James M. Kane Jr. Bariatric Surgeon MD, FACS

I have now met with both Dr. Kane Jr, and Sr and they are both very friendly and very sincere. I've not had much interaction with the office staff, but Ginny at Weight for Life has been AMAZING! There is a structured aftercare program, but I'm involved in that yet as my surgery isn't for another 3 weeks. All of my questions have been completely answered, and the risks of the surgery (as well as the continued health risks without the surgery) have been explained to me.

Very energetic doctor, loves what he does and it shows!!
His staff is great, very helpful!
HE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU!!
Aftercare was very structured.

He was very clear about the risks of this surgery, he left nothing to the imagination!










He is a 10+++

He is attentive, both sugically and bed side.

My first impression of Dr. Kane was let's see WOW! I felt so much at ease with him. His office staff is very friendly.

I first met the Drs. at one of their open seminars for new patients and people considering surgery. Dr. Kane Sr. is all about the surgery and Dr. Kane Jr. is all about the people. Together they are a great team. The only part of working with them that's difficult is their office manager is in California. Ginny is wonderful and she bends over backwards for you, but the time difference caused a few mini-crises trying to get paperwork and appointments settled. This was probably worse for me because I was working with drs. outside of my HMO group.
They have their own team of doctors and professionals to handle every aspect of pre-testing and aftercare, and it's all part of their program, so you don't need to waste time trying to coordinate everything yourself.
If I had to do this over again, I would chose the doctors again in a second.

Dr. Kane was very informative and very supportive. I told him that I wanted the surgery and that all I was waiting for was the approval from the Insurance company. He said "They have to cover it! It is a medical necessity.". I wish I was as confident as he was. His office staff was nice and Ginnie (Ginny)(?) was helpful. He has done this for 30 years or more so he must know what he is doing. I got his name off this site and called him the same day. His staff said I had to go through Ginny but set up an appointment for me the very next week. I just had to tell her the appointment was made. They have an extensive program with groups meeting on Saturday's. You also meet with a nutritionist and a psycholgist.

I liked bothe the father and the son, they are very reassuring. I did not see their office staff before the surgery but all testing and all other professional contact was very positive. Between the doctors info and pre-surgery meetings and the internet and everything else I could read about the surgery, I felt very well prepared. Aftercare sessions are every other week and are stressed. I only had surgery 6 days ago but so far, so good. I am pleased with my choice of doctors. I was not used to not seeing the surgeon personally before a surgery but did see him at the seminar and felt reassured to see the people that came who had lost a lot of weight and appeared to be happy and healthy.

I contacted Dr. Kane's office after reading comments about him and his staff here. I also checked their website (Weight For Life), and knew I wanted Dr. Kane to perform my surgery. He has 30 years experience, and his son has over 15.

The coordinator, Ginnie, took a couple days to get back to me, but once she did, everything moved quickly. I was scheduled to see Dr. Kane, and once the surgery was verified approved (by phone), they scheduled my surgery too. I was impressed and thrilled. I'd already waited so long for Dr. Alverdy's office to schedule me, and Dr. Kane's office gave me a date immediately.

I am now scheduled for a pulmonary test, and to attend a group support meeting this Saturday (June 10th).

Excellent doctor & staff

I found out about Dr.s Kane Sr/Jr. through an advertisement on my DSS TV system.
So I didn't meet them until the day before my surgery. All of my pre op testing was done in KY where I was living at the time. I was very comfortable with Dr. Kane Sr. whom I met when we arrived. He answered all of my questions and said that my skin should not be a problem and that it should snap back. It was then that I found out that Dr. Rantis their new partner was going to preform my surgery under the Dr.s Kane's supervision. I was fine with this and Dr. Rantis seemed to be a fine Dr. as well. I had a complication in that they found a liver tumor the size of my fist that they removed so I was in surgery for 5 1/2 hrs. My mother went with my because I wasn't allowed to drive after the surgery. They assured her that everyhthing was fine and explained the liver tumor was a minor complication but that it didn't interfere with my gastroplasty. My Dr.s are wonderful surgeons.

Following the surgery I stayed in a hotel in Chicago until my outer staples were removed. The Dr.s were still good to me. And advised me that I could call after I returned home to KY. with any questions or concerns I had.

Please keep in mind that this is what MY PERSONAL experience was like and that every case and every person is different, But after I returned home to KY things changed. The first few months were fine. I called with updates and wrote w/photos. I was concerned when I hadn't lost as much weight as I had thought I should so I called Dr. Rantis who was also alarmed that I was loosing so slowly. Dr. Kane made a return call to me to let me know that all was well and some ppl just respond slower. Thing picked up after my body got through the "I'm gonna hold on to everything I can because you have changed me thing". My progress was fine. However; soon NONE of my questions or letters about anything, the excessive repulsive hanging skin, the updates and photos were ever answered. (I even sent thankyou ties after my first year of success. ((I have a tigger tattoo on my belly and they all loved it so I sent them tigger ties) I didn't even recieve acknowledgement that they had gotten them.) I didn't want a huge response just some answers. I was told that they had good relationships with the out of state patients they had so that my situation was not that different, but it was like because I was an out of state patient that I was in circular file 13. I guess no complaints or problems health wise warranted no response from them. So the surgery itself was fine, but no kudos on follow up. My opinion would be that maybe ppl who are in their area will recieve better follow up but those who are not going to be spending more $ on office visits or consultations might as well go somewhere near their home. I did not feel as though they handled MY aftercare well at all. Especially on the redundant skin. I had NO idea of how repulsive it would be or that it would make me feel like it does. And none of my questions on this subject would be answered afterwards. I was only told that it should snap back because of my age and that exercise would help. Not the case and no help from them on what to do about it. I didn't even know that it was called redundant skin and that it was not a cosmetic proceedure until yesterday. (my surgery was in 1996) I'm not saying that they treat all of their cases this way but MY personal experience on follow up as an out of state patient is not what I had hoped it would be. Their surgical competence in comparison to where I lived at the time was wayyyyy up there on the ***** rated list. That is why I went to CHICAGO from Rineyville KY to have the gastroplasty done.

Office staff was fine.

Whew!! I'm sorry but I am thrilled with my actual surgery and weight loss of 137lbs, but I feel as though I was cheated on the information I needed about the redundant skin. I had no idea it would be like this and that it would be so repulsive.

Dr. Kane Sr. (there are two of them) was excellent. He is a very thoughtful patient man who did not rush me with the questions I had and his bed side manner is tops.

The office staff are pleasant and getting an appointment is never an issue.

Dr. Kane works with Weight for Life and the aftercare they provide is really good. Should you choose to you can attend group meeting every other Saturday 9-10:30 am run by a psychologist. It is very good.