Jeffrey Nicastro Bariatric Surgeon M.D.

I was very pleased with my surgeons, Dr. Nicastro and Dr. McMullen. I was also relieved that both surgeons were operating on me. Everything was explained thoroughly and completely before the surgery, all of my questions were addressed before I even addressesd them. Wasn't to happy about the initial consult cost for the nutritionist but was extremely content with everything else. I would have also found a more detailed example of the diet plan to be more beneficial. The office staff was extremely helpful and very friendly. My hurdle with the insurance company was also made alot easier because of the staff. I have recommend these surgeons to others. From before care programs to aftercare programs, being 2 weeks post op, so far I am very happy.

Well, I was very suprised to see how young Dr. Nicastro was. He seemed a bit chilly at first, but after he got into the consultation, he was pretty friendly.

I attended a support group meeting that Dr. Nicastro was facilitating, and I walked away from the meeting feeling frightened, but enlighted about all the risk of surgery. He was straight forward and to the point.

The staff is excellent. Although they are extremely busy, they seem to be very dedicated to helping me.

What I least liked about Dr. Nicastro was his chilling way of explaining the risk of the surgery, however I don't think he skipped a beat. It was like being in a surgical classroom.

Future patients should braced themselves to be told the "gorry" details of the surgery and that Dr. Nicastro will not blink an eye when explaining them to you.

Dr. Nicastro placed great emphasis on aftercare. In fact, he placed great emphasis on every detail of the pre-op and post-op phases!

Dr. Nicastro drew a diagram of the roux-y and the duodenal switch. He explained that the first is a restriction with some malabsorbic detail and the second is a malabsorbic procedure with some retriction. He further explained in detail what action is taken for each procedure. His explanation of the risk for both procedures were extremely gory.

In rating Dr. Nicastro from 1 to 10, I have to give him a 9 1/2 because he was very informative. However, I beleive he should warm up a little with patients because after all the surgery is to be performed on Human beings not mechanical things.

I believe his surgical competence far outweighs his bedside manner. It is a great quality to be a "no-nonsense" kind of Doctor, but again, people, in general want to feel that the Doctor cares about them as a person.