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Things to research when you are thinking in having weight loss surgery.
Start with the medical licensing board/bureau in your state. There you can see if the doctor's license is current and in good standing. You can see if the doctor has had any disciplinary action taken against him/her in recent years. In many states, you can see where the doctor went to medical school and how long he/she has been licensed to practice in your state.

Google is also a good tool. Type in your doctor's name and state to see what comes up. Then type in your doctor's name and one of these key search words:

• Lawsuits
• Malpractice
• Complaints
• Disciplinary action
• Court
• Reviews

For Mexican surgeons the link is:

http://www.cmcgac.org.mx/cgi-bin/DirectorioMedicos

To see if that surgeon is a member of the Mexican College of Bariatric Surgeons use this link:

http://www.cmco.org.mx/?q=contact

To verify that a doctor in Mexico is a licensed physician you need his license number and you enter it on this website and it will tell you who the license belongs to:

http://www.cedulaprofesional.sep.gob.mx:7057/cedula/CntConsultaVisitas

Surgery in Mexico is handled a bit differently than it is in the United States. In the US, you will receive a bill from each physician: the surgeon, anesthesiologist, internal medicine doctor, assistant surgeon, radiologist, etc. That is not how it works in Mexico. In Mexico you pay the surgeon for a "package" Gastric Sleeve procedure. He pays all the other doctors.

In the US (for example) the anesthesiologists contract with the hospital and their agreements are with the hospital, not the surgeon. The surgeon does not always get to hand pick the doctor putting you to sleep. People tend to assume the most important doctor in the operating room is the surgeon. This is not so. It's the anesthesiologist that keeps you alive during surgery. He is focusing on your breathing, your circulation, your heart, everything. The surgeon is focused on one thing, the surgery. In this case I tend to agree with the way Mexico does things. Do you want the surgeon you trust to pick the anesthesiologist or the hospital's administrative contract folks, the folks paid to get the best deals? The surgeon is responsible for your surgery overall, he wants you to have the best person putting you to sleep. His reputation depends on it. His reputation means his entire career. Without a good reputation they have nothing. So, in Mexico the surgeon hires the anesthesiologist, not the hospital contract office. This is an example of why it is a "package" cost in Mexico vs. individual bills in the US from all the various medical providers.

Text from Wassabublebutt blog. 

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