front page of the Boston Globe today

[dylanmiles23 2,198]

First let me say, I don't know this doctor and never heard of him. On the front page today it says that Dr. Sheldon Randall has had his surgeon's license suspended. I guess a few patients have died in his care. He had performed over 6000 WLS in 30 years.

​According to Dr. George Blackburn (a very famous WL doctor) Dr. Randall's death rates is very low compared to how many surgeries he has done.

​I am not a professional at this, I am just reporting what I read. Maybe if you go to the Boston Globe's web site you can read the whole article. Dr. Blackburn, I had been under his care many many moons ago with a drug trial, which turned out to be Merdia. That drug worked wonders for me but is not healthy. When I was in the study I lost 60 pounds in about 6 months by being on 30 mg per day. Recommended is 5-10.

If any of you had Dr. Randall, I hope you liked his work and follow ups because I guess following up is what made one man die at 45.

Thanks for reading this.

Arlene

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I tried to read the article but you have to have a paid site subscription to see it.

[dylanmiles23 2,198]

I tried to read the article but you have to have a paid site subscription to see it.

do you want me to mail it to you bu USPO?

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do you want me to mail it to you bu USPO?

Oh thank you! I'll just give it a couple days, I'm guessing it'll show up on other news media soon

[Leena 108]

It can be found here in it's entirety for free. http://www.bostonglobe.com/2013/10/27/mass-obesity-surgeon-license-suspended/uopBPHfH5cmYZJr3BuvWCP/story.html On the boston globe site.

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Thanks for the link!!

I think for me, the big flag would've been he still performed open surgery rather than laproscopic like everyone else. I would've immediately been finding a different surgeon for that reason alone.

[cheryl2586 3,053]

I suppose him doing open surgery was the problem but really 4 patients in 6000 dying is not really a large number since it is 1 in 300 that die from wls. Everyone knows there is a risk of death from any surgery and some have died having minor surgeries. No death is acceptable but it happens.

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Dr Randall was my surgeon. He did my VSG laparoscopically. I can say I had surgery 7/26 and was not aware of his cases. I was referred by a close friend who had trust in him. Almost immediately after surgery In was not impressed, I had so many issue with my BS dropping and NOT once did he contact me. It was always another doctor who just blew me off. I saw him 1 time after surgery and was not informed that he was going before the board. I had appointments that the front desk lady called and cancelled. I am almost 4 months out and still no follow up, no referral to another doc... I am so annoyed. I went to my pcp on Saturday and he won't even refer me. Says no one wants an already touched patient of dr randalls... Idk what to do