Hi Durga
I was banded at Port Huron Lap band Center. Im not sure what you mean by not being part of a "hospital system" but it is part of Port Huron Hospital and deffinitely not some fly by night operation that will fold. They have the "Center of Excellence" seal for barriatric surgery and 2 very experienced drs. Dr Bhesania did my surgery and he is excellent. He has a very high success rate and even at times has traveled to other states to give training to other drs on how to do the procedure. He was also a well known surgeon out of Port Huron Hospital with his own practice even before doing lap band so i doubt he will be going anywhere anytime soon. as for Dr. Bout I have not personally met with him before but he did the initial seminar and he seemed very nice and i have heard very good things about him as well. So i can assure you port huron is an excellent choice for lap band and i would highly reccomend it even if it means a drive for you. if you go to the webiste it tells about both drs and their experience. Good luck to you
