Katherine A. Morgan Bariatric Surgeon M.D.

I actually haven't met my surgeon yet but I met the dr. in charge, Dr. Byrne, at MUSC. He was originally going to perform my surgery but he is so busy that I didn't want to wait that long for him to do it that I scheduled my surgery someone else on his team. I have heard great things about her so I am not worried in the least!rnrnEVERYONE on Dr. Byrne's team is GREAT!!! They are all so very profession, efficient, and helpful. I can't believe how blessed I am!rnrn10/31/06 - I met Dr. Morgan today while at MUSC for my Pre-op and ultrasound. She is really nice and I am very confident in her abilities. Couldn't ask for a better doctor!

Dr. Katherine Morgan is a very young intelligent person. I felt calm and safe wtih her. She knows exactly what she is doing and she made me feel at ease right away. She is taking all precautions with my surgery. I have a Mechanical Heart Valve and am on Coumadin because of it. So she is putting me in the hospital a few days earlier and stopping my Coumadin, putting me on the Heparin and making sure I have antibiotics to make sure my heart doesn't get infected. My aftercare, she is planning to keep me in the hospital until my blood gets to a safe level. She is very sweet, has a great bedside manner and is right to the point of the matter. I feel confident that she knows what she's doing and I feel safe having her has my surgeon.

Dr K. Morgan is a very pleasant person. She was very informative. I have only talked with her on the 1st visit to MUSC. I found everyone at MUSC in the Gastric Surgery area to be very nice and made you feel at ease. The enitre set-up that MUSC has informs you on all the good and the bad of this procedure. I even took my husband so he could get the information first hand. I feel they addressed all his concerns and never made him feel like he was in the way as some providers can do. I think they have good bedside manner & they definately are a very competent team there-which impressed me and my husband.

I just love Dr. Morgan. I always feel like I have her full attention. My first impression was that she was low-key. I was a little thrown because I expected to have Dr. Byrne perform my surgery. I was not disappointed with my experience with her. A big plus - I don't have to wait long during post-op appts., a big pet peeve of mine. She is very thorough and answers all my questions. She's very compassionate. I give her a 10.

I went my first consult appt. on 8-25-05. I met with another Dr. in the office . I also had to attend an info. class at that time. The class was given by Dr. Byrns and Dr.Morgan. Both Drs. were very helpful with the info. they give the class.

I went for my initial consult on 6/2/05 and was thinking that I was scheduled to see Dr. Byrne. I was surprised at how young she was, but was reassured in the group consult Dr. Byrne did that she is very capable and a good surgeon. Dr. Morgan is very nice and answered all of mine and my husbands questions. I have my pre-op on 9/8/05, I hope I get to see her, but who knows when it comes to a hospital as big as Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).

He was very friendly. Tried to scare you at first, but I think they try to weed out the weak ones. I actually consulted with his partner, Dr. Morgan, a female. She was very nice.

The office staff was very nice. Considering they lost my file on the first visit, everything went well after it was found.

I've had one appointment so far, the initial "am I worthy" of the surgery interview. The shrink was an "intern", seem to know what he was doing. The dietician was informative. Then I met Dr. Morgan...I was under the impression I was waiting to see Dr Byrnes...I had to ask her who she was. She said she would be doing my surgery. First impression...how old is she, how many of these has she done, she looks my age..30. Nice enough, nothing outstanding, but then I was with her all of 10-15 mins. There was supposed to be a group meeting that afternoon, only me and one other surgery candidate showed. I met Dr Byrnes then and he covered all the possible bad things that could happen and all the possible insurance nightmares that could happen along with after surgery if the doctor says you are ready to go..get out because they need the beds. Blunt but point taken...keep em moving ... next... cattle call.... but I wont be a cow for long :) More to come, preop labs and xrays Nov 4th, Surgery Nov 8th
11-04-04
Pre-op testing day I never saw Dr Morgan, first I saw a student who did not know what to ask me or why I was there or what stage of the process I was in, whom then said let me go get Dr Byrnes. Then in came Dr Byrnes and another fellow whom I was passed off to and DR Byrnes left. This new guy was the cheif resident that would be assisting Dr Morgan during my surgery, he asked me all the same questions, rewrote my chart on a new peice of paper and sent me on my way.
11-08-04
Day of Surgery, I finally saw Dr. Morgan for maybe 3 minutes before surgery, don't remember anything else.
11-09-04 thru 11-10-04
During my stay I saw Dr. Morgan once, the Cheif resident once, and many other doctors, residents, students, interns from the "team"
11-18-04
My 10 day follow up appt, I never saw Dr. Morgan..notice a pattern of lack of personalized or any attention? She is a nice lady, I just don't feel I got my share of her attention or supervision. This appt was worthless, I needed guidance, support, no one wanted to look at my journal, no one asked about my protein or water intact, or if I was even eating the right foods. I was left in a room 45 minutes, before I walked out and made eye contact with an intern who said Morgan was stuck in surgery. I honestly have no personal problem with Morgan aside from she wouldnt be able to pick me out of a line up. Im glad she was taking care of a patient on short notice, my beef is with the whole system and being forgotten and then pushed thru like cattle at a critical stage in my process. The resident did a quick once over with me, chastized me for being impatient, then sent in Dr Byrnes who gave me a whole 5 minutes of his time, asked how much I lost, said good good, and tried to run out, but I was able to get 2 quick questions in and a precrip for the phlebitus from IV in my arm and vein. I expected someone would care about me, that the dietician would come in and check my progress..I was jsut told next apt 30 days...can you imagine the damage I could do to my body in another 30 days if I wasnt doing things right? sigh
Maybe if Byrnes had done my surgery he might have felt more inclined to care about my journey. rate 6
My actual surgeon DR Morgan rates 5 in personalized service, but Im alive and functioning with no surgical complications so she gets a 8 for her operating skills.
Let me also clearify MUSC is a teaching hospital, I understand the use of and teaching/learning process of the students and interns etc...just did not care for the inpersonality of them. If they had just read the chart before they walk in and say "why are you here?"...just a thought instead of reading chart in front of me.
03-19-05 The more I see of Dr Morgan the more I like her, my last 2 appointments went well, she answered all my questions, and made me feel good about my progress.

It scared me that she looked so young, but I knew that meant nothing compared to the knowledge she had. After the first inital visit I knew I had made the right decision and she reassured me with any answers to the questions I had for her. She was very informative and explained things in terms that I could understand. Dr Morgans ofc staff is great . They treat everyone with kindness and compassion and smile everytime you see them. I would rate Dr Morgan a 10 !