Northwest Medical Center Hospital

The staff was fine, most of my nurses were excellent. I only had two complaints. 1) When they left me sitting in a chair for an hour because they stripped all the sheets off my bed and left without puttung them back on. 2) When the disconnected my pain pump and ignored the four calls I made to them about it. Other than that it was fine.

The worst part about my stay there was giving blood. It was obvious that they were all very inexperienced because I had to be stuck 3-5 times every time, I had to give blood for testing. My veins are not hard to find, I give blood every 4 months.

Dr. Wizman is an absolute Angel. He is the best. He is very down to earth and funny to boot. He give you all the facts up front. He took very good care of me before, during, and after surgery. My prayers are always with him because he have given help to so many people, I just pray that he will always be as successful as he is. His surgical competence is excellent and his bedside manner is as well. The staff is his office is very helpful and kind. The only negative is that each patient is required to pay a one time fee of $500 for support groups prior to surgery, whether you can make it or not.

Called the other surgeon I wanted to have it with, and he doesn't take my insurance... so I called another surgeon and signed up for his information session. This surgeon also comes highly reccomended, so we will see what happens, Thursday at 6pm!! It can't come quick enough.

I met Dr. Wizman @ a group orientation. He is very knowledgable and very confident in his own work. He answered all of the questions I had, as well as the people in the group. He stresses aftercare and that you should call him no matter the time or day if you feel something is wrong after your surgery. He had a powerpoint slide show that was very informative. So far I only have good things to say about him. The only surprise I had was the $650 fee for aftercare. Not a problem when one considers the benefits of such a program. Before a one on one consult w/ him, he wants you to have all the necessary papers, medical necessity letter, 2 year diet history, pysch evaluation, recent labs and pyshical, nutrition consult, etc. So I am just waiting on my pysch report, already had the evaluation, it takes two weeks to get the report back and I have my nutrition consult on July 30th. Then I will be ready for my consult w/ Dr. Wizman. Hopefully BCBS won't be a nightmare, but I'm not going to make myself crazy about it.

Because they needed additional beds, I was put on the 2nd floor and the nurses didn't quite know their job.
I would have rather had been on the 6th floor where the staff was throughly trained. I had to tell the nurses what to do, because they were scratching their heads half the time.

I have an appointment scheduled on July 10, 2003. I met Dr. Wizman once at an information session in June. He seems very knowledgable about the procedure and very up to date on the latest techniques. His staff has been wonderful in assisting me. So far, my impression has been good. I'll update after my first appointment.

Appointment has been completed. First impressions really do count. Dr. Wizman was nothing less than a God-send. He took his time and thoroughly answered each question that I asked. He did not seem concerned with how long my consult took, only that I was satisfied with my answers.

My main criteria for selecting a surgeon was not a warm and fuzzy feeling but rather finding the most skilled surgeon available. Now I know nothing about medicine and have no qualifications to allow me to evaluate surgical skill. So I went with my gut (ha-ha)
- I thought Dr Wizman seemed cocky and self assured in the way a talented surgeon would be, I liked that. He also said he played alot of video games as a kid - I liked that too. He seems a straight shooter - no BS.

His office is very well run - everyone I have spoken to has been A+ helpful and nice. Roxanne and Kendra were especially helpful. The case manager seems highly professional. They have this down to science and it seems to be a very structured before and after care program.

Negatives? No really good reading material in the waiting room

at the time of my surgery,the nursing staff was very shorthanded,and many times I had to wait for assistance to get back into bed,once had to call the dr at home to get him to call the nurses station to have someone assist me. he was not pleased with them at all

I AM A RN. I FELT THE CARE WAS SUPERB AND EVERYONE DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO AND MORE.