I cannot give this wonderful doc anything but a 5-star rating. He's one of the last and finest "old school" podiatrists left around these parts, as far as my research has shown me.
Was seeing Dr. Pantiel of Horizon Surgical, but when you're older and crippled enough to where you need ongoing expert help like I need, this "Doogie Houser"-type of "new" podiatrist, spent no more than 5 minutes quickly trimming my nails, DRY with no soaking. He didn't even hit each nail with a nail file, so I'd always get home, and each day I went to put on socks I'd curse them for doing such a lousy job because socks tend to hang up on things like sharp nail edges etc. I'd usually forget to ask the doc to finish the job right, so I'd wind up having to contort myself and try my best to use a nail file to do what Pantiel should've done in the first place! Worse, they charged about $40 bucks, and now don't even accept Medicare! In and out in less than 10 minutes total -- after receiving an overpriced, half-assed job.
Dr. Schattschneider, is the extreme opposite. They place wet cotton on your toes for awhile, then when the doc comes back in, he takes however much is needed, for EACH toe. Once he's done, his wife comes in and uses an electric tool to basically sand and buff nails and corns until they're perfect, or as good as they can possibly be.
You might be surprised to know they only accept checks or cash, but they'll submit everything to Medicare, and long before my next visit (I go every two months, which is what Medicare allows) I've received my Medicare reimbursement, less the usual 20%. Which is about a two-thirds better than Horizon, or less than one third the net cost of going there vs Dr. Schattschneider's office, all for an incredibly well done, professional job.
Dr. Schattschneider and his wife, Susan, make you feel like family. My only (selfish) hope is that they stay in business longer than I'm alive! :-) read more