George Zorn, III Bariatric Surgeon M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr. Zorn was very nice. The first time I met him was back in September of 2002. The first appointment went very smoothly. He was running a bit late but I didn't have to wait that long. He answered all of my husband's questions and the one or two that I had left. He did give remind me of the risks but was very positive about the surgery.
As for the office staff, some of them seemed to busy to deal with you but others were great. For instance Myla, she was the kaiser processor and she was there whenever I had a question. If she didn't have an answer she would get it for me.
Surgery was 01-06-03 and all went well. Dr. Zorn came in to check on me a couple of times. All went well, he was great and I would recommend him to a friend or family member.

I was concerned about using Pacific Bariatric, my experience with what I perceived as the basic incompetence of the front office made me very leary the guy behind the knife would be a brainless twit too.

However, after meeting Dr. Zorn (I watched to see if he washed his hands before my exam, and he did) some of my fears were removed.

He is very calm and quiet, gentle during exam and open about answering my questions including # procedures he's done, # of bad outcomes (death rate) that there would be no trainees for my surgery (anesthesia, arterial blood gas etc).

He spent an hour with me, all after 5pm. (Visit was scheduled for 2:30 but his internist was delayed by 2 hours, forcing Zorn to stay after hours.) He didn't rush me to get out of the office so that he could too)

Choosing a surgeon is rather like playing the lottery, there really isn't anyway you can know anything about his/her actual competence unless your in the medical field yourself.

The literature this office has is wonderful, including nutritional support for pre and post op, much better than Kaiser.

he seemed to have a good sense of humor
i have only met him at the orientation and my first appointment. the office staff was very nice. all all i liked him, hoping to get on the "other side" quickly and with health

He was very gentle. Caring and was positive.The staff was aewsome, but most important are the others you meet in the pre surgery group who are in the same thing that you are. The nurses were great, and made me feel real comfortable. Lori the staff person I was assigned to the whole way was the best. She anwered all my questions. Dr. Zorn specializes in Laproscopic. If he can do it on you go for it. It all had to do with you BM. I had a large Body mass but he still was able to proform the surgery. He said you do what I tell you to do and I will loose about 125 lbs in 6 months. I am trying to follow everthing that he says.

DR. ZORN is one of the best surgeons on the planet! He is an expert in his field and he is personable as well; superior skill and terrific bedside manner. He and his office staff have been professional and supportive in every way. I'm particularly pleased by the fact that my phone calls are returned in a timely manner.
Something I learned after my surgery is that the surgical nurse who assisted Dr. Zorn in my laproscopic procedure happens to be MRS. Zorn -- they were both at the top of their game on September 27,2002, when they performed my operation! As far as I can tell they did a great job. I have five little scars; not a single problem from any of the little surgical sites.
One of the questions asked is: "What do you like least about him/her?" My only problem is that his office is in San Diego and I'm up here in North Orange County; and I don't believe he has a structured aftercare program in operation yet. I would like more aftercare. It would be helpful to me to be involved in an aftercare program with others who have been through this experience.
I understand that there IS a support group for Kaiser Bariatric patients up here, but I've been unsuccessful in contacting anyone involved in it. I'm still looking for a group around here -- email me if you can assist. Thank you.

Dr. Zorn was very personable and eagar to answer my questions regarding the procedure. The office staff was very nice, and seemed to understand the challenges that the obese face. They had large size paper gowns that actually fit (who thought that was possible) and were very respectful of my time. I have ever confidence in Dr. Zorn's surgical competence, and his bed-side manner is quite good.

I was given an appointment with Dr Zorn because he is the one of two Dr.s at Pacific Bariatric that does the Lap RNY. I picked him and I think that the angels were watching over me because it turns out he is an expert in the procedure with a wonderful reputation. I've met so many people after my appt. was set up that had very encouraging things to say about him, even colleauges sing his praises. He is very professional and answered any questions I had, but that was it, he was friendly but you didn't get that warm fuzzy feeling when you talked to him. He's a brillant surgeon, but I did not even see him until the day after my surgery so I didn't know his personalilty that well. Since I traveled so far to get the surgery they have after care appts. in my area, they actually fly in to see their patients once a month.I feel surgical competence is more important, most geniuses aren't very outgoing.

I was very impressed with Dr. Zorn from the minute he started talking. He was understanding and respectful. I am confident that he will do an outstanding job!

he was down to earth.It got stronger I became more relaxed.They are really helpful.His sense of humor was a little dry.He doesn't seem get excited about anything,he is soft spoken.That is the one thing that was talked about before the surgery it was high on the list.Yes it is set-up by weeks on what you can have and can't have,as far as food,exercise and meds.He just came out an told me what could happen and what could'nt straight out and thats what I liked wright to the point.On a scale of 0-10 Iwould give him a 10.I would have to say both are great

I had already spoken to several other people who had him as their surgeon. I knew I didn't feel comfortable with Dr. Mary Murphy and had heard that Dr. Zorn was really nice.
I wanted to go to him so that I could have the surgery laparoscopic and he was one of the 2 that do the surgery that way. I had to wait longer for the surgery date, but it was worth it.

When I met Dr. Zorn, he was very nice. He seemed very sincere, attentive and answered all my questions. When I asked about the laparoscopic surgery, he couldn't promise anything since I had had 2 cesareans, but that he would try. I didn't quite "buy" his reasoning that the fat tends to mass around scar tissue, but I knew that no matter what there were no guarantees that they would be able to do it laparoscopically.

Everyone at the hospital was great (except the person who kept trying to put my IV in and kept missing! I had HUGE bruises from that!) and helped get you motivated to get up and move - very important after surgery!
The only problem I had was the morphine in my IV was giving me an awful headache. I found this out from another patient [a RN] who was in at the same time that I was. As soon as I stopped pushing the stupid little button, the headache started subsiding. Luckily, the pain was minimal.

Dr. Zorn definitely stressed the importance of my following up and doing what I need to do in order to get the most out of the surgery and in order to have the least amount of problems.

There is no real "structured" aftercare program although they want you to join a gym and WALK, WALK, WALK!

I would rate him [on a scale of 1-10] as a 9. Everyone I know that has had him as their surgeon have had little or no complications!