William B. Inabnet III Bariatric Surgeon M.D., F.A.C.S.

Dr. inabnet was very open and honest with me from the moment I met him. He was always willing to anser any and all questions that I or my hubby had about the surgery. Future patients should know that this man is a wonderful doctor. But you have to keep on top of office staff to make sure your parperwork is handled right. Aftercare was fine, I had a few problems with pai and I got meds right away. He emphasizes to see a dietician for a year post op once a month. I was very aware of everything going into surgery but he explained everything agian to me to make sure i knew what the risks were, mine were fairly low. HE IS A GREAT DOCTOR. I believe that doctors should have great bedside manner and have great surgical competence, and INABNET HAS BOTH DOWN TO A TEA.

After waiting for 2 hours to be seen, I finally met Dr Inabnet. He was very kind, respectful of the research I had done, and actually seemed excited for me! He was thourough in his explanation and frank about risks. He bragged (in a nice way) about how great all his support staff are and with a big smiled declared that they will take very good care of me every step of the way and I should never hesitate to raise concerns or fears any time. This was very reassuring. Except for the long waiting room time, I feel "so far, so good."

An update here now that surgery is over. I stlil think very highly of Dr. Inabnet. He is very gentle and quiet, and I appreciated the peaceful feeling he gave me whenever we spoke. I waited many hours at the hospital before I could go in to surgery (not anyone's fault, just dr.s taking time with patients when they needed to). Dr. I. himself came to wheel me to the operating room. I felt that the entire surgery team was very strong, calm and unhurried and completely unflustered. It was made sure that I had no questions about my nutritional needs upon discharge and Dr.I is available particularly through e-mail to answer whatever questions I might have. I did find it frustrating as the surgery date got closer that it was so difficult to get any response from his office staff, I didn't know what was going on and repeated phone calls were unreturned. Only after I e-mailed the surgeon directly did I get a call. I got the impression that he was embarrassed that I had not heard from the office, and e-mailed me that he would see to it that I was called. I got a call that afternoon and was told to have Nicole Gordon paged when I called so she would be sure to talk to me. I hope I would have been promptly contacted had there been an insurance or other problem, but I don't know.

Dr Inabnet was a little late to our first consultation (through no fault of his own).
But this was ok. He was very personable, soft spoken, and very willing to explain the pros and cons and risks and benefits of surgery.
He dealt very well and very diplomatically with my neurotic: "I'm a health care professional and I know too much"
routine.
In the hospital, he was wonderful to me pre-op. As I had predicted, I turned into a frightened sobbing heap...and he was wonderful. My last physical memory as I went under, and I was shaking and crying and pleading to God, was him, standing over me and saying in a soft voice that I would be ok, and don't cry, and he touched my face.
The office staff were a little disorganized, which got on my nerves a little, but very personable and friendly...especially Nicole Gordon.
They all emphasized to me the importance of life long follow up care.
I highly recommend Dr. Inabnet. I found him to be clinically brilliant, competant, and had excellent and sensitive bedside manner.

Pre-op: I found Dr. Inabnet to be efficient, personable but not gushing, and comfortable answering my questions. I had a very long list of questions (5 pages?) and he did rush quite a bit toward the end. He did have a waiting room full of people to see, though, so I don't think he was unreasonable. He also said that we'd definitely be talking more as surgery approaches.

My impression of the office staff is mixed. The receptionist is apathetic; the insurance assistant, Nicole, is very friendly but very difficult to reach and wasn't so good at returning phone calls until I had a friendly but assertive conversation with her. Diana, the Physician's Assistant (P.A.), is very efficient and helpful and easy to contact. This office has a terrible reputation, but they are finally aware of it and are working hard to do better. I'd say they're about 1/2 way there. I haven't experienced any problems that a little friendly assertiveness didn't improve.

Dr. Inabnet is a very caring, sensitive, intelligent man who really cares about his patients. He really went all out with me getting the right pain medications, etc to help alleviate the pain since Morhphine was not an option for me. He really takes the time to listen to you and does not put you down in any way

dr inabnet and his staff stay busy! which say alot about what they do and how many patients he has. his ma(nicole) explained the different tests they were doing on the first visit making me feel real relaxed. it took me awhile to get everything done because i used doctors that took my insurance as full coverage to avoid as much out of pockests expenses as possible. once all my tests were done, i started calling the office to make sure all the results were faxed over to him. thats the most frustrating thing for me making sure he had all results. once that was done, i wanted my date! and that frustrated me again when i didnt hear from his office. i kept getting a answering machine. i think his pa (diana) heard the irritation in my voice, she called and resured me that everything was done and they were just waiting on the insurance. she kept checking on me from time to time keeping me informed. i like that. she finally called me with a surgery date and now im nervous! go figure. lol im jealous cause my sister had hers done already and i told her about! so now its my turn!

He is a wonderful and kind man. He tells you like it is, and makes smart and edcuated decisions based on your case. He told me the risks and what would be involved, but he assured me that he and his staff can help. I urge anyone in ny who is contemplating the surgery to try him.