Surgical Group of Johnson City Bariatric Center

Dr. Watson has wonderful bedside manner and he is never to busy to answer a question..He is very infomative and he makes sure you are informed every step of the way. He makes sure you are provided with several phamplets about the surgery itself and what to expect.

It is a requirement that you see a physcologist and nutritionist before being scheduled. Dr. Watson stresses that the surgery is not a quick fix but a whole new life style. The day of your last visit when they schedule your surgery date you take a written test of about 25 question to make sure you have learned something every step of the way.

His nurse Peggy is the best she is a wonderful person and anything you need or ask for she makes sure to follow up on.

I could not be more pleased with my experience so far. Today is Aug/16 and I have my surgery Aug/28th

With all this being said all these comments are my experience so far & I can only speak for my experiance. I am in no way speaking for anyone else.

I have had my surgery now and just wanted to say again that Dr. Scott Watson is wonderful. He is very understanding, personable and competent. I felt that I was being taken great care of and I was never scared or nervous about him doing my surgery. I would recommend him to anyone seeking WLS

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My first impression of Dr. Scott Watson, Johnson City, TN was an impressive one. He is very confident and has just received training in LAP WLS. I think I was about the 3rd or 4th patient he has dealt with about WLS so things are very new to his office. I am actually the very first patient that received insurance approval.

When the office staff called to tell me they had the date and insurance approval I think they were more excited than me.

I had to take a psyc. evaluation and a nutritional class. Dr. Watson also had me take a test about the surgery itself, making sure I really understood what I was doing.

There is no support group yet as Dr. Watson wants to wait until he has some post-ops to meet with. He said he wants a medical person to be at the support group meetings as well. I like that idea.

I have not actually had the surgery yet but so far I am very impressed with Dr. Watson.

Dr Scott Watson is a wonderful Doctor, I had my surgery 4 weeks ago. I have been lucky that I have had no complications. Dr. Watson is very careful and concerned about his patients. I just followed his guildlines and at this time I feel great. I have just started eating soft food. I can't stress enough to follow your diet and chew chew chew. Again Dr. Watson is a great doctor, he does laproscopic and open surgery. I had mine lap. and was in the hospital 4 days. I think he keeps us longer, but again he is very careful. I would recommend him to anyone.

Dr. Watson is very nice and seems genuinely concerned about his patients. His staff are all super nice and friendly! From my experience, I highly recommend Dr. Watson & his staff to anyone in this area researching or looking to have WLS.

NEVER have I had the pleasure of meeting such outstanding people in the medical field. Dr. Watson, Peggy, Donelle(I sure hope I got that right, Donelle) and Judy are very professional, yet very warm. It's difficult to find that in a medical facility today. Dr. Watson and his staff treated me with nothing but kindness and respect. I was very pleased with my visit. I feel very confident and at ease that Dr. Watson will be performing my surgery.

MY DOCTOR WAS VERY NICE THE FIRST VISIT,
HE EXPLAINED THEPROCEDURES TO ME VERY CAREFULLY, AND HE TOLD ME WHICH WAS BEST FOR ME, IT WILL BE OPEN BECAUSE OF MY WEIGHT BEING SO HIGH, I KNOW OTHERS WHO WEIGH MORE THAN ME WHO HAD LAP,, AND IT WAS HIS OPINION TO DO MINE OPEN, HE FELT IT BE MORE SAFE FOR ME BECUSE OF MY HELTH PROBLEMS I HAVE.
AT FIRST I THOUGHT HE WAS VERY QUIET EVAN THOUGH HE WAS VERY EXPLAINITVE ABOUT THE WLS,
BUT THE SECOND VISIT HE WAS MORE JOLLY AND AS EXCITED AS I WAS, AND VERY SUPPORTIVE,.
HIS STAFF ARE WONDERFUL THEY ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE ALSO, AND ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU IN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, YOU CAN CALL THEM ANY TIME AND THEY GET RIGHT ON WHATEVER THE ISSUE MAY BE.
THE EXPERIENCE WITH DR WATSON WHEN I FIRST MET HIM WITH HIM VERY QUIET WAS A CONCERN FOR ME , I'M A JOLLY PERSON AND TEND NOT TO BE SERIOUS A LOT,, AND I EXPECTED HIM TO BE THAT WAY WHEN I FIRST MET HIM, BUT THIS IS A SERIOUS SURG,AND HE WAS VERY SERIOUS WHEN WE MET, I KNOW UNDERSTAND THAT AND VERY THANKFUL TO HIM FOR THAT.
DR WATSON REALLY EMPHASIZES YOUR AFTER CARE AND EXPLAINS THAT IT DEPENDS ON YOU ON HOW YOUR RESULTS WILL BE,YOU HAVE SCHEDULED VISITS FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND IF YOUR HAVING ANY PROBLEMS, HE WILL GLADLY WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR PCP TO TAKE CARE OF IT FOR YOU.
DR WATSON WAS VERY INFORMATIVE OF THE RISKS AND THE GOOD AND BAD IN ALL SURGS, HE TOLD ME WHAT TO EXPACT BEFORE AND AFTER MY SURG,ALSO.
IF I HAD TO RATE HIM ON A SCALE FROM 1 TO 10 IT WOULD BE 9,, NO DRS, ARE PERFECT THEY ARE HUMAN TO,
I BELEIVE THAT A BEDSIDE MANNER AND SURGICAL COMPETANCE ARE BOTH VERY IMPORTANT TO ME ,IT IS REASURRING TO KNOW THEY THEY ARE BOTH, I THINK IT HELPS IN YOU RECOVERY TIME ALSO,.

I've had my initial consult, and I was so very pleased with his staff and Dr.Watson himself. Very straight forward and vey friendly. Everyone was so helpful and wonderful! My mother had Dr.Watson perform 2 surgeries on her and she said he was fantastic. I will update more as I become more acquainted with him through my testing!