I cannot comment on the skill of this Doctor at all but I can say...I submitted a request for a…read morevirtual consultation as described on his website. I sent a request from said website. I never heard back from anyone. I called today and was told he does not do these consultations anymore now that the covid restrictions have been lifted. Someone needs to change the website and stop the false advertising. I live in NJ and can bearly walk so a in person visit is out of the question. I am a senior and all alone so.....Who do you believe or trust these days....not sure our medical system is in a sad state of affairs.

I was referred to a DO Dr. Varlotta from this office who put me through the most painful experience…read moreof my life, with absolutely no positive results. Furthermore, the procedure and practitioner overcharged and is not approved by medicare not insurance. I would find another office to trust you health and well being with.

I don't know about you, but I've been pretty disappointed in the world lately. It seems as though…read moreall of this (:: gestures at everything ::) is being run by incompetents. I grew up thinking that there were systems in place, people in charge that would ensure the world wouldn't tumble into utter chaos...and now I've grown up to find that that is categorically untrue. There are no adults in the room. I could go on with this unrelated, unprompted tangent, but all this is to say that the Hospital for Special Surgery restored my faith in humanity. My mother needed an partial knee replacement, and as her primary helper in all things, I handled the communication, brought her to her appointments, brought her in for surgery, waited, and took her home. Please believe me when I say that every step of the process was handled efficiently, and every one of the many, many people we dealt with was not just good at their job, but they were also courteous and usually downright lovely. Having spent time in several hospitals, this was not what I expected. It was what I hoped for of course, but certainly hasn't been my past experience. From the security personnel who welcomed us to the check-in desk to the intake folks to the nurses who prepped her to the surgeon who operated to the folks who run the Family Atrium where we wait for our people to get released to the nurses who took care of my mom post-op, everyone was organized and impressively on top of things. We had a very slight hiccup with her prescriptions, and the nurse in charge was mortified and immediately worked quite tirelessly to make sure it was taken care of, and later followed up with me to make sure we were all set. I'm not pretending that this will not be an annoying and repetitive process. There is waiting involved (less than you might think though). And if you have surgery, you're going to have seventeen different people ask you who you are, your birth date, what surgery you're getting and more...but better that than them replacing the wrong knee. Best of all, the surgery went smoothly and a little more than a week out, my mom is doing great. If and when I need surgery of my own, I will gladly come to HSS.

I have been sitting in my room in this for over 2 1/2 hours waiting for people to disconnect me…read morefrom my before I can be discharged. It says if I don't this quality of care is unacceptable and an embarrassment for this establishment, especially after I received excellent care from my surgeon, Dr. Kim and nothing short outstanding care from my nurse Alex Ball who has kept me informed through the whole process and calmed my nerves when I wanted to jump out of this bed and start screaming. He is an asset to this Hospital with and a good sense of humor if you are concerned about inefficient administration, don't get your radio work and while the other support staff in nursing are very good Alex was and shoulders of them. I hope he continues to success.

Had surgery in 1997. Its 2024 and thanks to Dr.Elowitz i was able to see my son grow to the 31yr…read moreold man he is today and many more years to go . Thank you with sincerely appreciation [:

