Surgeons - Clackamas, OR

"Dr. Barton is now working with Kaiser Permanente in Portland, Oregon. He performed a procedure on me last month and I feel very lucky to have gotten him as my surgeon. He patiently explained the options, the procedure, and the recovery during the pre-op appointment, taking the time to go over the information he had for me plus my list of questions. Since it was a major surgery, I requested a second opinion, and then Dr. Barton returned my call after hours to discuss what the other dr. had said. Dr. Barton and can tell you the statistics on all the possible complications, etc. off the top of his head. The surgery went perfectly, the scars are minimal and I have had no complications at all. In addition to being very thorough, patient and skilled, Dr. Barton has a lot of personality and a great sense of humor. Obviously those aren't the main things to look for in a surgeon, but they help establish trust when you're having to put your health in the hands of a virtual stranger and helped make the whole process less scary. "

"I have had male doctors since I was a baby. My first gyno was a man, but this guy takes the cake. He showed no signs of of anything being off until I had to go in without my husband. The nurse was in the room, but man... I had already had a colonoscopy so I thought it was odd that he would ask me to do one in a short pre-op, un drugged, not cleaned out, and with a stomach filled with a cyst/tumor the size of a cantalope, and massive pelvic fluid. Then he started telling me to yell out his name. Over and over again. I brushed it off. Then during the surgery, he withheld nausea meds, pain meds, and my own meds. I asked to go home early even though my suture was leaking and I was in major pain. I was my seventh stomach procedure. I had major adhesions at that time. I also was unaware that during his last surgery he had my gyno (non-surgeon) use a new laser procedure on me an she cut my bladder. They also gave me c. diff, which I thought was from the anti-biotics and I went down to 90lbs and almost died. I went to each of of them including my pc three times and ended up at the Hospital getting diagnosised. Back to that surgery, the nursing staff said they hated working with him, because he'll ask you for something just so he can tell you no. He said what can I do for you? I said I don't know, just give me whatever you gave me last time (thinking why is he asking me?). He said no, I'm not going to do that, are you mad at me ****my name**? He said it so softly, it creeped me out. I said no. He told my doctor it was a tylonal surgery, I was like what? I already have Fibromyalgia, and other pain issues. I've had cancer, and he was removing tumors and massive fluid, fixing a bladder cut, and going through massive scar tissue. He said the same thing a month later. I know your still mad at me (my name). I was still confused. I try not to think those things about people, because it can ruin their rep., but it's a longer story. He had also wrote down for each surgery, that I was there for PTSD and anxiety. Ok. Every doctor, kept trying to get me to go back to him, including my gyno who broke my confideniality by dragging the story out of me and then telling me to go back, knowing I had been assulted once. She even cancelled my appt with my new gyno who was a surgeon over the phone and demanded I still see her. Then when the problems continued they hid stuff on my records including chemo during these surgeries and their partner SWWMC called them and they said I had fired three gyno's already. My pc told my husband it was in my head. I was making the tumors and fluid. Now I have edema so bad I can't walk, had a breast lump, nipple leakage, my lungs keep collapsing, more tumors, ascites, I spit up blood, and I've had thrush that anti-biotics won't cure. They're saying it's my morphine. I'm on a small dose, but they want to take that away because that must be the cause because I'm still in pain. Got to love Kaiser doctors."