I found him through MALS Pals on Facebook. That group has a list of MALS surgeons. Also I started searching the group history for surgeons who had done revisions. I found mentions of Dr. Sprouse as being a "scar tissue expert" which I knew would be a major issue reoperating on me. But it was really his patients, one in particular who encouraged me to see about an appointment. I ended up consulting 4 surgeons and he was the one I felt most comfortable with. At this point I'm hoping all I ever need in the future is a stent, and he will be doing ultrasounds to be sure the artery has stayed open.

100 MALS surgeries! My surgeon here in Chicago has done 10 and out of those 10 only 3 got better. He wants me to see behavior medicine team now. But in the meantime I don’t want to be in pain. My appointment with them isn’t till May!