Rex Sherer Bariatric Surgeon M.D.

I REALLY LIKED HIM, FOUND HIN TO BE VERY HIGHLY RECOMENDED.LIKED HIM EVEN MORE AS TIME WENT ON .THE OFFICE STAFF WAS VERY FRIENDLY AND HELPFUL,DID NOT MIND MY QUESTIONS.I DID NOT FIND ANYTHING I DID NOT LIKE.THAT HE IS A VERY GOOD DR AND THAT HE HAD MY INTEREST AT HEART.HE REALLY STRESSES AFTERCARE. NOW I GO BACK IN 6 MTHS, BUT IF I HAVE ANY OROBLEMS I SHOULD NOT HESITATE TO CALL HIS OFFICE.YES. HE HAD ME AS WELL AS MY HUSBAND WATCH A VIDEO THEN HE CAME IN AND EXPLAINED STEP BY STEP WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO. HE TOLD ME TO EXPLAIN TO MY FAMILY THAT I WOULD DEFFINETLY BE IN INTENSIVE CARE, BECAUSE I HAD SLEEP APNEA.SO THAT THEY WOULD KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.HE TOLD OF ALL THE RISK FACTORS AND THAT HE WOULD TRY LAPROCOPY BUT MIGHT HAVE TO CUT BUT WOULD NOT KNOW FOR SURE TILL HE WAS IN THERE. I WOULD DEFFINATELY GIVE HIM A 10. I DEFFINETLY THINK BOTH.

I have only met Dr Rex Sherer once but he was a ver kind and christian man who really appeared to be concerned about his patients and their welfare. I have talked with others who have had surgery performed by him and they all had great success. I really loved the fact that he attributes his wonderful success rate to God because He is really the one in control with all of this. I don't have anything negative to add at this point except it is really frustrating dealing with the insuarance aspects but his staff was gracious even though i called a million times.

Dr. Sherer was very professional in his office and very informative about the surgical procedure. He stresses both the positive things about surgery as well as the things that can go wrong. His office staff were all very friendly and accomodating. So far, I would give him an A+!!

Enjoyed the online site that is provided by Dr Sherer at Cahaba Valley Surgical group and being able to download the neccessary forms to fill out and get the process underway. After filling out the forms and sending them in, I got a prompt reponse and was able to get a date of a appointment with no problem. After meeting Dr Sherer's staff, I was pleased with the great reception I received and the process of getting my information. Chatting with Dr. Sherer was very informative and answered a lot of my questions that I had at that time. It was good and educational to watch a video of the procedures of the surgery and risks of it. I would rate Dr Sherer and his staff at the highest level of working with me as possible.
My recommendation to any one meeting Dr. Sherer is to download the necessary forms to set up a appointment. Spend time with filling these out and go back over them and check them again. Get a small ringed notebook or diary and write down all the questions that you want to know about when you meet with Dr. Sherer and then after meeting him, you will have more questions. This will give you a great resource to look back at and you can put notes in it when you meet with the Dr. Find out what you need to be prepared for before, during and after hospital stay. Then what follow up procedures is needed after that point. Then the biggest thing is getting a good daytime and afterhours numbers for Dr. Sherer, just encase you have problems after the surgery. Dr. Sherer's staff and him is there for you.

Dr. Sherer and his staff are wonderful. He is the first Doctor that I have ever came in contact with that let it be known that he is a Christian. He was very thorough with explaining my surgery and the risks.

I have only had my consultation with Dr. Sherer. So far I really like him. He was very clear on the risks and the benefits of the surgery. He put my mother to ease about the surgery. He is clearly a religious man and is not afraid to let you know it. That is a plus to me. I have only heard good things about him. I will post more later. The staff at Cahaba Valley were very helpful and friendly. -- I had my surgery on 4-14-04. Everything went great! Dr. Sherer was wonderful. I had my two-week visit with him and had lost 22 lbs in 13 days!!! He was very encouraging. I would (and have) recommend him to others seriously considering this surgery.

Dr. Sherer had already performed 2 other surgeries on me prior to my weight loss surgery. So I already had every confidence in him. His staff was very friendly and helpful.

I chose Dr. Sherer because of the fact that he was willing to do my surgery without a blood transfusion in case I lost blood during the surgery. Because I am one of one of Jehovah's Witnesses, it was very important to find a surgeon that would work with me in this decision.I also liked the fact that he used Brookwood Hospital in Birmingham, AL. which has a bloodless surgery program. My husband and I were very pleased with Dr. Sherer. He was very kind and patient and took plenty time with us answering all of our questions.
His staff was very nice and Evelyn was great about answering all my emails very quickly. I was disapointed that it took so long to get an appointment and to get my surgery scheduled, but thats because I'm so anxious to get the surgery done. The long wait just proves that a lot of people are using Dr. Sherer and I know he will be worth the wait.
I would rate Dr. Sherer very high at this point. I'm certain that I will have more of an opinion after my surgery. At this point, I have only had my initial appointment and have a surgery date of Aug.4, 2004 scheduled. I have total confidence in Dr. Sherer. He was good at explaining the risks of surgery as well as the risks of living a life being overweight. I'll update more on Dr. Sherer after the surgery.

My first impression of Dr Sherer was that he was friendly, professional, forthcoming with information and a man who believes in God. I already knew that he had excellent credentials, (Harvard Medical School), and a reputation for excellent outcomes for his patients (as is the case with the whole group of surgeons that he is with), but his smile and demeanor put me at ease right away. His staff has always been very nice, professional and helpful over the phone at in person. Dr Sherer took the time to personally make a DVD recording reviewing the surgery, some of the physical and psychological profiles of WSL patients, open vs laproscopic surgical approaches and the differing pros and cons, and the risks and benefits of the surgery. My experience so far has been very good and I would be happy to recommend he and his office to potential patients.

Dr. Sherer was an extremely nice person and I felt comfortable with him. His office nurse & other staff members were friendly and accomodating. He said I wasn't really that big...ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I wanted to choke him. But since I qualified for the surgery he assured me that he was going to do it. Ha, I already knew that. My precious husband interrupted and told Dr. Sherer how much I disliked myself the way I am now and Dr. Sherer explained that his comment was meant to let me know that there are people in this world much heavier than I am. That is true, but I am so tired of being tired all the time and having so much wrong with me. I won't to be able to get out in the yard and play with my dog again and my g'children and not have to stop playing after 5 to 10 minutes. He was very informative about the surgery. He is a God-fearing man and told my husband and myself that neither himself or I would be in our own hands that we would be in the good Lord's hands. My husband was thrilled to hear that. The risks of surgery were explained in detail as well as the hospital stay. I meet with the nurse on 28May and I am sure I will be discussing all other aspects of the surgery and post-op then. I would give Dr. Sherer a great big 10. I think surgical competence is most important and bedside manner right next in line. But a God-fearing man is going to do great at both. The day we met with him he made us feel quite comfortable.