mileage may differ.
Dr Coirin is a very good surgeon. Because of that he is also vey busy. I usually see one of his PAs and his staff is very friendly and accomodating. My experience with him and his staff has been very good and I have recommended him to friends and acquaintances. I would do it again and I would pick him as my surgeon again.
Probably the only negative thing is the fact that because he is so busy he doesn't really have any time to personally relate to his patients.
The first time I met Dr. Coates was about 30 minutes before my surgery. I really liked him and felt comfortable with him. I wish I had met him before that though. The office staff is very busy but they care very much. Sonja usually makes me feel so good when I am there, it is nice to see her smiling face. I was lucky enough to meet Don and Monica. both surgery assistants to Dr. Coates. I really liked both of them and their enthusiasm. I ended up with Don in my surgery and afterwards he was very thoughtful and never made you feel like he was rushed when you had questions in the hospital. I strongly recommend this team if you are considering surgery.
I liked patrick Coates he is easy to talk to and is very caring.
not too sure yet for some reason they kepp NOT recieving My information
I had met Dr. Coirin two years ago when I first started considering surgery. He and his staff are very friendly and helpful. My next visit with him is 5/18/05 for my pre-op exam. I give him an A+ and would recommed him to anyone.