"Dr. Shinnerl, wow what do I say about this guy that would do him justice. Ok, how about this! With my insurance company, I had a choice, to go to someone in the network to do the surgery for me and they would pay 90%of the bill, or I could pick someone not in the network, and they would only pay for 70% of the surgery. Well, Dr. Shinnerl, is not in my network and neither is the hospital he will do my surgery at. But, after really looking around for some time I came to the conclusion that he was the surgeon that I felt cared about me and was very good at what he does. He has such a great personality. I really believe he is one of very few doctors in this world that, really care about what they are doing for their patients more than the money they use to line their already thick pockets. He will be the first to tell you that, love helping people have the wls. And you wanna know something I found quite funny? He is married to a dietician who at first didn't believe, surgery was the way to help anyone to lose weight. They needed a good excersize plan and a healthy diet and they could overcome this,overweightness. But, as he has told myself and others, she has finally seen the light and realizes alot of obese people have the weight as more of a illness than just being lazy or eating all the time. Anyway, I still have not had surgery, it is however real soon, but, I just can't say enough about him. He is a wonderful man and doctor.
Joe, his nurse and all around right hand, is just as great as he is. She makes you feel like there isn't anyone else in the office but you. You can really tell she cares. And as great as I have talked about these 2 it is no wonder that they are always booked and so full that is just would make your head spin to know how many patients he sees just in one month. They are very professional people. And we can not forget the wonderful and caring Sherry, from up at Dr. Shinnerl's office. She is so helpful and patient. You talk to her alot when you are being impatient for the response from the insurance company and you call the poor woman a few hundred times a week. And every time she talks to you she is just as nice as the time before.
One thing you should know about the doc though is, he will not do surgery on someone who is a smoker and will not stop for surgery. Him and his staff beleive very strongly in this and I doubt they would ever budge on this matter. I would rate him as a 10 out of 10 doctor. Overall, I am sure it will be the same, but, we will just have to wait,huh? "
