souther missy,
yes he does he requires you to go to them they are on the last monday of every month at 6:30 in the spain wallace building of uab in the conferance room e he also requires you to attend meetings after your surgery 2 for support they last about 1-2 hours and acctually i forgot to say that he does not do the surgery in the klinic anymore but always in the hospital but as for me i was an out patient and everything went great they even calles the next day to see how i was feelin hope this helps you in your decision