Daniel Herron Bariatric Surgeon MD, Professor of Surgery; Garlock Division Chief

When I first met Dr. Herron I found him and his office staff to be extremely helpful and patient. Dr. Herron answered many questions (even by email) and was pleasant. He has a great disposition and is such a friendly person with a wonderful sense of humor. He explained what the surgery would require of my mind and my body. I felt comfortable with him right away and never had an ounce of doubt about him. I felt I was becoming more paranoid the closer I came to surgery and I'm sure I hounded his office staff to death with questions! They were more than helpful and never once did I feel that they were annoyed with me for bothering them. P.A. Diana G called me back at home when she was off for a few days to answer question which was an added plus in my book! I highly recommend him. My surgery actually took longer than expected since we ran into a slight problem. Afterwards he met with my family members and explained the entire procedure. My family found him to be honest, direct and friendly and my mom thought he was good looking!

I was extremely happy with the care I received from Dr. Herron. He is a compassionate and skilled surgeon who is a great advocate for his morbidly obese patients. Dr. Herron took a great deal of time discussing different surgeries with me and explaining in great detail the risks of WLS. I was scheduled to have a lap BPD/DS but ended up having an open BPD/DS that took 7 hours to complete because of an enormous amount of adhesions from a prior gallbladder surgery. My recovery went well without any complications. My follow up care was excellent. The office staff at Dr. Herron's has improved over the last 6 months. When I first went to them, I think they were overwhelmed with the amount of patients and how quickly the practice was growing. There have been a few staff changes recently and I find the current staff to be very responsive to my questions and requests. I highly recommend Dr. Herron to anyone interested in having WLS. He is my hero! Surgery: September 22, 2000

03/01/01 - UPDATE - I have elected to switch doctors since it will be August or September before he could schedule me. I met with Dr. Daniel Herron in NYC. He is fantastic. I am scheduled for surgery April 10th.

02/16/00 - Still waiting for Dr. Smith to mail the LOMN. It is two weeks past when he said that he would send it. I have also found it difficult to get through to his staff and they have not returned any of my calls.

01/31/01 - I met with Dr. Smith today and think he is great. He spent a lot of time educating a group of patients with a powerpoint presentation answering basic questions. He then met with each of us individually and answered our individual questions. He is going to craft a LOMN to mail to the insurance company. I hope he does this expeditiously. His staff was friendly and competent.

Dr. Herron was great. He cares about his patients. He and his entire staff (office and hospital) was on top of my recovery every day, at least 2-3 times per day.
Dr. Herron informed me of everything, i.e., percentages of death, what can happen, etc., etc. He wanted to make sure you knew what all was entailed regarding this type of surgery.

I really don't have anything negative to say only because he really was, to me anyway, very informative, caring and sincere. He and his entire staff were on top of things before surgery, time of surgery, during surgery and after surgery. I rate him 10!!!

Dr Herron is very professional and caring about the total well being of his patients.
Dr Herron's office staff continues to be upgraded, and they are very informative and helpful now that Ivonne Bailey has been replaced
He emphasizes aftercare greatly, and may not perform the operation on anyone who will not uphold the standards for aftercare
Dr Herron fully explained all of the risks of surgery and also recommended that I have a "Greenfield Filter" implanted into my Vena Cava to prevent any bloodclots from reaching my heart and lungs
Dr Herron is a top notched surgeon and he also has a good bedside manner whereas he will address any concerns that you have before or after the surgery

I had my consultation on Feb 8th 2001.
My overall impression of Dr. Herron was very good considering He was having a very hectic day.He still took his time to go over everything and explain the good and the bad. He did explain the risks of the surgery. There was a patient in the waiting room who had many complications and was explaining them to us and he actually said it was good to hear both good and bad reports.
There was also several very satisfied patients, we were in the waiting room for three hours so we got to talk to alot of patients. His office staff Diane and Yvette were wonderful I really do not remember meeting other members of his staff. My personal impression is that I have made the right choice.

I met Dr. Herron only once and was instantly at ease. There was no sense of rushing in his explanation of the procedures (including detailed sketches) and he is an excellent listener. He asked what conclusions I had reached in my research and listened to my reasoning for choosing the BPD/DS carefully. After discussion, he agreed with my choice and I felt absolutely no pressure from him and yet left the consultation with a tentative surgery date, just in case I decided to proceed. His explanation of the risks of surgery was detailed and matter-of-fact and I had the sense that he enjoys his work and finds it very personally satisfying. He was very clear that surgery is only a tool and that regular follow-up is required and stressed the importance of vitamin supplementation and adequate protein intake. He has a good sense of humor and I would give him top rating in bedside manner.

I first met DR Herron at one of the support group meetings,and new from that point that when i got my approval he would be my surgeon.He was very easy to talk to,answered all my questions.I had no problems with any of his staff.I especially liked his Pa. Diana.Dr Herron is a very good surgeon with the bed-side manner to go with it.I loved the way he treated me as a patient.He also explained in great detail about after care,what needs to be taken and having regular blood work.When i had my consult he went over any and all risks and possible compications that could occur.If i was to rate him on a scale of 1 to 10 he would be a 10.He's great in both areas.I looked for both,surgery is nothing new to me since i have had at least 15 surgeries over the years.The only problem was he is in New York.My surgery was Dec 15th,2000,i had a BPD/DS,and have had no problems from day one.DR Herron is the DR to see.

Very patient with all my questions. Friendly and understanding. Dr. Herron made me feel very comfortable. He answered all my question. My impression of Dr.Herron, remains the same-I like his bedside manner.
When I went to his office for the first time, I was impressed with how friendly and profesional everyone was. Dr.Herron provided me with a pamphlet with all the answers to many of my questions. He referred me to his on staff nutritionist who was very nice and she explain how I would be living and eating in a different way for the rest of my life.

Dr. Herron was very personable and easy to talk to. His office staff was very cordial considering the hectic atmosphere. He welcomed all the questions I had, which were many. He drew diagrams of the procedure and suggested the surgery he thought would best suit me. He addressed all the risks involved as well as the aftercare program.

After the consultation, I felt really good about having him do the surgery and confident about his information given as well as the procedure we decided on.