Kelly Thompson- Shifflett

Yes! Notify your insurance company !!!! This is fraud. Dr.Pinnar is not to blame. I heard it first hand today, Dr.Merchia goes under a ton of different medical company names. Phil is awesome and Dr. Pinnar actually recommends Dr.Greene in Rockville, MD I had the LapBand surgery back in 2008. Unfortunately it didn't agree with my body and I had it removed in 2010. Dr. Pinnar and his staff at the time were amazing. To those who think he just picked up and left, that's not the case. I had to request my medical files and through some searching,I actually found out what happened. He was forced out by the person who took over the practice. I won't say names, but if you were ever a patient at AWLS, you would have met this person. It's sad what greed will do to some people. So please know it wasn't Dr.Pinnar, there's a very long story that goes behind it. The more people complain to VDHP and their insurance company, the better chance this will stop the fraud.