I had surgery with Dr. Peterson in 2023 and regret it to this day. I had more pain after the…read moresurgery than I ever had before I had this one. Took me months in rehab to get back to as normal as I could. I should have skipped the surgery and just gone to rehab. Then I got a letter saying he was moving to Ascension Medical Group, Seton Neurosurgery Southwest at 7900 Ranch to Market Road 1826 suite 203. There was a phone number and an email in the letter and I had a limited amount of time to request copies of my records. I sent an email the first time - no response. Then I called and got a guy who told me the girl was out but he would leave a message for her to call. Never could get a response from them so I wrote a letter to the Ascension Seton Office he has listed on his webpage. I also copied in the main office at Ascension Seton. They told me he was not with them. I had also mailed a letter requesting my records to him at that address and it came back as Vacated-moved. He must be trying to hide from someone. If he has started practice somewhere else you should avoid him at all costs.

Dr. Peterson and his staff treated me with respect and fixed my back. I am completely healed and…read moredoing great!

His office is beyond disorganized. If you are looking for decent doc experience pls don't go to…read morehim. They make you wait for an hour for that 5 or 10 min visit. Take way more ppl in than they can handle, the doctor himself is not that great either he has been adding a new medicine every visit, trial and error, the problem is we dont have others around Austin to go to and they know this, as I am writing this I have been waiting for an hour now to see the doctor.

One of the finest doctors who deal with difficult problems. My wife quite literally put her life in…read morehis hands and he continues to pursue the unknown until he has an answer, good or bad for the patient. I just wish I could be the quality of the person that he has achieved. This is someone I truly admire.

I'm a heath professional so I really noticed how clean the entire office is and how though his…read morestaff was. Would you believe in this day and age ,Dr DeMaio's staff actually met me at the pharmacy After hours to make sure I got the correct medication for a procedure scheduled the next morning. I was impressed Dr DeMaio got all the information pertaining to my issues to assess the problem. He explained my diagnosis thoroughly and treatment. He gave me notes to refer to for later. I'm more than halfway through and I can already tell a great improvement! I'm so glad I have him as my cardiologist.

You cannot get any better than Dr. Samuel DeMaio and his staff! First I credit Dr. DeMaio himself…read morefor his vast knowledge and thinking outside the box in his field. If it were not for him my father would not be here today, and to top it off he is back to 100% which without Dr. DeMaio's expertise would be impossible. Next comes his office and staff which is bar none the absolute most professional, efficient, knowledgeable, and kind people to have the pleasure to work with. And I do mean pleasure, which is never a word associated with Dr.'s offices in most cases. Nobody is perfect but Dr. DeMaio and his staff come as close as any I have ever seen. Thank you again Dr. DeMaio and your team for all you have done and continue to do! God Bless!

Dr. V cured my back pain. After 9 years of dealing with constant back pain, and trying every type…read moreof treatment, it was time for surgical intervention. I was referred to Dr. V from my pain specialist and from the moment I met him, I felt at ease. He took the time to understand my story, my condition, and after ordering new MRI and X-ray images, he recommended a minimally-invasive TLIF procedure. My discs had severely degenerated over time and a fusion was necessary to decompress the spine and give space to the nerves. Leading up to surgery Dr. V walked me through the whole process and made sure I understood exactly what to expect. After the procedure was over, he was in constant communication and made sure I was recovering properly. I saw Dr. V again for the 1-month, 3-month, and 6-month check-ups and he again made sure I was informed and healing the right way. If you have back pain, you need to go see Dr. V. He will get to the root of the issue and only recommend surgery if it's absolutely necessary for relief. I wish I would have seen him years ago.

I would give neg 10 stars if I could...the worst experience of my entire life. Ram R. Vasudevan's…read morepractice ran my insurance and reassured me they accept it. Several months, several tests, 2 MRI's, and 3 nerve stimulation tests later, VASUDEVAN insisted we do a further nerve test. His office, after ALL TESTS, tells me at the end of the day, they don't accept my insurance after all. Better yet, Vasudevan concludes it may be just stress.... Now... I have no problem paying my co-pay because my insurance was covering most of it and I know i still had a deductible to meet. I really needed that care, but it was a fucking joke. I'm still to this day in even more pain. His front desk lied straight to my face, they constantly have furious other patients as I've seen many time in the front office with my own eyes and ears. the front desk ignored my calls several weeks in a row as I was out of work during this fisco because I couldn't even turn my head left or right. No matter how many voicemails I left. I needed paperwork to state I was in his care to show my employer why l've been in care. This whole practice made it nothing but stressful to where I was crying everyday wondering when/if ever will they call me back? I needed this man's signature and shame on him and this whole practice so ignoring a patient in need. Now I hammer myself with lidocaine patches to numb the pain and l'm miserable every damn day. This whole practice is a joke. DO NOT even bother.

