"Dr. Weiss is absolutely fantastic. He is thorough, competent, professional, approachable and very caring. I originally went to him for RNY, however when I explained my family history, as well as my health history, he and Catherine encouraged me to pursue VSG. I was upset initially, but realized that Dr. Weiss did this out of concern for me as a human being. He would have made a lot more money doing the RNY, but my health was more important than financial gain. How many times can anyone say that about a surgeon?
He is passionate about his work, about his patients and about patients following the program to a 'T'. He emphasizes before surgery care, post-op care, and a complete lifestyle change. He scared the bejeezus out of me when talking about post-op care, vitamin regimen, eating schedule, smoking, drug interactions and what would happen if you didn't follow the guidelines. He meant to scare us all.
I think the only thing that I didn't like about my whole experience was going to my appointment in September, knowing I was approved for surgery in two weeks and being turned away. It would have been better knowing up front that he prefers VSG. I had to obtain new insurance and had my surgery in January. I know that VSG is better for me and I'm very glad we went this path (it's what I originally wanted when researching procedures). I appreciated his candor - I was just horribly disappointed and impatient.
Catherine is the best!! I believe he's restructured his Lexington office staff, which is great. The initial people I dealt with the first part of 2013 were not very professional, didn't seem to care about me or my goals. It's all good now! "
