University of Alabama

[bbjack]

As I told you in an earlier post they are sending my nephew there for VF at the bottom of his heart. evidently this is very rare .Im wondering if anyone has had any experience with this university or the doctors there? Where he goes now is in kingsprt tenn. and they have a great success rate but evidently they feel they cant handle his issues and want to send him here/Any information you can give me is appreicated.

[Mom2four85]

def take cindy's advice and research and find a doctor that's highly qualified; I don't know about UA either but hopefully he finds the right dr for his care

[cindy707]

I am out in California and know nothing about the UA Hospital but i do know if it were me i would do as much research as i could to find out what their specialty is and their success rates.  I would look for patient testimonials as to their experiences there...i would research who the head of their EP Lab is and then research what their educational history is and if UA is a teaching hospital i would make it clear that it is not okay with your family to prance rotational residents in and out of his room and during the procedure and that you do not want a resident performing any of the procedures....you have to sort of set the ground rules for procedures being done in any teaching hospital or else it gets super stressful.......and right now what your nephew needs is the solution not the stress that it could add to him.  VF is you research it is really not that rare it is just sometimes difficult to treat but not impossible....good luck to your family........