hi judie, i to am new to all this, and am looking to have lapband surgery, i am looking outside of alaska to do this, my daughter lives in birmingham and she is looking at doc's for me, she also works at uab hospital, i will look into your dr. i fly down to birmingham every three months to see my daughter and son-in-law and grand-daughter so thought i could even get my fill's while i am down there, so something to think about for me, good luck with everything, lisa:biggrin: