El Camino Hospital Hospital

My first impression was that Dr. John is a serious extremely knowledgeable doctor.rnrnDr. John is a great doctor that I would recommend to anyone.rnrnMyra is nice and knows the ins and outs to help you with. Barbara, she is the best there. She is the dietician and much more. Hard person to catch in the office but will always answer a persons emails and even gives you her cell #.rnrnI have not seen Dr. John since the surgery that is the bad part. I am always taken care of by his staff but would like to see him once and awhile.rnrnOverall I highly, highly recommend Dr. John Rabkin.rnrnIt helps if a doctor has both surgical competency and bedside manner. When it comes right down to it surgical competency is the most important.

'I first met Dr. Rabkin at a support group meeting before my date was scheduled. Didn't know at that time whether my surgery would be with Dr. John Rabkin

Wow! I was talking to the Dietitian re: the ThinnerFuture website and she told me there was an opening in the afternoon with Dr. Foster if I would be willing to meet with her instead of Dr. Wetter. I jumped at the opportunity. I didn't have any paperwork done at the time, but with a little help from the office staff and Donna the dietitian, everything worked out fine. I didn't feel prepared enough, I didn't have my long list of questions for the surgeon with me...I was nervous. I finally met with Dr. Foster and although she is definitely no-nonsense, I felt very comfortable with the fact that she was there to help me. She made me aware of the long road ahead of me. I have a lot of pre-op work to do, but I am finding that it is the true test to ensure that I am really ready to make this drastic change in my life. Dr. Foster let me know that the surgery is a "tool" but the hard work has to come from me. The realization that there is no "cure all" hit me hard, but I am glad she was frank with me and set me straight...on the path to "change".

Dr Wetter is a real professional in this field. I found him to be easy to talk too and he took the time to explain things to me about my own issues. I had a lap band done in Mexico 2 years ago that was faulty and had to be replaced. Then when it was I had problems affording the fills. It just did not work for me. He took the time to explain why the band would not work as well as the GBP in my personal case.

He was not a "chit chattter", which was fine for me. I went to him becasue I wanted someone who was an expert in their field...the most important part of this entire experience, was done when I was out cold...and that's when Dr. Wetter really does his thing. He had to remove my band then do the GPB.

This surgery was virtually painless for me as was the entire recovery. I followed his directions to a T. That is important for anyone deciding to do this. I trust him and his expereince and would highly recommend him to anyone who wants an expert to do this important surgery. He has a wonderful reputation amoung his peers and my cadiologist referred to him as the "Guru" who is doing some really good work!

First of all, Dr Legha is now with Camino Medical Group, Sunnyvale, Ca (as of late 2005.) I just met him today and 1st impression was he is very compitent, he wants each of his pts to succeed and he is implementing classes and support groups and provides a WLS "bible" (soon to be available) to each client. He explains everything very well and by the end of the appt I did not have any questions. He was a down to business guy w/specific questions and no room for small talk left, but I did not fell rushed. Also, he was very adamant about aftercare, he and CMG's endocrinologist follow you carefully for 5yrs. The staff at Camino Medical Group is very courteous. I really liked him ( I thought I would not really be comfortable w/a male, but it was no problem.) To me, both bedside manner and surgical competence are equally important.

Dr Foster is friendly and informative. She discussed the risks of surgery thoroughly. Her office staff are very helpful and efficient.

She places a good emphasis on after care and demonstrates that she cares about her patients with her general demeanor.

I would and have recommended her to several friends.

She seems competent and is frank in her discussions of complications that her patients have experienced. She does not seem threatened by questions.

Some of my friends have chosen Dr. Foster with equally good results. I couldn't be happier with the service and care I received from her staff and personally from her.

Well, I felt the hospital quality has either reduced from 10 years ago or that there is some level of hostility towards people having this surgery. I don't mean all.. Everyone in Surgery area, recovery were fine. It was many of the nurses, especially RNs that I found to be mean and unaccomodative during the hospital stay. I had a horrible experience with one of them who I felt would literally stab me with the pain medication syringe. I felt so afraid that I requested an RN change because I just could not trust her. I found couple of other nurses to be of similar hostility levels and usually these were night nurses. However, the 10+ others I experienced with were just great. So, I would say, be very vigilant about the RNs at night there and demand change if they are trying to treat you like crap. It may be cases of hiring bad nurses but that could lead to trouble as well. When you are in a hospital, for any reason, you want to be able to trust that the people giving you care, understand what you are going through and are patient enough to work with you. If they cannot, how would you recieve good care? So, that's my take on it this time around. Would I go again there? Hmmm.. I would probably try them once more and see if things have changed.. If yes, I would stay but if not, after next time, I would look for another hospital. Thanks.

Dr. Wetter is a really nice person. He has a great staff. Yvette was very helpful getting the insurance to get in gear! I guess what I like least is that I feel a little rushed in visits, but he is busy! Future patients should know that he is strict, NO CARBS! I would rate him pretty high as surgeons go. I had NO complications at all! The hospital is wonderful.

Dr. Foster is wonderful. At my first meeting with her, she was very detailed in her description of what the surgery would involve, including possible complications as well as available resources in her office and at the hospital in regards to support groups and care after the surgery. She is very serious about how important this surgery is, but at the same time she is supportive and easy to talk to. She definitely expects you to give your best effort and has monthly follow-up appointments between when you start seeing her and when she schedules the surgery. Her staff is nice and Yvette is VERY helpful with scheduling and getting preapprovals from the insurance carriers. I would highly recommend Dr. Foster.

The nurses were awesome, attentative and caring.