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[dalean08 0]

Hello my name is Brent and I go in for the Band on 12-23-2008 I am starting my pre-op diet tuesday the 9th and was just wondering what to expect my dad thinks I am going to be able to come to his house for Christmas Eve I told him yeah right!! anyway I am 6-5 and 375 pounds my Dr. is Dr.Keshishian at Central Valley Bariatrics info on Dr. follows. Has anyone had this Dr.??

Thanks

Brent:smile2:

Ara Keshishian, MD, FACS

Operations Performed

Duodenal Switch open and lap

Adjustable Gastric Banding, Lap Band

Revision of Weight Loss Surgical Procedures

Advance Laproscopic procedures

Education

Surgical Residency

St. Joseph Mercy Hospital-Oakland

Pontiac, Michigan

1994- 1999

Medical School

American University of the Caribbean

901 Ponce de leon Blvd. Suite 201

Coral Gables, FL 33134-3036

MD, April 1994

Undergraduate

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

B.S. Biomedical Engineering, August 1990

Professional

Private Practice

August 1999, present

1205 Garces Hwy, Suite #303

Delano, CA. 93215

(661) 725-4847

Clinical Appointments

Chair, Department of Surgery

Delano Regional Medical Center, 2003-2005

Co-Chair, Critical Care Committee Surgery

Delano Regional Medical Center, 2002