Dr. Ortiz banded me on March 7th I had a great experience and felt safe the whole time! I am 11 days post op and doing well and am happy I did it! Wish I would have done it sooner. The Mexican Lapband Dr's have more experience then the US Docs when it comes to the Lapband and a I know that they teach Seminars in the US to the our US Dr's. I would rather have a dr who has done a over 5,000 lapbands then a dr. who has done only 200 or so. It is a personal choice but I was happy with Dr. Ortiz and the after care was wonderful!