RaraAvis

I posted my question in the Canadian thread but haven't yet received a reply. My question has to do with the difference between surgeons running their own clinics and "surgery scheduling facilitators" who act as an intermediary between patient and surgeon, assuming I understand it correctly. Is one option better than the other? Or are the majority of these big name surgeons from Mexico, like Dr Pompa, have big enough clinics with a dedicated team of patient care scheduling facilitators? Thanks so much in advance

Hello everybody! So glad to have found this forum where I can discuss the topic with other Canucks. I am researching doctors for a good friend of mine who is seriously considering undergoing a lap-band or gastric sleeve procedure in the near future. Still in the early stages of my research, have been poking around different websites and to be honest it's all quite overwhelming. There just seem to be so many clinics in Mexico offering the same procedures. I've gone through the posts in this thread and had a question: is there is a difference between choosing a surgeon who is affiliated with a group, such as BeLiteWeight as mentioned above, or one who heads their own clinic, such as Dr Ariel Ortiz or Dr Guilermo Alvarez or Dr Liza Maria Pompa Gonzalez? I noticed that the three companies I've been looking at - ALighterMe, Mexico Bariatric Center and BeLiteWeight - all state at the bottom of their websites that they are limited to "scheduling services and are not a medical facility or healthcare provider." What exactly is the job of scheduling facilitators and are there benefits in choosing them over a doctor who has his/her own clinic? Thanks in advance for any feedback as I am learning lots!