Robert Neff
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Charles Grado
"Okay the first thing you'll notice about my review is that it looks like he paid me to write it for him. But this is all my wording. <br><br> I had the tummy tuck this morning at the new St. Lukes Surgical Center in Cedar Rapids. A very nice place with extremely caring and wonderful nurses. <br><br> It's now 9:30 PM and I'm at home recovering. I just got a phone call ... a PERSONAL phone call ... from DR. GRADO himself! I coudln't believe it. I'm 52 years old and have NEVER been contacted by any doctor personally. He simply wanted to know how I was doing. Incredible. <br><br> Even my wife was totally impressed with his bedside manner, his personality, and his genuine caring and ease to talk to. On an ego scale, I've never spoken to any other doctor or surgeon who had less ego, and more "I'm just a regular person like you" attitude. <br><br> Dr. Grado is acknowledged to be one of the best plastic surgeons in Cedar Rapids. Aside from his patient's successes, it's easy to see why. <br><br> I would highly recommend him to anyone considering plastic surgery."

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Robert Keating
"I would highly recommend Dr. Keating to anyone in the Cedar Rapids area who is contemplating WLS. Dr. Keating spent all the time necessary with me during the initial consultation, and answered each of my questions. My first impression of him was how young he appears. But doing a quick check of his surgery statistics, his expertise seems unquestionable. My PCP learned that his "numbers" are better than the national average. And this is a surgeon who's only done about 90 of these surgeries as of my surgery date. His nurse Deb is usually quite helpful, though sometimes upon calling, it can seem like she would rather not be spending time on the phone. However, she's always returned my calls if need be. My surgery seems to have gone without a hitch, and was performed on April 14th, 2003. The only downside to my experience is that unless you go in knowing everything you can from this site, you will be left with many questions that Dr. Keating does not seem to cover post-op. In otherwords, aftercare is not a strong point to his practice. However, in all fairness, I'm sure if you have a question, he or his nurse will be sure to get you and answer. I would like to see him and his staff come out with a booklet of what to expect after you begin recovery, and a good diet guide. Although not as "personable" as I would like to see, on a scale of 1 - 10 with a ten being the highest, I would give Dr. Keating an overall rating of an 8. Surgically, he seems to have his stuff very together. And by outward appearances, my Open RNY incision was very straight and seems to be healing back together very nicely."
About Me
Vinton, IA
Location
RNY
Surgery
04/14/2003
Surgery Date
Nov 24, 2002
Member Since
Before & After
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The morning of my surgery.
384lbs
Almost there ...
207lbs
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