"Awesome caring man. Very professional in all aspects. Hands down one of the best surgeons to perform Gastric ByPass surgery. I would have no hesitations in using him again. Dr. Givens and the rest of his entire staff care about the whole person, not just the physical aspects but also the mental aspects in taking care of one's needs. You become a patient of his for life. rnrnOn a scale from 1 - 10 he would get a 10+.rnrnThe only down side to this whole experience was the wait for insurance approval - I have found from my research that apparently this is not an isolated situation - it is a fairly standard complaint from many people. That was the biggest issue I had in this whole experience - waiting on insurance kind of puts everything in limbo. Other than that one issue, there were no other problems for me. "