Dr. Wupperman saved the quality of my life. After 4 failed spinal surgeries with other specialists…read morehe took aggressive action and knew exactly what had to be done. 2 years later I am still completely pain free. He truly cares about his patients. The only thing that hasn't been a complete 5 star experience was the front desk staff, but to be expected in a busy office. I can't thank him enough for what he has done.

THE BEST! Dr W. is a remarkable surgeon when it comes to spinal issues. I am currently planning…read moreto return for fusion surgery #2. I wouldn't EEVER go to anyone else for spine issues!

Dr Rafii gave me and extra year with my husband. My husband experienced right side weakness and…read moretrouble walking , he seen his Primary who chalked it up to being a pinched nerve and gave him muscle relaxers. After going back and forth with his primary and not getting anywhere we sought out the assistance of Dr. Rafii. Dr. Rafii cared, listened and tried to get things figured out with my husband. After a few visits with Dr. Rafii and no real sense of relief for my husband Dr. Rafii did something he said he's never done and ordered a brain MRI...where they found 13 tumors on my husband brain. With the evidence in hand as horrible as it was we had an answer. We later found out that my husband had small cell lung cancer that had metastasized to his brain and he passed just a year later. If it wasn't for Dr. Rafii I don't think we would have even had that year. I am forever grateful for Dr. Rafii and his team for their compassion and care. May God be with you all.

I hardly ever write reviews... but this one is long overdue…read more I had been seeing Dr. Raffi for about a year, and due to personal reasons I had to switch Dr's for maintenance of flair ups. I'm starting an intensive physical therapy program and hoping I won't need maintenance for too much longer. That being said, I am grateful for the time I had with Dr. Rafii. Dealing with a chronic pain condition can be stressful for the Dr. and patient both. But navigating those waters of trial and error didn't seem bad at all with him. It felt more like a team collaboration. Even when times were easy to give up and refer me out...he didn't. It was actually that exact act of kindness that made me want to explore outside of the box of just traditional pain meds. I felt like I had a cheerleader as cheesy as that sounds. It's really hard to find a good Dr. these days and especially one that makes you WANT to get better. Kuddos to you, Dr. Rafii. Thank you for your help. I would definitely refer you to anyone in need.

spent less than 3 minutes with me. I came in because I've had ongoing and worsening abdominal pain…read morefor over two months and it's impacting my ability to care for my older special needs child who needs physical assistance with all daily living activities. I had a CT scan with contrast that was all clear minus a very small ovarian cyst. He advised me that no other type of scan would help and that there is nothing a CT scan with contrast could have missed that's related to my symptoms. He also said sometimes he wishes he could fake symptoms to get scans so he could rule out anything serious. That made me tear up and I told him that I am not faking symptoms to get scans - he immediately said he wasn't implying that. Just that I'm lucky to know it's not cancer or something more serious. My father has stage 3 colon cancer , my best friend has breast cancer, my work supervisor and friend"s mom has stage 4 brain cancer - so yes, I agree it's great a CT scan did not show any signs of that. Said I should come back if this gets worse (I went to see him because it was getting worse and my PCP had told me maybe I just needed a vacation). As any parent of a kid like mine knows , we don't have time to go to the doctors for ourselves. If I'm here , it's because it's already worse.

Dr. Fass is an outstanding surgeon. I chose him over a decade ago for a Lap Band which saved my…read moremental health and physically finally gave me several years of weight loss, feeling energetic, able to exercise....I could go on and on! The office is very well organized, they have bariatric patients as well as general surgery patients. Jenna is his nurse And his been with him likely longer than I've been his patient as she was there when I went in for my bariatric consultation years ago. Last month Dr Fass did surgery on a large Para-esophageal Hernia with Nissan Fundiplication-he used a DaVinci Robot-He advised a 3 day post op stay-he did such a great job and I was up and about the next morning independently in my room-i discharged on day 2 post operation. He visited me daily. I like his bedside manner, He is caring but very confident and gives explicit directions on follow up care. Prior to surgery he gave me a very good picture of what to expect. He even advised there was a YouTube video that I could observe on the procedure he would be doing. He did not require any gastric surgery to be done when I had this repair unlike another surgeon where I was being treated prior. My incisions healed very nicely and very quickly with no signs or symptoms of infection. I highly recommend Dr. Steven Fass for general surgery as well as bariatric surgery.

