Community Medical Center - RWJBarnabas Health Hospital

9/8/01. I met with Dr. Borao on August 10. I immediately felt comfortable with him. We sat in his office and went over the procedure in details. He spent at least an hour with me, answering any and all questions I had. He seemed surprised that I didn't have more questions myself, but I explained that I had done a lot of research on the Web (and told him about this site) and any questions I had pertained to me directly. After talking with me, we moved into an examining room and he checked some scaring I had from a previous LAP procedure (tubal ligation). He advised me I was a perfect candidate, not only for RNY (for once, being fat was a postitive <g>), but also for a LAP procedure, which was the procedure I preferred.


One of the things I was impressed with was Dr. Borao's personal knowledge of the other surgeons in NJ who perform this procedure. He obviously keeps himself well-informed of the impact this procedure is having on the medical community. He was very quick to praise other surgeons who is feels are competent to perform this procedure.


Dr. Borao only performs one procedure a week. While this means there was a 4 month wait until my surgery could be performed, I knew that would mean that I would have his undivided attention when it was my turn. He also did not hesitate to give me the names of other patients who had the procedure, in case I wanted to talk to them personally about their experiences.


Dr. Borao insists that all perpective patients meet with a nutritionist and a psychologist for complete approval. I have made those appointments and will hopefully have insurance approval by the end of October.


I have needed to call his staff twice now, for basic information, and both times, I have found them to be very nice and helpful.(UPDATE: from recent dealings, his office staff leaves a lot to be desired. I'm not the only one who's had some problems with them, but I have been assured by other patiens that if I need Dr. Borao's help in any way, he is always available). Contrast that with a call to my PCP's office, who gave me a hard time about arranging for medical clearance.


He offers no formal support program,(UPDATE: there is now a support group at the hospital that meets once a month) but I'm not overly concerned with that. Through this web site, I have found others in my situation who can provide the support I need. Having gone through a divorce, and finding that my online support group gave me more strength than anyone in my real life, I'm perfectly okay with this.


Surgerical competence is, of course, a major concern of mine, but it's also important that I like and feel comfortable with the surgeon who operates on me. I have no doubt that Dr. Borao is the best choice for me.

I met with Dr. Borao on Aug.3, 2001. He is so young looking!! I was quite impressed because he was extremely informative. He explained everything from the wonderful success a person can achieve to the possiblity of death (unlikely, but possible). Because I am not exactly 100lbs overweight, but i do have some co-morbidity and family history, he said that I fit the criteria set by the N.I.H.(national institute of health). He also said that I will be the smallest person he has done the procedure on (I guess that is a compliment?)
I look forward to seeing him again about a week prior to my surgery, I will keep u posted when that happens.

I liked Dr. Borao - he was very informative

His office staff was extreamly nice and always returns phone calls.

He emphasizes after care a lot - he will become a premanant fixture in my life

I met Dr. Borao today and was really relieved that he has a great attitude and wonderful bedside manner. He was very thorough and over explained. He is well educated and very honest. His office staff was efficient and friendly. His office is small but clean and modern (for whatever that is worth). I can't think of anything I didn't like about him. HE IS SO YOUNG!! He told me honestly about taking care after the surgery (my husband has already had gastric bypass -open- so I kinda already knew the drill). He told me all of the risks associated with the operation and told me how he plans to reduce my chances. I rate him a solid 9. The bedside manner is important because my husband had Dr. Brolin perform his surgery and while I am aware that he is the #2 bariatric surgeon in the US (second to Carnie Wilson's) he had no bedside manner. I felt uncomfortable with him.

I have made an appt. to see him on July 27th. I am hoping for a cancelation so it can be sooner.I will update after my appt.

Very professional and explained things well. I felt very comfortable with Dr. Borao especially since he has special training in laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery. His office staff was very nice. I saw a few of his post operative patients in the waiting room and they all had only very good things to say. Overall I rate him a 10!

He was very confident, informative treated me with respect. Heard a woman scream when she came out she appoligized, asked her what kind of surgery she had. of course it was gastric bypass but her drainage tube was just removed and she assured me everything was really fine.
was a little annoyed when dr took in patient that came after me but she just had gallbladder surgery 3 days before and only took five minutes.
he stressed the risks over several time told me he had no fatalities as of yet.
I only met him once but i rate him a 8.5 out of 10. No one is perfect.
He trained under some of the finest drs
of course i can't remember their names but did recognize them when he said them.