Andrew Aldridge Bariatric Surgeon M.D.,F.A.C.S.
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Dr Aldridge is a wonderful Doctor. He answered all my questions, no matter how dumb they were. lol. He is professional, yet you can tell he truly cares about his patients. I rate him 5 stars and AAA+. I had my surgery at Flagstaff Medical Center. I was treated great and have no complaints. I recommend Dr Aldridge and Flagstaff Medical Center. I had the Roux N Y or Gastric Bypass. All the staff at Dr Aldridges office or Flagstaff Surgical Associates were friendly and professional. I have absolutely no complaints.
Dr. Aldrige is awesome!! He is very friendly and kind. He is more than willing to answer all of your questions. He is a very competent and his bedside manner is fantastic. He came into the hospital to check on me first thing in the morning which was nice because that means you get out of the hospital sooner!!
Betsy is the go to lady at the office and she is fantastic!! She will answer any questions and if she doesn't know the answer (and there is very little she doesn't know) she will find the answer or tell you were you can find the answer. She will call you back usually within the same day. Even though she sees a lot of patients she seems to know everyone by name and will be your cheering squad at the office!!
My experiance with Dr. Aldridge, Dr. Berger and thier staff was nothing less that amazing. The first time I spoke with them on the phone to begin the process I spoke with Betsy who was informative, friendly, and very encouraging. She told me to join them at a informational seminar that they do every 2nd Tuesday of each month. Then told me what kind of information I would need to gather for my Insurance and where to download the paperwork for thier office. I went to the session with everything in hand and ready to be turned in. The session was quite informative and even had a few of their patients that had gone through the proceedure share thier experiances. After that they had a q&a with the Doctor's and staff for more personally specific questions.
A day or two after the session I recieved a call from Betsy to schedule my meetings with the Nutritionist & Bariatrician. I had those meetings then I was scheduled for a Psych eval, second meeting with the Nutritionist & Bariatrician. Once that was complete I then had a informational class and was scheduled for surgery. During this time I met with the surgeon to discuss my surgery, health conditions and Gall Bladder problems. He and his staff kept me informed, comfortable, and were ready, willing and able to answer any questions I had. They were always cheerful, courteous, and efficient. This in itself set me quite at ease. I would reccomend Flagstaff Surgical Associates Dr. Aldridge and Flagstaff Medical Centers Bariatric Program to anyone that is considering Weight Loss Surgery.
Thank you to all of them for helping me in my journey to save, improve and enjoy my life.
At the end of this update page it suggests that negative experiances are somehow necessary to validate my experiance...I disagree, and in my case there was no negative experiance involved unless you want to include the delay of my surgery of two weeks to re-address some health concerns the doctor had not yet cleared up...but I see that as a positive not a negative.
Update: I had my surgery on 2/22/2010 I have lost 132 lbs and frankly would not change a thing. I still have not seen, or felt any negatives with my experiance. I would not change a thing. The support and encouragement from the staff at FMC, FMC Bariatrics and Flagstaff Surgical Associates is nothing less than amazing and very genuine. They are available to you as often as you need, for as long as you need. The support groups are informative and a great go to resource for your ever changing body and needs.
Thank you for providing me the tools, support, and knowhow to succeed in this journey, and Thank you for helping save my life.
Doctor Burger was myDotor. But Dr. Aldrige needed just a few more surgerys under his bilt to get fully sertafied so he did my surgery. And I'm lucky to have to Doctors I
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The only thing I can think I would like to see less would be to have the Doctor himself to the fills insted of Interns.
All of the Office staff I had met were very nice and fridly.
They do have aftercare but I live over an hour away from the colest program. So I have been doing it on my owen. I have not told too meny pepole that I had it done.
Overall I would use them agen if I had too.
Good at all times.
Dr. Aldridge and the staff at Flagstaff Medical Center are wonderful!! I have not had my surgery yet! I am very impressed with all the entire staff at FMC!!
I will have my second pre-op meeting with him on 6/25 and then my sleeve will be scheduled. I have been impressed with Flagstaff Medical Center's protocol and thoroughness in the surgical process.
Dr. Aldridge is very considerate and kind and seems genuinely interested in his patients. His office staff is extremely helpful and knowledgeable and at the same time very kind. The surgeon actually is the one who meet directly with the patient, so you really get to know the person who will be operating on you, which makes me feel much more comfortable. I honestly have nothing bad to say about him.