Unfortunately I had a really poor experience here, and I'd like to share so that future patients…read moreknow what they're getting themselves into. I wish that I could have had this information prior.. I was referred here regarding pain from an auto accident. I was aware of the hefty cost ($1000 for an initial consultation visit), but was willing to pay for this doctor's expertise and opinion in reviewing my injuries. I arrived early for my appointment, and was taken back to the room in a reasonable amount of time. After the nurse took my vitals, she informed me that Dr. V would be in to see me "in a few minutes." Well, the minutes ticked by with no sign of Dr. V. After about 20 minutes of waiting, the nurse came back in & said Dr. V would just be "a few more minutes." I wound up being back in the room for a full hour PAST my appointment time when Dr. V finally bothered to come in, at which point the wait time was not acknowledged. We reviewed my history briefly, and he said really to formulate his opinion, I would need to go back and get two more MRIs so that he could see the full spine (I had already gotten one MRI). That was pretty frustrating, because I had specifically called prior to my appointment to confirm with his staff that they had everything that they would need for Dr. V to provide an opinion. I offered to go back and get additional MRIs done if that was going to be needed, and even requested they check with the on-site nurse at the time, to see if they would be helpful. After holding, I was reassured that just the one MRI was enough and I should come into the appointment to see Dr. V. Okay, so now I've paid $1000 out of pocket, just for him to tell me to go get two more MRIs. Cool. So I went and got the MRIs, & went back for a follow-up visit (which is an additional $600). Again, I arrived right on time and was taken back reasonably. Again, the nurse did her job and left me to wait for Dr. V, who would be in in "just a few minutes." This time, I was waiting for over 40 minutes in the room before Dr. V came in. The thing about Dr. V ~ he does not have good bedside manner. He'll make small talk with you, but he's not looking at you nor listening, rather, pulling up your file, making notes, etc. In the first 5 minutes of my time with Dr. V, he pulled his cell phone out of his pocket to check it three times. At the third occurrence, I asked him if I was interrupting anything, to which he replied no, that the hospital keeps calling him and he doesn't know why. Again, no acknowledgement of my wait time nor the lack of consideration in checking his phone when I was paying handsomely for his time. Well, he reviewed those MRIs and ultimately said that there's nothing he can do for me as far as treatment goes, and referred me to Pain Management. On my way out, I spoke with the office manager, and outlined my concerns. I was very gracious and understanding, but shared that I do not think my time was respected. I have a life - a job, a family - to plan around in order to make these appointments work. Not only was I not seen at the promised appointment time, but left in a room to wait for multiple hours over the course of just two visits. I courteously asked for a credit to my bill as consideration for MY time. I was given a lot of empathy, "I get what you're saying & I agree," and she offered to share the feedback with Dr. V and call me back. Of course, she did not call me back, so when I reached her back she again gave some apologies and acknowledgement, and said that she reviewed with Dr. V and they had decided that they were unable to credit my account balance. So, I cannot control what's on the MRI, but he has the audacity to charge me THOUSANDS of dollars for less than one hour of his time, yet refuses to acknowledge that MY time is worth anything at all. In summary, this establishment: * Does not value their patient's time * Supports a doctor who checks his phone while in the room w/ a patient * had a crappy blood pressure cuff that they literally asked me to hold in place so it wouldn't fall off Patients BEWARE

After two other surgical consults and years trying to avoid surgery, I was referred to Dr V by my…read morepain management Dr, as well as two personal friends who were already patients. I was petrified and had done everything to avoid surgery for years! I wish I hadn't waited so long. I am 6 weeks post op today. I had a three level ACDF and feel fantastic! If I have to go back for another level, I won't hesitate, with him as my surgeon. Not only is he an amazing surgeon, but he's kind, compassionate and very thorough in explaining everything, step by step. I hope if you are reading this and considering surgery, you will consult with Dr Vasudevan. You just don't have to live in pain. The difference is life changing. I got mine back