Re: Comments on Dr. Vanguri - land

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At 2:46 PM -0700 9/7/01, J wrote:

>Hi,

>

>I just wanted to comment on my recent consultation

>with Dr. Vanguri of Baltimore, MD, in case anyone out

>there is considering him as their surgeon.

>

>I know his patients love him, but if u have decided u

>want the DS surgery with him, U need to know that he

>has only performed 4 (four) DS surgeries over the past

>several years. The surgery he pushes as his favorite

>is one he calls the bileopancreatic diversion with

>gastric distal switch.

That is what we call the " DS, " so there must be a disconnect in terminology.

>When he mentioned that these

>patients needed monthly shots of vitamin b-12, I asked

>him if this meant that the pyloric valve was in the

>section of the stomach separated from the pouch....He

>answered affirmatively.......This obviously means that

>his favorite surgery is the RNY distal.......

Or the Scopinaro BPD procedure?

>I asked

>alot of questions, and he disagreed with everything I

>said regarding my research, as well as the extensive

>research of others on this list who have come before

>me. When I realized that he had only done 4 DS

>surgeries (which is something his staff won't tell u

>if u ask them by phone), I quickly came to realize

>that this is not the man that I want cutting me open.

Dr. Elariny in nearby Virginia suburbs of Washington has probably

done 80 DS's by now, most lap.

In case you want to pursue that possibility:

Hazem A. Elariny, MD, PhD, FACS

Advanced Laparoscopic and General Surgery Associates, PLLC

1635 N Mason Dr

Suite 455

Arlington, VA 22205

(Phone)

(Fax)

--

Steve Goldstein, age 61

Lap BPD/DS on May 2, 2001

Dr. Elariny, INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Virginia

Starting (05/02/01) BMI = 51

BMI on 09/04 = 41