"My first impression of Dr. Tayiem and his office wasn't great. It was small, in a small town, and they didn't have a scale that went high enough to weigh me. But in dealing with him and his office, I found my first impression wasn't correct. He was extremely thorough in tests he wanted me to have. He was able to get thing done for my health that my regular doc didn't think was necessary. Like a sleep study. I found out I do have sleep apnea. My PCP thought it was silly to order a sleep study.
Schella in Dr. Tayiem's Atchison office is wonderful! The best thing about his office is that you don't have to wait months and months to be seen. They are very quick to check on things and get back with you.
Dr. Tayiem isn't very personable at first, but seems to be a very competant surgeon. He's smart enough to have surrounded himself with very caring people, so that as a patient, I felt I was cared about and cared FOR very well.
He stressed that he would not do the surgery unless I was physically able to handle it. He told me my larger size (around 400) made him a little nervous, and encouraged me to lose weight with the pre-op diet.
I wish I lived closer, because they do seem to have a good support group up there. I'm 3 hours south, but the dietician is so nice. He has a website, and tries to get pre-op patients to connect with post-op patients.
Overall, I would rate him as an "8" but that's mostly because of bedside manner and me not being close enough to take advantage of all the support."
