Edmund Chute Bariatric Surgeon MD

He was very soft-spoken and kind. He listened to what I said and answered all of my qusetions I had. He really emphasized loosing wirght before the surgery. And to follow the aftercare diet. Which I plann on. I think I made the right decision by having him do my surgery. The staff is more than helpful. I had intentionally planed to schedule my surgery with another group, and their staff was incredablly rude towards me. Also, whenever I had to call their office with a question, they made me feel as though I was waisting their time. I was waiting for the insuance company to review my case. (which is another story in itself.) I learned about the laproscopic procedure insded of the open I decied to look into Dr. Chute and his office. From the first phone call to Dr. Chute's office I knew that this was to group I wanted to have this surgery from. They have been helpful sence and are always there for me.

Dr Chute was very nice and informative on all my questions. I am looking forward to having him as my surgeon.

Dr. Chute is awesome! He is honest, caring, confident and professional. I was in good hands. I would have liked to have talked to him more, but I knew my time with him would be short and had all my questions written down and ready. The entire staff at Abbott is wonderful.

Dr. Chute was very kind and helpfull, my impression has not changed at all since first meeting. His office staff are extremely knowledgable and helpfull. I would rate Dr. Chute as extremely competant and proffesional and I thought his surgical competence and bedside manner were both great.

4/24/04 Post-op My surgery was 4/19
The day of the surgery Dr. Chute visited with me and my family briefly and then away we went.

I saw him later that day to discuss my pain and things to do after I went home. That was about it.

I have my post-op appt 5/10, but I guess I will only see the nurse. This really does disturb me, because I don't even feel that I know my surgeon. His manner is great, I just wish I could experience more of it, by seeing him at my visits instead of a nurse.

My first impression at my pre-op (2/9/04) was that he was a very calm, polite person. That at this point is my only impression since I won't see him again until surgery (4/19/04). The office staff was fine, neither outstanding nor bad, just okay. They were professional, but not gushing.

Aftercare is very much stressed by Dr. Chute. He made it clear that if patients are not willing to commit to aftercare needs, exercise, nutrition, vitamins, B-12 shots, and office visits, than we should change our mind and pass on the surgery. I appreciate his candor and emphasis in this matter. It allows me to see the importance of this life-changing decision.

He wanted to make sure I understand everything and that all my questions were answered. At the time of my preop, I didn't know it was my preop. I thought it was my first consultation. Afterwards he said, let's get you scheduled with Krista! Surprise! If I had known, I would have asked many more questions. One thing the staff could have done is let me know that this would be the only time I would meet him before surgery.

To this point, I find Dr. Chute to be quite competent and prepared for my surgical experience. I will let you know soon.

Dr. Chute is a very mild mannered man. He listens extremely well. He has an incredible bedside manner. The staff at general and vascular surgery consultants are the greatest! They are very helpful and so nice. I've never had an unpeasant expirience with them.
Dr. Chute took a great deal of time with me. he took 4 hours with me after having done a surgery previous to me the same morning. He still did it Lap.
I highly recomend Dr. Chute and his team. My mother also had him for her surgeon a year ago and would also highly recomend him.

Dr. Chute is a very mild mannered person. He is very aware of the sensitivity of bariactric surgery and of personal comfort. He is also responsive to concerns and requests. He performed lapriscopic surgery on me and did not produce any bruising on the incision sites. This goes with his gentle nature. It was a good experience all around.

Dr. Chute was very nice. I felt comfortable with him right away. We had a great discussion about the surgery and I had all my questions answered. I brought my family with me and he made them all feel welcome. I feel very comfortable with him.

He was very Mellow person but overall very nice. all of the staff was so nice. he went over the procedure and talked to me about life time changes and the commitment that you haave to make. he was also very good at letting me know about all the risk.

Dr. E. Chute is a newer member of the team of general & vascular surgeons at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. He is an Associate Clinical Professor Surgery, University of Minnesota Medical School and has been in private practice of vascular surery at Abbott since 1990. He has wonderful credentials, seems to be a very caring, extremely intelligent and soft spoken man. He was very easy to talk to. At the present time he does all his RNY surgeries along side Dr. Raymond Drew. At my consultation we had a lengthy conversation of the benefits & risks. We discussed the possibility of having an "open" RNY as opposed to the laparoscopic if complications should arise. We talked about follow-up, the diet I will be following for 2 weeks,the possibility of blood clots, ruptures, etc. I left feeling very reassured and "cautiously" optomistic! I work at a clinic with more than 30 residents, and have heard nothing but praise for Dr. Chute's expertise.