Tri State Bariatrics Bariatric Center

My first impression of him was that he thought everything was because of weight issues. Loose weight it fixes everything.

Overtime, my opinion of him didn't change much, but his "group" has NO understanding of a single parent. You miss 1 appt or postpone it, and you have to start over. And God help ya if you say that your son/daughter is more important because then you're kicked out of the program. They have HIGH demands pre-op, and have had MANY complications.

They have a very structed program and if you don't do everything in their way, you're out! They go over (quickly) the risks of the surgery.

OVERALL? I'd rate him fair, his staff and their program? Crappy!!!!!!!!!!

I met Dr. Artuso about 6 months ago at a obesity support group in Middletown, NY. He was very pleasant and informative. I was thinking about the surgery back then but I changed my mind thinking I'll do the Dr. Atkins diet again. I did only to go off it and regain the weight. After looking at the befor and after pictures here at obesity.com I decided to make an appointment with Dr. Artuso. I have an appointment with him tomorrow. Jan 29, 2003 I will let you know how it goes. I may have to wait a few months because I currently have bells palsy. Its going away every day but its not totally clear yet.
June 16,,2003
Dr. Kwon was on the local news one night about the Middle of May. He has an off ice in Port Jervis NY. I called him and made an appointment to see him. I already had all my pre-op work done but he wanted me to have a endoscopy. I did and my surgery was scedulled for June 12,2003.
He is a very pleasant and very thourough Dr. He is very excited about being able to help people get healthy. He is an acquaintance of Dr. Ren. I think he studied the Lap-Band surgery with her. He doesn't believe in tightening the band. He feels if you lost weight initially all you need to do now is follow the food plan and exercise.