Northwestern Medicine Digestive Health Center Weight Loss Surgery Program Bariatric Center

Dr. Nagle did excellent work. He has a very gentle bed side manner. He answers questions and will take extra time with you if desired. He stopped in after surgery and every morning in the hospital.

Great guy, great personality. My surgery went realatively painlessly. I have my 2 week evaluation this week.

My first impression of him was that he was extremely competent, confident and professional, not to mention good looking! He got right to the point, was honest and I felt I could trust him. On the day of my surgery, I was terrified and he was so reassuring. His office staff and nurses are the same, professional, competent and extremely helpful. All my paperwork was completed quickly and efficiently and his nurse even helped me find a new primary care physician who was sympathetic to bariatric patients (my pcp decided to back out of HMO IL and left me with no one to follow up with). Dr Nagel is at Northwestern Memorial and the before surgery screening and aftercare are extremely comprehensive. I was screened by a dietician, bariatric M.D. (other than Dr. Nagel) and psychologist prior to being approved for surgery, then attended four classes and had two more individual sessions with the Doctor and dietician before surgery. There was also a multimedia presentation available on the internet that was required by Dr. Nagel prior to my first surgical appointment. THis presentation was over 40 minutes long, interactive, and went over the entire procedure, including check-in to the hospital, exactly what would happen during and after the surgery and every risk possible due to the surgery. There are after surgery support groups, dieticians and nurses you can call 24/7 and follow-up care continues for one year. I would rate Northwestern's bariatric surgery program and excellent - 10 out of 10, and Dr. Nagel as a 10, also. His competence and bedside manner are both great. Final note, Dr. Nagel only does laproscopic RNY surguries. There are other surgeons who do open procedure RNY. I honestly do not have anything negative to say about Dr. Nagel or his staff. However, I experienced a great deal of pain afterward and the morphine pump I was given did not help. Also, I developed a urinary tract infection from the foley catheter they used to keep my bladder urine free after surgery and wound up in the emergency room 6 days after surgery with a high fever and dehydration. So everything wasn't wine and roses. But I honestly say that the care I got from Dr. Nagel and his staff was top notch.

He and his staff were very professional. They were eager to answer all of my questions.

My overall impression of him is EXCELLENT.

Dr. Nagle is very informative and a great listener. He take time to understand and answer any questions and concerns. I am going through the program at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Although it takes quite a bit of time to reach your surgeon appointment, it is worth the wait. Dr. Nagle has been working with Dr. Muryama for the last 3 years. Since Muryama left Northwestern, Dr. Nagle has taken over the majority of lap rny. He has done about 200 in the last year with Muryama. He has alot of experience with laps and higher bmi's.