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Beware of the "Senior Medical Consultant!" (The "Hair Salesman")
When deciding where to have your surgery, be certain that, at the time of your consultation, it is a physician who examines you and makes specific recommendations about your procedure. A salesman, or other person (frequently wearing a white coat) who might be "masquerading" as a medical professional, should not be practicing medicine. You might meet these people and assume that they are physicians as they have impressive sounding titles such as "senior medical consultants." These people are not physicians, and may not have one bit of formal medical training.
If you go to a doctor's office expecting to meet with a physician, and are evaluated instead by a non-physician dressed in a white coat, beware! When a physician evaluates you and makes recommendations, he/she is responsible for informing you of the risks as well as the potential benefits of your surgery, and is ultimately responsible for your care. He will also have the knowledge to provide you with a balanced view regarding your surgery as well as other treatment options. This is the practice of medicine! A "consultant'" who is being paid to convince people to have a transplant, but who is not actually performing the surgery, does not bear this responsibility, and may have a natural tendency to over-sell the procedure. Beware!
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