My mother and I are both thrilled with Dr. Elowitz' expertise. My mother is 84 years old and had…read morebeen in severe pain for three years. Her back pain radiated into her left leg and she had great difficulty walking, sitting and lying down. Her lifestyle changed dramatically and she could no longer keep up in activities with my father. My mother tried the usual treatments ie. chiropractic, physical therapy, acupuncture and epidural injections however did not experience any lasting relief. A laminectomy was the only answer. I researched surgeons for my mother as I am a registered nurse. I found three top spine surgeons including Dr. Elowitz in NYC and we scheduled consult appointments with each. Dr. Elowitz was the only surgeon who was confident that a minimally invasive laminectomy was the way to go. The other surgeons wanted to cut up and rebuild my mother's spine (including performing a fusion) which was way over the top for an 84 year old woman. My mother and I did not feel that she would survive the recovery period for a fusion which is very involved. We chose Dr. Elowitz to perform my mother's surgery. Her care was top notch every step of the way. From admitting to preop to operating room to recovery room to the hospital floor where my mother stayed overnight (as did I), everyone we dealt with was professional, competent and ready to help. Dr. Elowitz even has hospital privileges to admit his patients to the 15th floor at Weill Cornell which is a post surgical floor with only private rooms and views of NYC and the river. We were very impressed. Dr. Elowitz spoke with us before the surgery, numerous times on the day of the surgery and checked on my mother at 7:00 AM the day after the surgery. He gave us as much time as we needed to answer all questions and told us to contact him at any time if we needed him. The surgery went well. My mother is presently 10 days postop and feels much better. She no longer has tingling down her leg. Dr. Elowitz says that my mother's nerve was damaged over the past three years and that she will continue to see improvement over the next few months as her nerve repairs itself. My parents have been going for walks all over the neighborhood since her second day postop! My mother could barely walk before the surgery from her bed to the bathroom. We absolutely made the right decision to go with Dr. Elowitz for surgery. He obviously is capable of performing a more intensive surgery (as the other surgeons we consulted suggested) but he took into consideration my mother's age and type of recovery that she would experience and performed the perfect surgery for her. I highly recommend Dr. Elowitz. He is a highly competent neurosurgeon who happens to have a wonderful bedside manner as well. Edward Butler, NP: My mother and I are very impressed with the competence, practical knowledge and professionalism of Ed Butler, who is Dr. Elowitz' NP (Nurse Practitioner). My mother is 84 years old and needed a laminectomy. I am a registered nurse and helped my mother chose Dr. Elowitz as her neurosurgeon. We spoke with Ed Butler who took a through history before we saw Dr. Elowitz. We also met with Ed at the two week postop visit before seeing Dr. Elowitz as well. Ed treated us with respect and responded to all of our many questions. Ed has worked in spine surgery for quite some time and has a wealth of experience to draw upon. My mother thought that she was having an allergic reaction two days postop and we called the office. We were put through immediately to Ed who considered my mother's symptoms and gave recommendations. Ed realized that my mother was experiencing throat tightness due to residual soreness from the breathing tube that had been inserted during surgery and was not having an allergic reaction. I had told my mother the same thing but she had to hear it from Ed, not me. A few days later, my mother called Ed with another question and he promptly called her back. All too often, it is very difficult to get in contact with medical personnel after surgery. The patient seems to be forgotten. That is not the case with Dr. Elowitz and Ed Butler. They make their patients very comfortable and assure them that they are always available for problems or questions.

The office manager gave me her card, then never returned a call…read more A nurse practitioner didn't read the medical notes and invented a story which made no sense. The attitude of the office workers was uninterested which made the entire experience a waste of time.

Staff is attentive and helpful Dr. Sood and her staff are both expert and supportive. The…read moreprocedures are explained in detail as they proceed and concern for the patient's comfort is unwavering.

Never met her. A fellow and a resident came in. Explained I was in horrendous knee pain. Ordered…read morex-rays that were not approved of. No one gave any other suggestions about what was to be done if anything. That was an absolutely wasted time and money. I have had knee problems for 40 years and at times have been to physical therapy etc or given something like meloxicam but absolutely zilch. Not even a follow up call from the office to tell me the x-rays were denied. My husband begged me to see someone - well I picked the wrong doctor's office.

Dr.Patel is a liar, a Butcher & a Back Staber ( literally). She deceived me into having a "Mild…read moreProcedure" to remove a piece of my L4/L5 herniated disc that was pressing against my spine. She let one of her groupies , play doctor with my body. I felt like a piece of meat being devoured by a bunch of Hienas. They poked my spine. It was like a horror movie. I never felt so much pain in my life. I am still feeling the pain one month later. Now I am feeling worse than before the surgery. She charged my insurance $30,000. When I complained about it, she gave me a lot of mambo jamboree and told to look fora Real Surgeon. She is only a Pain management whatever....

