The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates Bariatric Center

i had gastric bypass 21/2 weeks ago my right side still hurts if i lay on it they told me no twisting or any thing how long does this pain last please help

The worst experience I ever had with a doctor. He has no idea what an obese person goes through on a daily basis. He talks down to obese patients from a "us skinny people" point of view. Not encouraging and not open to understanding his patients difficulties in adapting to a new way of eating and living post op. He's completely ignorant to the weight loss struggle post op patients go thru to regain their lifE. I highly recommend any other doctor but this JERK.

excellent!!! Professional, and caring.

Dr. Brody was much more engaged when I had my revision/lap-band removal in March 2012. I felt cared for and attended to - especially in recovery. I work mostly with the RNs and nutritionist, but he's just a very straight-forward surgeon. Not alot of sense of humor shown or warmth, necessarily, but he gets the job done and I trust him. He's doing my RNY in January 2013.

Dr. Brody is a caring and kind consummate professional. He and Melissa took the time to consider all of my medical conditions before coming up with the correct weight loss surgery for me. On surgery day Dr. Brody was there to explain everything again and reassure me and my husband. I was a little overwhelmed by the number of people that showed up to take care of me. It seemed like I had my own personal operating room army. My surgery was in the morning and I was up walking that evening. Dr. Brody came to see how I was doing in ICU where I received top-notch pain management care. Dr. Brody called me at home to make sure I was still doing okay. Office follow up with Melissa has been both reassuring and informative. I continue to receive great care from the Medical Faculty Associates team.
If anyone in my family needs surgery in the future, I’d certainly recommend they seek Dr. Brody’s help.
Minkie

Dr.Lin and his staff are amazing on the 8-18-11 I had RNY surgery. The surgeon was very delicate with my body I have 4 small incisions and only two are slightly painful my pain level is a 2 and that's after moving. the nursing staff was very attentive and caring I love the nurse and my sergon

I first meet with Dr. Lee in April 2010 after my initial WLS informational meeting. Dr. Lee was recommended to me by a co-worker who had just had WLS performed by Dr. Lee. I found her to be extremely personable, patient and caring. She told a lot of time to make sure I was comfortable and understood everything. I left feeling that I was in good hands.

Moving forward 1 year, I went back to see Dr. Lee after meeting all the requirements of my insurance company to get her clearance so my paperwork could be submitted to my carrier. She was exactly the same, thoughtful, patient and personable. She went over in detail the reason why she does certain things and why she doesn't. She took time to go over the possible complications so that you are not caught off guard when/if stumbling blocks occur.

Dr. Lee is affiliated with George Washington University Hospital - Medical Faculty Associates and I would highly recommend her to anyone in the area looking for a top notch surgeon.

I absolutely love this group. They are very patient oriented and work so hard to support you through this process. I had some minor problems at first because of other medical issues and the Physician Assistant actually gave me her cell phone number in case I ran into trouble over the weekend. I thought with my past surgeries and medical problems that I would have to have open surgery. Dr. Lin was able to do it lap and I was very please to find this when I woke up from surgery. The hospital staff was wonderful and very caring and knowledgeable about the surgery and post op needs.
They will fight with the insurance company and advocate for your rights. I would definitely recommend them to others thinking about having this done.

I visited Dr. Brody for a consult, and we agreed I was a good candidate for a VSG. I liked him, and thought he knows his stuff. His staff assured me that my insurance would cover it. WRONG! I learned later that they had NEVER had a patient with my relatively low BMI covered for a sleeve by my insurance. Seems like that would have been worth mentioning before I did a whole bunch of visits for psych eval, nutritionist, etc..

Another staff person then said that he may drop me as a patient because of my insurance problems (wrong) and that he wouldn't write me a letter of support for my appeal (wrong). Basically his staff didn't want to deal with anyone with insurance problems, and they were very unsupportive. I'm surprised he puts up with this.

In addition to my insurance appeals, I am thinking about self-pay. I like Dr. Brody just fine and I think he'd do a good surgery, but I have to say his staff is a big part of why I might decide to take my business elsewhere. Not that they care.

I first met Dr. Lee a couple of weeks after the weight loss seminarfor a consultation.
She's reminds me of my PCP, very inviting and she LISTENS. We discussed all procdeures
in detail about what it is....what happens....the op......the end result and her weight loss goals for
for me. I was very impressed from the consultation alone! I can't wait to see her again
about my 6 month pre-op review.