Isaias Irgau, M.D., FACS, FRCS (Ed) Bariatric Surgeon M.D.

1st impression - Kind but very buisness like.rnOffice staff have been great

He's a caring, confident doctor. I feel I can put my life in his hands. His staff is very knowledgeable and it was a smooth process. They kept on top of what needed to be done. He was straightforward about risks and directly answered my question of number of deaths his practice have seen from complications from the procedure. I would definitely recommend him and his practice to anyone looking for weight loss surgery.

Dr. Iragau Was AWESOME! Very Caring and gave me alot of information of what to expect! He also answered all of my questions with out leaving anything out!rnOffice Staff is EXTREAMLY helpful friendly! Could not thank them enough!rnrn

I had the lapband surgery and is a very good doctor and very professional, also the staff !!!rnThank you!

I have nothing negative to say about Dr. Irgau. He was very thorough and made me feel as though he would spend as much time as I needed to, to go over everything. Any questions I had he took the time to answer.

Doctor Irgau is the best.

I had my consult on Feb 15th and the office staff was very professional and friendly. I was self-conscious but they made me feel very much at ease. He explained the procedures and complications to me and told me everything that I would have to do. I am looking forward to having Dr. Irgau perform my surgery!

have yet to meet one on one, but at oreintation lecture seemed very compassionate and knowledgeable. emphasized aftercare as most important part of success, that success will be team driven.rnrnrnrnrnHis receptionista needs a lesson in manners.

First and foremost, I would like to thank GOD for allowing Dr. Irgau to display such a blessed and kind spirit. This man is such a wonderful person not only as a Surgeon but a friend. I don't know of anyone, who would spend most of their time on assisting, assuring and seeing that people of Obesity get a chance to live a healthier life. GOD bless his wife and his children for being his biggest supporters with unconditional and great understanding. rnrnThat's was my first impression of him back in 12/2004 and still to this day. He listens to everything you say and is very supportive to whatever decision that you make best for you.rnrnHe's a professional at all times and I was happy to see him in the OR on my surgery date. He greeted me with assurance of the surgery and smiled telling me that I wont regret doing it and living a healthier life. He strongly advise that I follow his rules of having the Lapband and Post- op procedures and I will be successful.rnrnHis office staff has always been professional and warm greetings that does not make you feel alone. I do know that some of his staff has had the WLS and they look beautiful. rnrnAll in all, I trust that I made great choice in CHRIAS to assist me with me living a healthy life and in longetivity.

My first impression of Dr. Irgau was WOW! He really knows his stuff! Reassuring and competent, he helped me and my best friend to understand every aspect of both surgeries. My friend was the real skeptic, since I had already researched the topic and had been attending support group meetings for months. Dr. Irgau just had a wonderful understanding of my experience as a morbidly obese individual and how painful my life was!! He was very explicit about the pros and cons and explained how to avoid them. The office staff was and is very helpful (but the store closes at 5pm). I would have liked to have had more direction in appt. making and the overall set-up to be ready and approved for surgery, since it ended up taking me almost a year and a half. It is left up to you, the patient to do all the work and then, when I was almost ready for surgery, my surgeon had a problem with my insurance co. and wasn't accepting it for more than 3 months! So far, I have had one follow-up appt. with Dr.Irgau (at two weeks) and my next appt. is at six weeks (next Thursday). The support group meetings with St. Francis Hospital are held right next door to Dr. Irgau's office and I have been to two of them since my surgery. The next one is Sept. 11th. The staff is great!! They always have time for questions and are very supportive. (I know you want to hear negatives, sorry!) If I had to say one thing that could be improved, it would have to be that there could be more structure to the rnprogram leading up to surgery and also the aftercare program. I am not required to attend support group meetings (aftercare) and I'm sure that I could avoid them if I wanted to. I would say that surgical competence and bedside manner are both great and equally important. I would rate my surgeon among the very best!