Joanne F.
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Julie Ellner
"I was very impressed with Dr. Ellner from the first time that I met her. Dr. Ellner probably wears a size 4 and despite my earlier views of how thin people treat the obese, she was very kind to everyone who attended the seminar. Before surgery Dr. Ellner took as much time and my husband and I needed to feel comfortable about the entire surgical process and to give us the assurances we needed about my pre-surgery health and any long-term health issues. Surgery normally takes 90 minutes, Dr. Ellner was able to perform my surgery in 45 minutes. Dr. Ellner told me that I had the internal organs of an 18-year old thin person ... no fatty deposits on my organs. As a then-42 year old woman, I told her that I hoped that she'd let the 18-year old thin person out! Dr. Ellner was really encouraging about how quickly I was healing while I was still at the hospital and was really stressing the need for following up with her. I highly recommend Dr. Ellner to anyone considering Lap RNY. One of the reasons that I wanted her as my surgeon was because she was a lap surgeon before she became a bariatric surgeon ... I knew that meant that I was sure to be able to have lap surgery. I was back at work in 3 weeks and would have been back in 2 weeks if it hadn't been for an unexpected complication (that was related to my body and not the surgery). I had surgery on 9/16/03 and I've lost 127 pounds and now weigh 140 pounds (7 pounds less than Dr. Ellner's goal for me) and I wear a size 8 ... I used to be 267 pounds in a size 24/26! Thank you Dr. Ellner!! "

Alvarado Hospital
"It was really nice to be on a floor of the hospital that primarily serves gastric bypass patients - you meet a lot of really neat people who are making the same life altering change that you are."
About Me
Fountain Valley, CA
Location
43.1
BMI
RNY
Surgery
09/16/2003
Surgery Date
May 24, 2003
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