Grand Health Partners Bariatric Center

I first met Dr. Baker at the seminar I attended at MMPC, May 2007. I will be meeting with him March 7th, 2008

Great guy so far. He has tons of info. Takes the time to make sure you feel comfortable with and about this surgery.

He rocks! He is one of the nicest most patient, down to earth people I have ever met. He made me feel so comortable on my day of surgery and Todd the PA was fantastic too. The entire MMPC office ranks number 1 in my book. There are truly interested in each of us and our success. Kemmeter is the best!

Dr. Foote seems like a great guy, good sense of humor. rnrnThe office staff have been real nice. I did have to ask lots of questions because it seems that they don't go into too much detail about things.

Dr. Baker is very professional, informative and has built a program that is easy to move through and deal with.

Dr. Randal Baker is amazing!!!!rnrnIn the middle of my RNY, he ended up giving me a VSG, due to complications. He is an awesome surgeon, and i will never regret my choice. rnrnThe whole MMPC staff and Spectrum Health Bariatric Floor Staff are the most helpful, and encouraging people i have ever met!rnrnBoth his competence and bedside manner are great...he tells you how it is and doesnt \"sugar-coat\" anything, which i find refreshing.rnrnThank you Dr. Baker for saving my life!!!!

Dr. Baker has been very professional and informative. I am a nurse and had many questions that were answered before I even asked from both Dr. Baker as well as his entire staff. The program at MMPC is fantastic, streamlined and easy to work thru.

I really like Dr. Pooplawski as he was up front and really listened to me and with my husbanc there answered all of our questions that we hadl.rnrnI had to cancell my surgy 4 differant times as my surgar was really to high to have my ssurgery and from my dentist I realised that it was from my teeth as I had infectioin in my gums and my upper teeth had to be taken out. I had never thought that it would of made a differance as I was going to my dentist every 3 months so that I could keep them. rnAfter that my sugar went right down and I was finally able to have the surgery.rnOn November 22,02 I was being preped for surgery and I noticed that I was having my galbladder out and they said \"yes\". My doctor met with me and said if I had any thing that I wanted to say and I just said to them to get me though it safely.rnrnMy doctor got me through it safely but he couldn't do my RNY as my galbladder was so bad that I had a galstone the size of a robbin's egg and my bileduk was as big as a quarter and its to be the size of a pencil.rnrnIt's going to be two months on Wed. and I haave one drain left from three. My doctor wouldn't do the surgery as it wasn't safe for me and I am very happy that he did that as some wouldn't of. He is trying to find aa specialist to do my surgery to repair it so that I can have my surgery soon but he's having a hard time as the sne that he thought that would do it said no. I am going to have to go to U of M when he finds one for me and 6 months after that then I can have my RNY. I love my doctor and I am glad that I have him. I don't want anyother doctor to do this as he use to do the type of surgery that has to do with a liver and he looking for one who does this often. My family doctor has faith in him too;so that's all the back up that I need. rnrnNEGATIVE: I was very unhappy to learrn that I didn't have the surgery but I was greatful that I was OK. I was very UPSET the way that I was treated as everyone was treating me as if I had had the surgery. When I told them what had happened then they asked if he \"open and closed me\" Well no he took out my galbladder and then was going to do the surgery so I had the same insisun as I would of had. THE NURSES NEEDED TO READ MY CHART AND TO TREAT EACH PATIENT AS AN INDIVIAUAL. rnAfter I got home from Holland; the BTC sent me a letter welcoming me to the otherside and I couldn't believe that they did that. I was still getting it. rnrn2Weeks later I went back down there for my check up and he took out one of my drains and I told him about what had happened and he gave me a phone number to call and complain. I did and she called me back twenty minutes later and was very nce. (there were other things that happened but I'm not going to get into it).rnI got a called from the President of the BTC the next day and he was very sorry aboutt what had happened to me and asked if there was anything that he couldd do and I said that I didn't want this to happen to anyone else. I told him that I wasn't even to go to his place but because of Insurance reasons this would be the one I would but if there was anyother way I wouldn't; he assured me that there would be changes as this was the second time in 3 months that someone didn't get there surgery and it happened. I just said for them to read the chart and that there was a lot of possitive things there too.

My first impression of Dr Foote was that he was very interested in what I had to say.rnrnMy impression of him has not really changed,he did my scope and was very caring.rnrnThe office staff for the most part are very nice.rnvery busy,one of the front desk ladies is very rnshort with people and I dont care for that.rnrnWhat did I like least about him/her..He is very busy so you cant really get to know him.rnrnWhat should future patients know about him.rnHe is a good doctor I belive he knows his craft very well.rnrnI have not had my surgery yet but will let others know about the after care.

He is a great Dr. Surgery was on the 22nd Feb and things went smooth. Fixed a couple other problems too while he was in there.rnrnVery Qualified dr.