WARNING !!!
Dr. Nicholas Mast, MD, of his SF Hips and…read moreFoundation, has created a dead space in my left hip replacement area, where he performed his minutes in surgery; he does one right after the other. This factory-style machine he has built can cause a disastrous outcome.
I kept telling him I was in pain- he said NO, you're not. I wanted to believe that my surgeon knew best and I would heal, and the horrible pain would go away - finally, after my PCP did an MRI over a year later, with me living in chronic pain, walking assisted with canes. Thank God for my PCP and NP, at Sutter Health, they found out my hip has fluid around the hardware. Then the great doctors and PAs at California Pacific Orthopedic, along with many understanding surgeons and doctors who know, I have been wronged by Dr. Nicholas Mast. My hip still has to be drained even now!
His lawyer, Virgil Pryor, got involved when I was trying to handle it politely, based on what my insurance company said he would owe me back. They had the nerve to send an NDA for only the co-pays. In return, they offered it as a "gratuitous act. " To make it where I am unable to sue for malpractice and take away my First Amendment Rights?!?!
I am disabled, cannot work as I did prior, nor dance as I did daily. I have spent a massive amount of money on physical therapy, new doctors, medications, and hired support -this list is long of a huge amount of money, time, energy, pain, and suffering- now I have major debt -even with the best health care insurance level possible.
Dr. Mast, aka MASK. missed the mark and
I am still not healed from the surgery that generally takes a few months. Because of Dr. Mast's negligence and oversight, I was not cleaned up correctly at the end of his surgery.
He and his lawyer have deliberately drawn things out. His lawyer was always too busy; in trial, or he's out of town. The excuses were all lies to draw out time. Now I can only sue in small claims and go to the Medical Board. Dr. Masks has narcissistic traits; the ego of this surgeon has a God Complex, it's very sad. There was a time when I thought he was the best; I felt safe and trusted him completely. His office ladies are so kind and go-along gals. He doesn't have one male on his crew; his ego is too inflated. I'm a gay man and didn't notice the red flags. I didn't notice that he is homophobic, and the care he gives wealthy older married women and men is far greater, lavishing them with gifts. I saw him give a signed, framed jersey to a very old, very wealthy client. As they told me about their extreme wealth, they are his cash-pay, super-care-level clients. I didn't know he had such until after my surgery in his office that day. What a shame that my surgeon, whom I thought was a great man, ended up a MASKED man, only fueled by greed. He abandoned me and stopped taking my insurance and charged me cash up front for the initial super painful fluid drainage, which He caused. Dr. Mast will take zero responsibility.
I was 54 years old, and cortisone and gel shots should have been his first choice of medical care, not a total hip replacement. He is greedy, fake, and, in the end, very cruel. There are so many better options for care; check out other surgeons.
