Timothy Ingram Psychologist Ph.D.

Dr. Ingram was recommended by my surgeon and has been doing WLS psychological evaluations for several years. I think he has a very realistic opinion of the surgery and whether or not an individual will do well psychologically post-op. I had a few questions to ask him about how the psych evaluation plays into WLS, and he was actually interested in telling me his opinion on the requirement and what it's value is to the patient.

My evaluation and testing was on Monday, and my report was sent directly to my surgeon that same week. The only thing I would have liked to seen done differently is for a copy of the evaluation to be sent to me as well. Dr. Ingram told me that I could come back to the clinic and pick up a copy (a bit of a drive) or request that my surgeon send a copy of it from their files.

Dr. Ingram was not in my insurance network, so I wrote a $400 check on the day of the evaluation, which covered the entire cost.

Dr. Ingram seems more of an intellectual professional rather than a personable professional, if that makes since. He wasn't a very good communicator. He seemed much more concerned about getting paid than he did about anything else. In fact, he conference-called my insurance before he would speak to me to make sure I was covered...even though I had filled out all of the paperwork and called in to be pre-certified. He would not tell me when I could expect the results to be faxed over. When I followed up a week later, he promised to have them in by the next Monday. He didn't. When I called to ask about when he could get them finished, he told me that I needed "to be more patient with him because he is a very busy psychologist"...all of this in a very condescending tone. He did get the results in the next day, though and he did find me "sane"...so that was positive. I would not recommend him if you are in a hurry to get your results in!