Joseph Afram Bariatric Surgeon M.D., F.A.C.S.

AWESOME, HE SAVED MY LIFE. HIM AND HIS PARTNER DR. BURAS ARE THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dr. Afram is a friendly and compassionate surgeon. He is dedicated to his work and his patients. I highly recommend him and his co-surgeon -- Dr. Buras. The office staff is exceptional. They quickly became like family. The program is very comprehensive and stresses support groups and therapy. A person must be dedicated to the overall program to have long term success.

First impression was standoffish but professional. He is still very professional but much friendlier after five months of office visits. His staff is simply outstanding, highly competent, supportive, dependable. The only thing I don't like is the small office where he holds group support sessions. He is in a new office now and that may no longer be a factor, I haven't been there yet. He insists on regular monthly checkups and group session attendance for the first year post op. It is highly structured and has been very helpful. He thoroughly discussed the risks and potential complications in a very understandable way. I am completely delighted with Dr. Afram, his staff, and his program and I recommend him without hesitation.

Met with him only one time. Said something to me which at the time I thought was not true until I spoke to others. He mentioned how ones metabolism continues to slow down and how I'm 260 now and in 5 years I'll be 290/300. At the time I didn't want to believe that or hear that cause I thought I was on the smaller size of the surgery patients. But upon talking to 300 plus ladies, so many of them said when they were my age they were my weight and how in the coming years the weight does come on even if you are eating less. His staff is great and I plan on having the surgery GOD WILLING, he is at GW hospital which is one of the best in Washington so I feel safer with his experience of over 3000 patients.

Very personable,and knowledgeable. His office staff is very nice and helpful. They took care of all the insurance paperwork for me. I didn't even have to call the insurance company.

Dr Afram has a strict before and aftercare program. This includes support groups, psych care, nutritionist and exercise physiologist.

On a scale of 0-10, I would rate Dr. Afram and his office staff a 10.

The surgical skill and bedside manner are both excellent.

Wonderful, he seemed very professional and knowlegable. And everything i'd heard about his awesome staff appeared to be true. In the few days since my consult, they've worked hard on getting me approved (yea!) and getting all my pre-op schtuff scheduled.

My opinion of Dr. Afram was that he seemed to be very personable and sincere. From the initial consultation I knew he was right for me. They are very informed and personable as well. Nothing. I think any future patients will agree that he seems to know his stuff. Dr. Afram couldn't have empasize aftercare enough. It is very important to the success of WLS surgery. Dr. Afram has a structured aftercare program. He also emphasizes the risks of surgery (any surgery) not just WLS surgery. I would rate Dr. Afram a 9 on a level of 1 - 10, 1 being the worst. The only thing that could of improved the experience was the size of the office. Not to big. But I can deal with that. I think it is good to have both surgical competence and beside manner.

When I first met him he seemed very nice he explained what the surgery was about showed us a foam sample of a stomach explained where and how the stomach is made into the pouch. The office staff seems great I just have done most of the calls to the office. He does have an after care progam I will write more about it all after I have the WLS. He did go over all risks and said there is always a 1% chance of dead as with all surgeries. Right now I rate him a 5 when I have the surgery I will let you know if it is higher. When I wake up and know I am going to be ok then he will get a 20...LOL :-) will update afterwards

My first impression was that he was thorough in his explanation of the procedure and that he answered my many questions with ease.
Overtime, postoperatively, discussion of my weight related issues are not as free flowing as I would like them to be.
The office staff is wonderful. Very helpful and supportive.
I like best his willingness to answer questions that I had regarding the surgery.
I like least his psychosocial interaction postoperatively.
He strongly follows up on aftercare and does have aftercare support group in place.
He thouroughly addressed the risks of the surgery.
I would rate as very experienced surgeon.
The surgical competence was better.

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