I live in the Lake Norman area of North Carolina. My friend turned me on to go the route of weight loss surgery. She had it done and she looked amazing! I guess, I wanted what she had accomplished. Now I am that person and I look amazing. It was easy since I was self pay patient. Best $12k I ever spent. This included everything from the Surgeon fees, Anesthesiologist, 1 overnight...

I had major complications due to my original gastric bypass performed by another doctor. Dr. Stefanidias preformed my revision and repair. It was a 6 hour long procedure and he did it using the robot. He was always very professional and very friendly. He listened and remembered everything I had told him. So very thankful he was recommended to me. He saved my life!

So this review is maybe 3 years overdue. I was 35 years old, 5'2" and 280 lbs when I decided on the Gastric Bypass procedure. I had spent years doing Dr assisted weight loss, weight watchers and so on. I just could not drop the weight. So I was finally fed up with not being able to keep up with my then 10 and 9 year old sons. I decided on Gastric Bypass with Dr Bauman in Concord NC. I cant...

Dr. Pilatis performed gastric sleeve surgery and a hiatal hernia repair on me in December 2016. I have been extremely pleased with him. Very nice bedside manner, answers all my questions thoroughly and I healed quickly and had no issues with the surgery. I would highly recommend him.