Lauren A. Poliakin, MD, FACS, DABOM General & Bariatric Surgery

What patients say

• Dr Poliakin is the best. She’s so thorough and spends time with you She really cares and listens amazing surgeon!! Trust her with my life! The staff is great too

  Chris Aber, 5 stars, via Google

• Explained procedure, answered my concerns with ease Office staff extremely helpful

  Jerry Schoneman, 5 stars, via Google

• I am forever thankful for Dr.Poliakin and her staff- I feel so fortunate they were there (and believed me) in my time of need. Cliffnotes version: -Go to ER at 1am for abdominal pain. Ultrasound confirms gallstones and liver enzymes are slightly elevated. They send me home with a referral to follow up with a general surgeon and painkillers., Next day: call referral for general surgeon (Dr.Andrew Luckey) who doesn’t see outpatient so was a bit confused- he only sees you if you had surgery in the hospital. The next opening they had was in a week but they were going to try and squeeze me in. They did call me back and were able to get me an appt however I was already on the way back to the ER because I didn’t feel I could make it a week. -ER round 2- get a dragon of a NP who says they aren’t going to admit me for surgery, tells me that’s more what I want nor are they going to rerun my labs since I was just there- best she could do is order an CT so I said okay and sat down.Hours go by and it becomes clear to me even with a CT I’m not going to get help here and my only shot at getting support was the surgery referral. Called Dr. Poliakin’s office back, tell them the situation, they told me to come over and they will fit me in. Met Dr. Poliakin, she educated me very clearly about what was likely going on, laid out all the options includingthe option to get on her surgery schedule that day. I was terrified but I trusted her completely after meeting her and felt safe in her care. She called the ER and told them to rerun my labs and admit me and thank goodness she did. The labs were 5x what they were and I was on my way to developing jaundice. Got admitted and things moved quite quickly after that. As someone who’s never had surgery (aside from dental) in her life, I was absolutely terrified going into this and some tears were shed. While I was in pre-op I got to meet my OR Nurse, anesthesiologist and see Dr. Poliakin again to talk about the developments from the blood work. I had an all female team which felt pretty badass 🙌. Dr. Poliakin again was super upfront, educational, straight forward, and compassionate. I knew going into this there was no one else’s care I’d rather have been in and went into that OR more relaxed than I ever would have expected possible from myself. I’m now five days post surgery, doing well and I shutter to think what could’ve happened if it wasn’t for Dr. Poliakin and her staff. I wish there were words to convey how thankful I am but thank you just doesn’t really cut it. If you find yourself in the unfortunate situation of needing general surgery and you’re reading this review trying to find some reassurance- just know you’re in the best hands and she will take amazing care of you.

  Victoria Nigro, 5 stars, via Google