L. Albert Wetter Bariatric Surgeon M.D.

I've met with him twice and my surgery is scheduled for tomorrow. I was referred to him by a friend who also went to hime based on a referral. I noticed he doesn't have any of his credentials listed, don't let that bother you. You can see them on thinnerfuture.com. He's very nice and genuine.

Dr. Wetter and his team are amazing espcially Yvette!! Yvette handled my whole situation with a sincere attitude of caring.

Dr. Wetter is a gregariuos and kindly gentlman who was thorough and comes highly recommnded. I actually was refereed to him by another Baritric surgeon. From the start Dr. Wetters amazing staff were amazing and fast!!

I fully recomend Dr. Wetter and his amazing team!!

On my first visit with Dr. Wetter, I was instantly put to ease. His information and backgroung on the RNY, are out of this world! I am looking forward to my surgery on the 7th of January! Dr.Wetter is honest, and straight forward. He is gentle as well, with a bit of dry humor; but over all I would give him a ten! His staff is awesome! He, and the hospital have a great after care set up. Support meetings, etc. I have already gone to them, just to see how it is. I recommend that to anybody looking into the surgery. Wish me luck! Thank God for this site!

I really liked Dr Wetter, he was very to the point and answered all the questions my husband and I had. He discussed all the risks and emphasized aftercare and how important this is to be sucessful. Before meeting I had only heard positive things about him and these were all confirmed at the consultation.

Dr. Wetter was very nice and pleasant at our first meeting.
After that he was even more pleasant and we
joked a lot. His office is very busy, so I had
to wait some time for appointments and surgery.
But I knew that going into this.

My surgeon is the best. He is firm, yet soft spoken. His office staff is pretty good. He is always pretty booked up, though. He totally emphasizes excercise.

His surgical competence and bedside manner are both great.

I rate him a 10!

I was very impressed with Dr. Wetter, his office and his staff. Everyone is very professional and yet warm and friendly. Dr. Wetter is a most respected physician and surgeon and just hearing how people in our support group idolize the man makes me very confident of his ability and skill. I feel that I could not be in better hands and I'm looking forward to my surgery with complete faith in his competency.

On my first visit he asked me about my dieting history and family history of obesity. He explained the procedure, the benefits and risks, in its entirety and welcomed my questions. He asked me if I was scared and I admitted that I was a bit frightened because I realize it is major surgery and that's no walk in the park. But I told him I had researched the procedure and felt confident that it was the right thing for me and he agreed that I was a perfect candidate.

But you don't get a free ride with Dr. Wetter. He'll want you to prove to him that you are serious about losing weight before he will recommend you to your insurance company for the surgery. I merely followed his instructions to focus on protein and fiber and lost about 26 pounds in the five weeks between appointments.

He asked me if I'd attended a meeting of the support group and was pleased to discover that I had. He told me to continue attending as a lot of the questions I'd eventually have could be answered there by people who had actually experienced the surgery and recovery.

He is a very busy physician and it took about twice as long as I was told it would for him to write the letter of recommendation to my insurance company. But it took less than two weeks to get my approval so I was pleasantly surprised by that.

The one thing I didn't care about was that his new associate seems to be insisting on a 10% weight loss before surgery and a lot of people simply aren't capable of that. I've heard quite a few complaints about that fact during the support group meetings. Neither Dr. Wetter or any of his associates seem to have ever had a weight problem and perhaps a bit more empathy would not be out of place here. But that is the only negative thing I can think of to mention. But I'll be happy to update after my surgery and let you know how that experience goes.

Sept 30, 02
Had my first appointment with Dr. Wetter. He was a very nice man. He explained the surgery, risks involved and benefits. His staff was very nice and helpful. They are in the process right now of getting me approved by the insurance company. I only wish that when I had made the appointment they would have told me to get my physic consult and nutrionist appointments done before hand so that I would have had them ready at the appointment. I was able to get my physic consult done but will have to wait for the other appointment. I am just hoping that with my current issues I will get approved. Dr. Wetter is currently a minimum of 60-90 days out for appointments and surgery. This was a little disappointing but he was the only surgeon that SCIPA would approve so that is probably the reason for the delay.

Dr. Wetter is very upfront in how important aftercare is. The hospital he works out of has a great program available.

I am very pleased with Dr. Wetter and look forward to surgery.

April 18th, 02
I met Dr. Wetter on the 19th of March, I also met Terry, his surgery coordinator THEY BOTH ARE AWESOME! Dr. Wetter is a very kind, inofrmative, warm person who answered all of my questions, I didnt feeel rushed at all, I got all of my questions answered. He addressed all of my concerns and was VERY honest about possible complications. I asked him if any of his patients had passed away and he told me that 1 did, but it was due to complications of his co-morbs and didnt take his necessary medications or something like that. I cant wait till I see him again on my pre-op. I cant wait to be his patient on that table!!!!! Terry ROCKS, she always gets back to me quickly when I was having questions about insurance and my paperwork, I felt like she was really on my side and she is very supportive. I CANT WAIT! JUNE 10TH!! WHOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO

Feb. 23rd. 02
I only have dealt with his office staff thus far. They are very nice and helpful. Anne Timberlake is their coordinator, she is very kind and helpful, best way to contact her is via email. Check out www.thinnerfuture.com and it will direct you to Annes information. You HAVE to go through ANNE FIRST before the office staff will even schedule a consult for you with Dr. Wetter. Anne as to determine if you are an appropriate candidate for a visit. As Dr.Wetter is VERY BUSY. I got my packet of information from Anne in the mail in about 4 or 5 days. The packet as a bunch of information that you must read through first.
I DID NOT CONTINUE TO PURSUE DR. FOSTER BECAUSE SHE HAS ONLY BEEN DOING THESE SURGERIES FOR A YEAR... (I am not saying that is bad, im just saying that I don't feel comfortable with that amount of experience) I look forward to my first meeting with them in April.. It seems SO far away.

He had a very relaxed and freindly manner. Very responsive to questions. He addressed all issues honestly. His office staff was nice. The person who handles the insurance piece (TERRY)is just AWESOME. I called her sooooo many times before I was even a patient. She helped me find a PCP, and has just been GREAT.