I was referred to Dr. Egnatchik's office by my Neurologist due to the severe pain i was having in my neck and back. It took a while to initially get in to see him (about 6 weeks), but once I got in things moved along a little quicker. By the time I got in to see him I had already gotten MRI of both my neck and back and brought the disks with me for the doctor to review. When I went to my initial appointment in August I had also scheduled a second opinion with a different doctor for a few weeks afterwards. So I was not willing to commit to any course of treatment at our initial meeting. He laid out my options for me, showed me my MRI on the computer and described what the issue was and what he would do to repair it. I appreciated his forthcoming and honest demeanor, and scheduled a follow up appointment for 6 weeks to give myself enough time to meet with the other doctor and decide what I wanted to do. After meeting with the second opinion doctor, I decided that I liked Dr. Egnatchik's demeanor and openness and felt more comfortable with him so when I went back to him in early October we spoke more in depth about what my surgery would entail and he told me that he wanted a new, updated MRI done, since my previous one was 6 months old. In the past I have had a lot of issues with the insurance company denying and dragging out most of my requests, so I was not optimistic about getting the approval any time soon. But Dr. Egnatchik's office got on it immediately and within 2 days I had my approval - which was the quickest I have EVER been approved for anything! I had the MRI on a Wednesday afternoon and was called by his office on Monday morning to discuss what he saw and we discussed next steps and made the official plan to move forward with surgery. I requested a certain time frame, as far as certain dates, to get the surgery done so that i had to take the least amount of time off of work and he was very accommodating and willing to work with what I asked for. He gave me detailed instructions of how we will be proceeding from here on out, as far as blood work, meetings with the ENT surgeon, when to schedule my pre-op appointment with my primary dr, etc...So far, I have had no complaints with the care I have been receiving, and I will be getting my surgery in mid-December. read more