Matt Kirkland Bariatric Surgeon MD, FACS, Director, Bariatric Surgery

I met Dr.Kirkland on March 25th. I think he was wonderful. I thought his information was great. His staff is wonderful, very helpful.

Doctor Kirkland is a very capable and caring surgeon, I am very pleased with the surgery he preformed on me. I saw him once in the hospital and after that you see his staff who were also very nice. I saw Dr. Kirkland again after two weeks at his office where he himself weighed me and answered my questions he did not put me on a structured diet plan but told me to experiment since I was doing so well, I have only had 2 dumping incidents and other than that I am doing fine I donot have to see the sureon for six months.

I had my consultation today, 3/25/03, and all I can say is he is the surgeon for me.

I found him to be very self-confident, compassionate, well spoken and honest. My impression didn't change over time. Dr. Kirkland's staff's has to date been accessible.
I don't think that aftercare has been stressed enough, by this I mean, patient diet and expectation. I do not belong to a structured aftercare program, I don't believe he has one.
The risks of this surgery were addressed honestly during our initial meeting.
My overall rating of Dr. Matthew Kirkland as a competent surgeon with great bedside manner is superior.

My first impression was hear say from my co-worker, and when I finally got to meet him, he was everything she said, very personal nice, imformative and made me feel safe, he also let me know that this was a health issue not cosmetic, something I alway thought. His staff was very polite, patient and informative. I have not seen him enought to find out what I do not like about him, which is a good thing (smile). If you meet him you will see he is very informal which helps to lighten the professional load a lot. He is not one of those Doctor who's nose is so up in the air they do not know how to come down, trust me I work in healthcare and I have seen quite a few like that.He emphasize aftercare highly and gives you information upto and including 3 months aftercare responsiblities. He explained the risk of surgery as it is in as much as you take care of yourself and follow after surgery instructions. I would definatley rate him high on my list especially since I have contact with hundreds of physician. I feel that both beside manner and surgical competence are extremly important.

haven't seen him yet, waiting for appointment.

Dr. Kirkland was wonderful he took all the time in the world to explain everything from the beginning to the end of surgery. He really put me at ease. His staff was very pleasant and helpful. He does strictly open surgery but does have a partner that does selective labroscopic surgery.

I'm going to meet Dr. Kirkland at my Group Support meeting on Jan. 28th. I have a consultation on February 13th, (the Day before Valentines Day....my gift to myself)
I will keep you updated, but My girlfriends Dawn and Mary have gone to him and are very happy with him! I feel that I will be more than happy too. He comes recommended highly!

Dr. Kirkland was very knowledgeable and I felt very comfortable with him doing the surgey. He is very busy but anytime I had a problem, he saw me within days. The staff was great. They wrote my letter to the insurance company and in 3 weeks from my initial consultation, I had a surgery date. They scheduled all my preadmission testing, filled out disabiltiy forms and called in scripts. Please note that he has a very busy practice and may seem not to care but he is on top of your case. He sees you 2 weeks post-op and then at 6 months if all is well. There are support group meetings the last Tuesday of the month at Pennsylvania Hospital for those who are considering or have had the surgery. The only thing that was frustrating to me was that I didn't know what to do as far as diet goes when you reach 6/8weeks. Overall I give him a rating of 8 out of 10. Surgicial competence is more important to me.