T. Ryan Heider Bariatric Surgeon MD, FACS

Absolutely love my surgeon! He has been awesome. Truly a caring and personable doctor who really is geniune. Totally reccomend him and his group at the Lake Norman Weight Loss Surgery. They have an outstanding team who are there with you every step of the way. Great program!

I admit I was leary of having my VSG here as I was all set to go to Dr. Alvarez. I was the first VSG patient for the local hospital but not for the surgeon; up to surgery day I was still wanting to chicken out and go to Mexico to Dr. Alvarez if only because of the sheer numbers difference. I am very happy I stayed with Dr. Heider. He is a very caring doctor who is very interested in how the patient is and you are not just another surgery to him. His staff is very nice - I was self pay so have no idea how they handle insurance issues with WLS. For what I paid I get a year of aftercare with him and Laurie the nurse/coordinator. He was very honest about all the risks, everything was discussed thoroughly and I would rate him very highly. He has a great bedside manner and a very competent surgeon.

I meet him at a seminar he was giving. I was very impressed with him. I had been going to another surgeon that was draging his feet about everything. So I decided to change surgeons. This was the best decison of my life. I talked to my surgeon in October 2008. When he gave me the ok that I was a candidate for weight loss surgery the time just flew by until my surgery June 15, 2009. The support group at Lake Norman and all the stall are wonderful. Anyone in the Mooresville NC area should check out Dr. Ryan Heider. He even has patients from out of state.