Stephanie Barnes Bariatric Surgeon M.D.

Dr. Barnes seems to be a very efficient and informative surgeon. I also like the fact that she and her husband work together. It was my first time to meet them both and they were both very polite and friendly. I also like how she got me scheduled for surgery as soon as she did. She was very open about the risk of the surgery and made sure that any questions I had (or could think of at the moment)were answered! I have not had the surgery yet, so I can't comment on her surgical competence, but it seems that her bedside manner will be fine! UPDATE - First of all, let me just say that Stephanie Barnes was supposed to be my surgeon, but she had a c-section right before my surgery, so Jim Barnes became my surgeon. Well, after about a month after surgery, the Barnes' left the clinic they were with, and now my surgeon is Dr. Merriman. I met him at my six week appt. and he is wonderful!!! He is very thorough and stresses the importance of aftercare. I wish that he would have been my surgeon all along as the Barnes' only care about the actual surgery ... they never even sent me a letter stating that they moved and asking me to come see them there. Seems they only want the money!!

--KUDOS to Dr. Merriman!!--

Update -- I guess Dr. Barnes or someone in his office saw what I wrote about them. Dr. Barnes called me himself and explained the situation to me and told me that they were not allowed access to my file when they left the practice. I appologize completely for jumping to conclusions!! I would also like to thank Dr. Barnes for calling to explain the situation, it made me feel a lot better!! Thanks!