Steven Simper Bariatric Surgeon MD, FACS, FASMBS

My first impression of Dr. Simper was a pretty decent one. He seemed knowledgable and had a good bed side manner.
The staff at Rocky Mountain Physicians is very friendly and helpful.
My major concern with the overall dealings with Dr. Simper are that he did not explain all of the horrible risks that are associated witht his surgery. He told me I wouldn't be able to eat very much, and I would experience some vomiting if I overate. That was it. He never told me I would almost die and be in a coma for several months, and be facing surgery #10 almost 2 years later.I am not sure exactly what went wrong with the whole surgery.... I just know what the nurses at the hospital told me and what I have found out on my own. I am not going to say anything negative about Dr. Simper, as I am not going to open myself up to a libel suit, I am just saying that everyone needs to do some serious investigating before pursuing with this surgery.

I have not yet met him. I am having my surgery on May. 30 2003. And I have my appt. with him on may 28.

12/26/02: I was frustrated because they were slow processing my paperwork
11/20/02:My parents stopped by and spent some time talking with one of the women on the staff who's mother had a gastric bypass. They were pleased with their treatment.
2/27/03: I finally met Dr. Simper. He wasn't very friendly, but I wasn't there as a friend! He was direct, knowledgeable and pleasant. My surgery went well.

I haven't met Dr. Simper yet but his staff seems to be really nice.

As I am an out of state patient I have not met with Dr Simper as yet. I meet him the day before my surgery.

His office staff was very helpful in sending me the paperwork, and when my insurance came back to them and wanting me to go see a dietician and psychiatrist, the contacted me immediately.

I have sent them all the paperwork now, and when I called to speak to the person in charge of my 'file', she did not sound like she remembered me, and I felt kinda 'brushed off'. I hope she got the paperwork and has faxed it to my insurance as promised.

He was nice. I didn't see much of him. He did a good job on my surgery, but I never seen him enough to know anymore.

Staff was nice. Nurse that you give info to never returned one of my calls and I have not called back.

He is not in my after care. I have not talked to the office since about 2 months post op.

He does emphasize after care a lot. The after care program is structured and you receive a binder with information on it that is very usefull.

He gives you the statistics of surgery and is straight forward with you.

I liked him a lot and he did a wonderful job on my surgery. I did not see him but once after surgery and he had a good bedside manner and a great surgeon.

Dr Simper was younger than I expected but seemed to understand and really believe in everything he was telling me.

He is fast, through and friendly. He doesn't mince words. He said, "Go slow, Drink lots of water, and stay off the carbs!" That is about all he said when I left the hospital.

I got an incisional infection. He was very concerned about that but it was cleared up fast with antibiotics and not opened back up or anything.

I would reccommend him to anyone. I have heard and seen nothing but good from him.

He really emphasizes aftercare. They have a great followup program and lots of peer support groups plus their own website with quick answers. He expects regular visits over the first year but because I had an extra one due to the infection and because I live an hour away he adjusted my schedule so I wouldn't have to make an extra trip. I appreciated that!

He pulled no punches about the risks of surgery except before surgery it was a "less than 1% chance of dying" and after surgery it was "about one in every one hundred die from this surgery"... guess that is the same but has a different ring to it. I would still have done it though...

Both surgical competence and bedside manner were GREAT!!!

My first impression of Dr. Simper was very straight forward. Concern about his patients long term life. My impressions have not changed.
The office staff is very nice, and helpful.
What did I like least? He is not an overly warm doctor. He is straight and to the point.
His office requires an aftercare program for the first year.
Dr. Simper did discuss the risks of surgery.

I would rate Dr. Simper on a scale of 1 to 10 with a 9. I am not looking for someone to reassure me that everything is great. I want a doctor to tell me straight up what is going on now and what will happen in the future. It is more important for surgical competence than bedside manner. I expect great bedside manner from the nurses.

I chose Dr. Simper because I had heard good things about him. In my consultation, he was very informative and willing to answer any and all questions. After surgery he came to see me each day. During my first post-op appointment he was very friendly and helpful. Good surgeon. Good bedside manner. I'd recommend him to anyone, really.

Dr Simper was very friendly and made me feel at ease. He was not rushed and made sure my questions were answered. He talked to me about lifestyle changes, the removal of my gall bladder and complications of WLS. Dr Simper performed my sister in law's surgery last year and is very pleased with him.