I dont want to go into details, all I can say is IF you can find another Neck Surgeon that's what I would do, I met him and his PA and both were extremely arrogant and rude!
I left there in MORE pain than when I came there thanks to his PA manipulating my arm and shoulder in the most painful positions since I couldnt turn my arm UP as far as HE wanted me to he took it upon himself to turn my arm up and backwards for me creating so much pain that 9 months now and I am STILL in so much pain in my arm and have no strength at all in that arm, keep in mind MY ARM isn't even the reason WHY I went to Dr Lemma! AND Speaking of Dr Lemma I tried to tell him WHAT was wrong with my neck and WHAT a surgeon said to me just two days prior, Dr Lemma proceeded to tell me HE didn't need to hear MY medical terminology!! Wow! Wasn't even MY medical terminology!! It just so happened it was another surgeon in HIS OFFICE I had just seen 2 days prior! It was a very emotionally and physically painful visit for my 1st visit, and it was a also a very humiliating visit there, not to mention the arrogance and rudeness Dr Lemma AND his PA exhibited towards me! Its been 9 months and I haven't been able to bring myself to go through that kind of experience again with ANY DR even though the pain in my neck is so much worse and so is my shoulder and arm! you might get a different Dr Lemma and a different "Steve" than the Dr Lemma I saw, but its enough to make me NEVER want to go back there again and I would NEVER recommend any of my friends or family to make an appointment with him either!! Good luck to anyone who does decide to go... read more