I went to see Dr. Ruggeri this morning because of chronic right knee pain and the certainty I had…read morethat I probably would need a knee replacement . Sure enough, x-rays that Dr. Ruggeri ordered confirmed that I was literally bone on bone for the knee, which he also stated verbatim to me. Throughout the visit I felt quite dismissed by him and very uncomfortable with the fact that he did not want to seem to listen to me. So he did give me a steroid injection for the knee I asked him for a short-term Supply of pain medication until we could see whether the steroid injection worked or not. He was adamant that he would not do this and when I tried to speak to him further about it my perception was that he was almost downright rude . I will not be returning to Western Pennsylvania Orthopedics. By the way I have already had three joint replacements and so I do have an idea of what's going on with my body .

Dr. Katz was rude and seemed rushed, and my visit was ultimately unproductive. Front office and…read moreradiology staff were good though.

Had full knee replacement. Knee is worse after surgery then before. Told me I'll just have to deal…read morewith it. . Office staff was excellent.

i am a patient of Dr Vena and was a grateful recipient of a robotic hip replacement 4/18/23…read moreperformed by Dr Vena. Everything went great and I am very happily out of pain completely in two months time. I highly recommend Dr Vena.

All in all, I was shocked with the lack of professionalism and courteousness. If you consider your…read moretime valuable, I recommend you seek out another doctor. Sadly, not because of the doctor, but because of his staff. The office staff changed the date of an appointment without notifying me. When I showed up at the scheduled appointment time, they informed me that the appointment was on another day & refused to let me see the doctor. When I produced the appointment card they had given me, which had my name as well as the date and time of the appointment, they tried to blame me, saying I must have called in to change the appointment. This was not the case. They refused to accept responsibility for the mistake, which was a very costly one for me, and chose to cock an attitude rather than apologize.