Dr. Baaj working at Banner University Hospital in Phoenix at the time, performed a spine fusion on…read moreme in 2021 from my pelvis to T10, I'm a male, age 62 in 2021. After 2 weeks during after surgery follow up I asked him why I was tilting to the left, he said all my muscles were cut and I would have to wait for 2 years for my muscles to get strong enough to straighten me back up. 3 months later the rods came out of the couplings and had to go back in for surgery to put them back in. Over the 2 year period I was having a lot of trouble because I was tilted to the left. After 2 years I asked for it to be fixed because I was having to much pain, and Dr. Baaj responded that no surgeon would ever go back in to fix it because I was high risk and should look into getting a lift placed in my left shoe to straighten me up. I did so having a foot specialist determine it would take a 7/8" lift to equalize me. The lift never helped, so I was not only living with pain but also was getting depressed because I had nothing to look forward to. I moved to San Diego in December 2023 and started going to a pain management doctor, he decided to send me to see a Neurosurgeon for a consultation in mid 24, thinking he could assist with all the pain I was having at T10. He was unable to assist but said I should see Dr. Mundis, an Orthopedic Surgeon at Scripps in La Jolla. Dr Mundis said he could help, I was under the impression that he was going to do something around the T10 area, but he informed me that he was going to pull out all the hardware from my pelvis to T10 and install new hardware from my pelvis to T3. He determined with testing that I was not high risk and he promised I would once again be straight and if I wasn't he would go back in and fix any issues. I actually had tears in my eyes because it gave me hope. Just as a note, I was actually straight, looking front to back before my surgery with Dr. Baaj, but from side to side I was a mess. I went through the new spine fusion in Oct 24 and as promised I was perfectly straight. I highly recommend Dr. Mundis for severely deformed spines. To close, I put down that MAYBE I would recommend Dr. Baaj for future surgeries, because advancements in technology could assist Dr. Baaj to better insure the spine fusions turn out the way they are supposed to turn out. I may have been a difficult case, but Dr. Baaj never once offered to correct the fusion after he realized I was tilting to the left. 2nd, he took all my hope away when he said that no other doctor would ever go back in to fix it, so I lived with it for 3.5 years until I found out otherwise. You may turn out well with Dr. Baaj but I lost all confidence in him. If any Doctor ever wanted to view the before and after views of Dr. Baaj's work and the results of Dr. Mundis's work, all they need to look at are the full body X-rays. I suffered for 3.5 years and had it not been for a caring pain management doctor, Dr. Patel who actually cared about getting me some relief and getting me off of morphine I would still be suffering because I was not looking for another surgeon because Dr. Baaj told me himself that no surgeon would ever go back in to fix it. These comments are true to the best of my memory.

Horrible. Basilar Invaginarion. Failure & my daughter got MRSA & Sepsis & is on life long…read moreantibiotics. We noticed green infection right away f called Dr. Leslie Cohen Plastic Surgeon made us wait until our 2 week visit to see her & sis not perform blood work. We listened to them & she suffered thru many months of treatment ,intubation opening & cleaning the wound,surgery for lumps pic lines & still years later the surgery failed & no one will touch her because of the poor surgery that was done by Dr. Baaj & Dr. Leslie Cohen. She has no life because & neither do we. They promised she would be better but they made her worse. I felt confident when we first met them now I'm sorry I entrusted my daughter. Cohen wasn't even Board Certified when she did the surgery we found out later & we traveled from Pa to N.Y. & she never had the equipment when got there. We made trips there for nothing. She was very disorganized & never showed compassion. Being a fool I even bought her flowers as a thank you gift. Yellow because she said she like yellow flowers & had them at her wedding. I'm not mean but I'm so hurt what they did to my daughter & no one stood up for her or helped her. We couldn't get a lawyer because when they found out who her parents were they wouldn't take the case. Up until then they were all into it. Guess they have a lot of political pull also. Even within the hospital their lawyer was brusk with my husband but I bet if it was her children or grandchildren it would be a different story. Even after all these years I had to say something because eats away when she can't sleep because she hurts so badly & her neck is twisted. They fused her neck so she can't turn it screwin it are loose f she's always in pain & no one can or will help her. I curse the day I entrusted my daughter to these drs.

If you want to get bacterial meningitis and get a FaceTime from your doctor, come here!read more

We are beyond grateful for the care my husband received from Dr. Theodore Schwartz at Mount Sinai…read moreHospital. From the very beginning, he went above and beyond--personally ensuring my husband was transferred from a local hospital to Mount Sinai Hospital so he could receive the specialized treatment he urgently needed. Dr. Schwartz took the time to explain everything clearly and thoroughly, ensuring we fully understood what was happening at every step. His bedside manner was exceptional: calm, compassionate, and reassuring during one of the most frightening times in our lives. It was immediately clear that he is not only extremely knowledgeable but also truly top-notch in his field. What impressed us most was his expertise and quick thinking during surgery. He had the foresight to take a portion of the biopsy and have it frozen for a preliminary pathology determination. This saved us critical time, and in our case, time mattered--because the final diagnosis of Primary Brain Lymphoma required chemotherapy to begin as quickly as possible. Even after surgery, Dr. Schwartz continued to check in on us, which meant more than words can express. He treated my husband like a person, not just a case, and that kind of care is rare. If you are looking for a skilled, thorough, compassionate, and willing-to-fight-for-his-patients neurosurgeon, I cannot recommend Dr. Schwartz highly enough.

