I would have given this doctor no stars if that were possible.
Dr. Anez performs "bariatric surgery, " like gastric bypass, for major weight loss in Northern Virginia, at an Inova facility. I was a patient for about a year ending in 2012. We're trying to "fire" him for subsequent surgery (unrelated), but so far no luck finding anyone willing to take over.
My family and I have worked with lots of local doctors and hospitals, starting with our parents, kids, and ourselves. Out of all those doctors, he's probably been the worst to deal with.
There were so many problems with his practice, from having him not show up for scheduled appointments, to staff who gave out conflicting information, to lots of overlapping or duplicated tests, classes, and so on. Apparently this is a big moneymaker for the other doctors and medical facilities they you refer you to for many, many tests. They're also pushing you to buy food supplements and so on through them, for example. One outfit they referred us to for food supplements was not only out of business, but our credit card information was apparently stolen when we placed an "order."
He uses some assistant who's not covered by our insurance, so we had to pay him separately. He's also lax about sending us copies of the results from the various tests, etc.
No matter how many forms you fill out, he never remembers important details about your history, which isn't good. Something went wrong during the operation, so I ended up in intensive care for several extra days, then he tried to force me to stay another weekend because he didn't want to come in to sign the forms to release me. He never explained what went wrong and he only showed up once while I was conscious -- mostly to play grabass with the staff.
The other people I see all laughed when they saw the paperwork he gave me for my prescriptions -- you couldn't even read it and the other doctors crossed lots of things off because they weren't right. (He prescribed insulin, for example, but no prescription for the needles.)
Apparently, although this is all he does, he has no actual experience with what happens after the surgery, so the information and classes we had to go to were a complete waste of time. Frankly, we found out lots more from other doctors and the internet.
If I had to get this surgery again, I'd stay out of the Inova system altogether. read more