Incompetent provider. Malicious person. Arrogant yet inept. Self-righteousness overrides any…read moreethical compunction that might lie buried. Although he works with WKU Athletics, there's no one I've spoken to at Western (my employer) who thinks well of him. Of the 4 other orthopaedic surgeons I've seen, all have been compassionate, educational, listeners who are skilled in their occupations. Until this person - Dr. God. I wish zero stars was a viable rating.
I scheduled with him for a simple, common knee aspiration - "water on the knee". I have had it done 5 times in the past. It a simple, quick pain-free procedure. I had an appt on Monday but left without the aspiration. He came in after looking at the xray and suggested a steroid pack and ice for 20 minutes 6x a day. I told him I usually got the fluid removed and pulled up my pants legs to show him my actual knees. He glanced at them and said he saw no excess fluid. Later that night, I decided I really wanted immediate relief in my knee rather that taking a systemic steroid regimen for a localized problem. Tuesday morning, I went to the practice's walk-in clinic to see about having just any intern or other doctor available to do the extraction. But I was told I needed to schedule with Cha again. Wednesday, when he came into the small exam room, where I was standing, he said "hey", stood a foot from me and stared me down. I broke the uncomfortable silence by saying "how are ya" and telling him I decided I wanted the aspiration. He did not sanitize the area, sprayed a freeze spray for a 2 second count which, evidently, had no effect and stuck the 4 inch needle in. I tried to endure the pain but things got elevated fast b/c it hurt quite a bit, I could feel every jab he made. He insisted there was nothing coming out (which, I believe, was because he intentionally inserted the needle incorrectly and never pulled the syringe plunger back) as he pinched the pocket of fluid and kept jabbing the needle against my patella bone. He told me, "I do this all the time." I finally had him take it out when I realized the situation wasn't going to get better. He seemed intent on causing me physical pain and definitely not extracting any fluid in order to prove me wrong. Either that was his motive, or he can't successful perform the most basic procedure learned early in ortho training. Today, Friday, I went to another orthopedic surgeon and again easily, painlessly had 25 cc of synovial fluid removed from my knee. Malempati broke his hippocratic oath to cause no harm. I didn't nothing to offend the man. I believe, though, he intentionally caused me pain to punish me. He actively engaged in both malpractice and malfeasance in my case. Doubtfully the first time he's done this.
