Grand Health Partners Bariatric Center

Open, honest concerning possible side effects and complications. Has had many years of experience. Has high expectations of his patients commitment to following the rules.

Office staff is excellent. Lots and lots of follow-up care. I love that all the pre surgery screenings were done on-site.

Very structured program both before and after. Very quick approval.

I would give Dr. Baker and MMPC huge ratings along with Spectrum Health Blodgett campus for their care and expertise. Everything for me went very smoothly.

He is very knowledgeable and understanding of how difficult obesity can be. He is not trying to sell you. This is something you have to want to do for yourself. Seems to have ideals and really wants to help people with their weight loss efforts.

He seems very enthusiastic and glad to help you determine which method of weight loss is best for you.

The whole GHP weight loss clinic and Center for Health Excellence is wonderful. They are friendly, helpful and are truly genuine.

They emphasize after care like crazy and they do have a structured after care program.

They go over the risks of surgery several times and do no try to paint a pretty picture. They make the risks very clear.

I would give Dr. Kemmeter an A+. His surgical competence and bedside manner are both excellent.

Dr. Foote is a wonderful man! He has great bedside manners and he is very good at what he does! I have nothing but good things to say about him and my experience with MMPC was absolutely FABULOUS!! :0)

Very professional-talked about my concerns and made me feel that everything was going to be ok. Answered ALL my questions

Dr. Foote was very informative and answered all my questions to my satisfaction. He seems to be very knowledgable and I believe we will have a great doctor-patient relationship. The staff in the MMPC is very nice and helpful and understanding. He explained the risks and aftercare of surgery to me at our first meeting. I would rate him as pretty great at this time. I believe surgical competence is better which is why I am going to Grand Rapids instead of Traverse City as I know the Drs. are very competant in the surgery and I am not sure the Drs. around here are.

Dr. Kemmeter is a very nice man. He explained things to me and answered all my questions. He didn't hurry me or make me feel like just another appt. He took his time and made sure i was comfortable. He spent a lot of time going over what i should expect and explaining what i would need to do after surgury. I would recommend him to anyone

I just met Dr. Baker for the first time a few days ago. My first impression was great! He was direct, matter of fact, and honest. These are usually qualities that make me uncomfortable with my doctor, but Dr. Baker was able to do all these things, and still show a level of compassion and respect, rather than disdain and contempt that I feel I have often recieved from others in the medical community. I aprreciate that my appointment was not long and drawn out, but I felt as if Dr. Baker had all the time in the world to sit and talk to me, if that is what I wanted and needed. One thing I am very excited about is that Dr. Baker is a Christian. I had heard that, and so asked, and he confirmed. Not that that is absolutely necesarry, but it is nice to know that he will be seeking the guidance of the same higher power as I.

I first met Dr. Kemmeter at the information meeting. I was very inpressed with how much he cared. I had my first appointment with him and he went over everything with me. He took care of all of my questions. His office staff are all super.

I am very impressed with Dr. Foote and all the staff at MMPC. Also, the staff at Blodgett Hospital was wonderful. I never met one that I didn't like. My family was also impressed with Dr. Foote and were so happy everything went so well.

My first impression of Dr. Foote was he is a very caring and sensative doctor. Dr. Foote was quite informative about the procedure RNY explained it in great detail.

Did my impression of Dr. Foote change over time? No

Dr. Foote's office staff are great, they also are quite informative and help with all questions that I have had.

What should future patients know about Dr. Foote, they need not be afraid of him, that he will take good care of you physically as well as emotionally.
Dr. Foote's after care program is quite structured, having appointments at 2,4,6 weeks, 3 month, 6 month and 1 year...

Did Dr. Foote address the risks of surgery...why certainly...I would beleive that anyone going to a surgeon and not getting the risk factors are walking thru life with blinders on....

How would I rate Dr. Foote he is top notch, I would recommend him to everyone I know that is planning on this surgery...In fact my husband is joining me he will also have Dr. Foote as his surgeon... :)

Which is better, surgical competence, or beside manner geeze what a question (lol) I would certainly hope his surgical competence is better yet I would hope he has a wonderful bedside manner...Guess what folks Dr. Foote does...I have difficulties in trusting most doctors...beleive me when I say I trust Dr. Foote totally....that he has the highest of recommendation from me...:)