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Edward Shin, MD

4.5 (74 reviews)
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Dr. Shin performed a Rotator Cuff surgery on my right shoulder on 01-11-23. During the rehab period of my surgery I continued to have pain. During my scheduled "post-op visits" I reported to Dr. Shin the type and quality of pain, and when I was having it, only to be told by Dr. Shin, "this is normal healing pain, and is of no concern". After my May 25th visit, I continued to have the same pain in the same place and reported this to Dr. Shin, and again I was told by him that it is "normal pain". I have had a number of surgeries on both my right and left Sholder's and know the difference from "rehab pain, surgical, and something is wrong" pain. So in June of this year, I sought a second opinion from a Sports Medicine Dr. in Redwood City. After my initial visit and discussion of my pain, an MRI was ordered and this MRI showed "an anomaly" on the right shoulder joint itself. In my subsequent visit, it was recommended that exploratory surgery be performed. July 6th, 2023, exploratory surgery on my right shoulder was performed, and it was subsequently discovered that one of the three anchors put in my right shoulder joint by Dr. Shin was placed and protruded through the right shoulder joint, and was cutting the underside of my deltoid muscle group with movement of the right shoulder during rehab. It was also discovered that the Bicep Tendon repair that was performed by Dr. Shin, had to be released and redone. In August of this year, as a direct result of these findings, I sent Dr. Shin a letter notifying him I was no longer going to be his patient and shared the reasons why with him. Dr. Shin's response to me on the phone was "yes, I made a mistake, I am only human", at which point I ended the call. The "take away here" is not that I endured three months of 7+ right shoulder pain that was to be relieved by Tylenol. Dr. Shin continued to dismiss my pain, and NEVER ordered an MRI or any other diagnostic test to get to the root cause of my shoulder pain. The fact that a second surgery was performed is clear evidence that something was very wrong and Dr. Shin did nothing about it!!! Anyone considering using Dr. Shin as their Sports Medicine Orthopedic Surgeon should ask themselves the question "if they want a one and done" attitude of a Dr. that believes nothing could be wrong with their surgery. In my opinion has an arrogant attitude - and could lead to the comment "this is normal recovery pain" and does nothing to understand why pain is still there months after having surgery to repair my shoulder in the first place. One of the first tenents of a physician's Hippocratic oath is "TO DO NO HARM. Clearly Dr. Edward Shin needs to revisit what it means when a patient continues to have a chief complaint of shoulder pain after surgery that he performed to remedy it. What unmitigated hubris to have the position Dr. Shin did in my case. NOTE: Due to nature of photo's unable to show.

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You'll be in very good hands with Dr. Shin and his employees. Efficient, thorough, amazing care.

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Professional, educational and caring. Dr Shin asked all the right questions, staff was very friendly! Excellent Care!

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