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    Michael Vitale, MD

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    Nercessian Ohannes A MD - From: http://vesta.cumc.columbia.edu/ortho/facdb/profile/profile.php?id=ortho624

    Nercessian Ohannes A MD

    1.4(8 reviews)
    0.1 miWashington Heights

    I had knee surgery with Dr. Ohannes Nercessian at Columbia Orthopaedics for a torn meniscus. This…read morewas my third knee surgery, the second one on the same knee (a similar meniscus tear was repaired a few years back at the Hospital for Special Surgery), and the first one at Columbia. The meniscectomy surgery went fine, as far as the doctors could tell, but it is during rehab that problems started, and never fully resolved. The knee was very swollen and had to be drained 3 times, which is unusual[1]. The reason for the swelling was unclear, but labs ruled out a possible infection. When I started rehab at Columbia, the questionnaire I filled in on my first visit asked what I was hoping to achieve at the end of rehab. My answer was "I want to be able to run again". I never achieved that. Recovery time from this type of operation varies considerably, but it is usually quick: 2-8 weeks. Moreover, patients are normally able to return to their normal, pre-injury physical activity. In fact, a meniscus tear is a very frequent sports injury, and most athletes are able to resume competitive activity successfully after meniscectomy. For a similar operation a few years before at my other knee I fully recovered in about 6 weeks, and was able to run and play squash regularly and at the same intensity level again. In this case, a few years have passed after surgery, and I am still unable to run for more than just a sprint. After a couple of years with no progress and no clue of what was going on, I just stopped seeing the doctor. Unfortunately Columbia does not provide any information about how well patients of a certain doctor recover after surgery[2]. Nor allows a patient to see a different doctor at the same hospital to ask for a second opinion. In the end I am certainly better after the surgery than before, but would you go back to the same doctor if something went wrong, you never fully recovered, and the doctor was unable to figure out what went wrong? Neither would I. ------------------- [1] The swelling is not unusual; it's unusual for the knee to keep swelling after it has been drained if you don't do any intense physical activity. [2] Which is nonsense. It's like hiring somebody without knowing how good they are at what they do because their performance records are not available to the public.

    in my opinion not a very good physician at all. his 1.4 out of 5 review score is accurate. I ended…read moreup seeing this doctor only because he worked at Cornell. recommend looking elsewhere.

    Metropolitan Neurosurgery Brain & Spine

    Metropolitan Neurosurgery Brain & Spine

    4.1(13 reviews)
    4.6 mi

    Care especially when leaving the hospital- he should have more control over what happens after he…read moreis done. Office workers were okay. Dr Syed is a surgeon but I have had other surgeons like Dr Shah who is respected by the hospital staff.

    Patient Abandonment by Neurosurgeon at Critical Moment…read more Dr. Goldberg evaluated my 82-year-old mother at Englewood Hospital for progressive spinal stenosis with severe neurological symptoms. Dr. Goldberg stated he would not perform surgery at Englewood Hospital due to concerns about post-surgical complications and the hospital's inability to handle them. Dr. Goldberg stated he would sign transfer paperwork anywhere, at any time, by anyone who asks to help facilitate transfer to a specialty care hospital. Then Dr. Goldberg disappeared. No explanation. No communication. No reassignment to another neurosurgeon. I contacted Dr. Goldberg's office requesting he follow through on his commitment. No response. My mother is now mostly wheelchair-bound with urinary retention and inability to move her bowels. She continues to deteriorate by the day. She is currently hospitalized with an unknown outcome. This could have potentially been reversed if Dr. Goldberg had not abandoned her at her most vulnerable time of need. This is patient abandonment. Dr. Goldberg, at my mother's most vulnerable time of need: will you help, or will you abandon her again? If you cannot trust a doctor to follow through on facilitating the care they themselves recommended, how can you possibly trust them to handle post-operative complications? Choose your neurosurgeon wisely. This review is based on documented facts and recorded statements. All claims are supported by verifiable evidence. Rating:

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