first nite after 10 hr overly aggressive surgery by Dr fuck-em-over Lenke, nursing said I was drug…read moreseeking when I asked for meds at 4 am in neuro-ICU. turns out the pca(patient controlled analgesi)was mis-programmed to 0.1 mg morphine when proper dose was 10 mg. lemke is a predatory pos. I await his obituary. never trust a Dr unless you have a reference from another patient. it's taken 11 surgeries in 9 years, 9 surgeries in past 4 years to reverse his disgusting predatory- for-$ work. I pray his death is slow and painful. What a disgusting human.

We flew across the United States to see Dr. Lawrence Lenke at "The Spine Hospital" in NYC. Dr…read more Lenke is amazing, and his staff are so sweet and so helpful. Talk about a great and caring team!! I highly recommend Dr. Lawrence Lenke and The Spine Hospital. It is part of New York Presbyterian, and is also known as "Daniel and Jane Och Spine Hospital." http://spinal-deformity-surgeon.com/

its been years since my last moments with Dr Goldstein when we first seen him i thought thank you…read moregod i was hurt very badly on the job i couldnt walk extrea pain never thinking that i would encounter a monster a fake a doctor that almost killed me but now Dr Goldstein i will see you again when i had my myllegram very painfully test i was in so much pain my son in tears the doctor was very up set suddenly he stopped the test he yelled out and asked me when is your surgeory i didnt have a date i couldnt understan at the time why the dr was up set i didnt have my surgeory for a good week or more today i now know why the dr was up set Dr Goldstein operated on me when her got to it i didnt know of the results of my test pain was unbearable i was operated on i thought i was fine never new i had the serious condition called C1laude Equine which put me in the hospitol for a while bleeding in side several pints of blood when my son called him he was very cold mean as he was upon visiting him he would never come in to see me as he did others at his office i was a compostion case today i suffer with the after marks from claude equine after the hospitol i had to go to a nurseing home to learn to walk again etc this is a true store the great Dr1 Goldstein today i will get the best lawyer i have proof to prove that on the mylegram test should claude equine damage before we left that day my son asked for a copy of the test never did i think i would need it NYU is a great hospitol i see some of the doctors there in many reviews you will read about the patiences that also were treated badly why Dr1 Goldstein because you think your going to win please do not think that because time passed that we can not sue you and we will iam not well and may possible die but befor that God will help me when we first met you we thought god sent you instead it was the devil this is my review iam not a person that wants to hurt anyone i was in the medical field when i got hurt on the job badly when i see what people think about this man i had to write my review and my story ok they say to write a review and i did thank you Barbara B

I have nothing new to add that hasn't been said positively by dozens of patients. I too herniated…read moremy L4 and L5-S1 and was in extreme pain for several months. Upon meeting Dr. Goldstein I was convinced that surgery could be minimally invasive and solve my problem. A few weeks later I was done. Dr. Goldstein is a professional surgeon in every sense. I had a thorough screening before ever deciding to do the surgery. Dr. Goldstein and his staff never pressured me one way or another, just made sure I had all the information I could need. The day of the surgery was quick and easy. I was back home 5 hours after I went in. And other than typical post-op pains, I have been almost completely pain free since then. It's like being reborn.

I spent 3 years trying different therapies for relief from intense sciatic pain. After a failed…read morelaminectomy (authored by a different physician at a major NYC hospital), a Castle & Connolly physician recommended Dr. McCance. One month later, Dr. McCance surgically corrected the prior surgery. I was, within a few days following surgery, completely pain free for the first time in years. Now, 5 years to the month (almost) later after his surgery, I am still pain free. To everyone, he is Dr. McCance. To me, he is Saint McCance.

Dr Matusz has operated on me 3 different times for spinal stenosis and I think he is an…read moreextraordinary surgeon and an extremely compassionate doctor. He explained his procedures and my post operative care clearly and directly and answered all my questions quickly during recovery. I am grateful to him for the active life I still lead and for helping me to face the surgeries without fear . I recommend him to anyone with spinal issues l