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The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery) has a list of surgeons on their site.

I am the database coordinator at Hopkins Bayview - our website is The Johns Hopkins Center for Bariatric Surgery if you'd like more information on our program! We have several wonderful surgeons.

Good luck,

Lisa

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HI Chris,

There are several places in Baltimore. I went to GBMC and saw Dr. von Rueden. I work at Hopkins and I try not to go here only because it creeps me out to see my doctor at the place I work..I know childish!! Hopkins has a great program so does GBMC and St Agnes.

I know several people who have gotten either lap banding or rny at all of the above and have had a lot of success. I'm only 3 weeks post-op and I've already lost 20 pounds.

Good luck on your search.

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Thanks you folks! I actually am a professor at Hopkins and I don't think I would care if I saw my doctor in the halls. Anyway, I work at the East Baltimore campus so that is unlikely. lisaeaton, do you think that you could email me privately? I don't know how to PM you. Thanks! (my email is mczink@caninesports.com)

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Dr. Steele at Bayview did my band. She is fantastic and I'm very happy. Down 39.6 pounds in a little over 2 months! There's a fantastic support group at Bayview as well...meets first Thursday of every month for bandsters.

Steph

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I was banded in Montgomery County at Shady Grove Hospital by Dr. Greene. I have been very happy. He has several patients who come down from Baltimore.

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Does your facility do fills for other Drs. (surgery performed in USA)

I will be living in Maryland part time after the first of the year

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The surgeon I used does have some patients that he does fills for that he did not perform the surgery on.

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The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery) has a list of surgeons on their site.

I am the database coordinator at Hopkins Bayview - our website is The Johns Hopkins Center for Bariatric Surgery if you'd like more information on our program! We have several wonderful surgeons.

Good luck,

Lisa

Hi, I wanted to thank you for the link to the ASMBS. I was able to find a link to the website of the Dr. I'm seeing tomorrow. They had a lot of great information on theirs site so I got a got head start on what to expect.

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Hi, I wanted to thank you for the link to the ASMBS. I was able to find a link to the website of the Dr. I'm seeing tomorrow. They had a lot of great information on theirs site so I got a got head start on what to expect.

That's awesome! Good luck with your doctor.

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There are several places in Baltimore. I went to GBMC and saw Dr. von Rueden. I work at Hopkins and I try not to go here only because it creeps me out to see my doctor at the place I work..I know childish!! Hopkins has a great program so does GBMC and St Agnes.

I know several people who have gotten either lap banding or rny at all of the above and have had a lot of success. I'm only 3 weeks post-op and I've already lost 20 pounds.

Good luck on your search.

Hi GWhite,

I am a patient of Dr. Von Ruden's. I had my first appointment last month. How did things go with his office, your surgery, how are you doing? He said I am a good candidate for the lap band. Just following the steps to get approved by my insurance.

Lea :)

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Hi Lea,

So far I've had a good experience with Dr. von Ruden's office. I'm down about 27 lbs in about 8 weeks. They have been very patient with me. I one of those "impatient" people that wishes that I could drop the weight in 5 days!! But all in all everything is going well. The day of surgery went smoothly. The nurses and the docs were great. I had a lot of jitters about getting knocked out. But like I said it went really smoothly for me. I was in and out in the same day. I do have to say one thing that Dr. von Ruden's goal isn't to get you in and out the same day if you're having problems. I know another guy got banded the same day I did and he had to stay in over night because he was having problems with the anesthesia.

GBMC also offers a support group just for banded people. It meets once a month.

I have 100% NO regrets doing this. I wish I had done it sooner! Please feel free to e-mail me gwhite6573@yahoo.com if you'd like to chat more.

Have they given you a surgery date?

~Gail

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I was banded by Dr. Singh at St Agnes, they do a lot of procedures there and handled all the paperwork with ease. I agree, I work at Univ of MD Med Ctr and I don't have any health care where I work (When I lived in Calif and worked at USC I once had confidentiality betrayed by MD to my boss!!!!) Good Luck!

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