Whatever you do, avoid Grabowski Foot & Ankle at all costs…read more I was a patient of theirs for 4-5 months in 2023. In hindsight, dealing with Dr. Lilja was one of THE most destructive times of my life, health-wise. He treated the small wound on my foot as if I had diabetes, which I didn't, but which resulted in him keeping the wound too moist -- which just made it larger and larger and LARGER! Finally, he asked me if I'd ever thought of having it CAUTERIZED! If he thought I needed that, why didn't he tell me months and months earlier? When I asked for a referral for that, they told me I NEEDED TO MAKE ANOTHER $300 appointment JUST for the referral. When I did, Dr. Grabowski looked at the wound and within 30 seconds, referred me to another doctor. 30 SECONDS. And then months later I get a COLLECTION notice, because they were too stupid to handle my insurance properly. Medicaid covered everything, as they always did with other, more competent, caring doctors, so I never should've been billed in the first place. It's a NIGHTMARE that I'm STILL paying for...as they made my wound so much worse.

Dr Grabowski has the best bedside manner and really cares about his patients. My being accident…read moreprone I have had 3 surgeries with him. And if I continue being a clutz I would have him treat me again.

The office is hard to find but the diagnosis and patient care seemed to be excellent, kind and…read morethorough.

What can I say? This office has it together. Sheila at the front desk is sweet, professional, and…read moreon top of things. Dr. Saam is a stellar Podiatrist. I wish more doctors were as professional, informed, compassionate, and knowledgeable. She listened to my issues, took an X-Ray of my foot right then and there, and walked me through the results. She then took her time and took a cast of both my feet herself and had them sent to the lab. She took the time to explain all the details. This office worked with me during the entire process. I'm going back there 100% when the time comes. It's not easy to find a doctor and office staff of this caliber. Simply top notch.

Mr. Hale has shown a shocking lack of supervision of the resident doctors under his management…read more Despite numerous falsehoods written by the podiatrist Drew Bekins - he approved and signed off on the care - the assessment of which should have been obviously false by the time it reached Hale. Despite providers claiming they were "awaiting culture results" neither Hale nor Bekins informed myself, the patient of the positive result. Furthermore providers at Swedish failed to note the positive result for staph in my toe for 6 weeks. This led to Sepsis and an amputation - despite clear signs of infection such as the positive test - the loss of toenails - swelling and redness all the way to near the knee and the development of gangrene. Despite the initial worries that my toe and limbs could be at risk providers including Hale (who was charged with not only educating Bekins but supervising his work) - did not read even the most pressing of the labs - the initial wound culture. Furthermore even the date on the lab revealed that Hale's student had not taken the culture on the date he claimed. I have documented the nightmare care that involved Swedish podiatry - Hale and h is group of residents at www.SwedishLies.com. Mr. Hale's refusal to explain his actions despite repeated requests from myself speaks volumes. Swedish in general relies on oral passdowns and team-notes - with providers rarely if ever willing to simply log on to a computer to check labs, charts, and notes - this can cause serious problems - especially if a culture has been resulted in between E.R. visits or merely as we learned as children in the "telephone game" where students line up in a row and whisper a story to the student behind them in the line -- by the end of the line the resemblance to the original story has been completely altered. Swedish Podiatry wrote of things that were not remotely true - claiming such absurdities as that I wore a "left foot orthotic device" -- device? what are they talking about? Bekins wrote 3 ficitional consultations - for consults that in the first case - he did not do and was trying to cover up for an absence - the final 2 fictional consult notes were perhaps due to either his embarrasment at having misdiagnosed me (nearly leading to death from Sepsis) or his embarrassment that I refused to be seen by him (a request that was ignored while I was unconsciousess and the amputation took place) -- so much for respecting a patient's wish not to be seen by a provider that the patient finds dishonest and incompetent. Swedish Medical Center - with such incompetent supervisors as Douglas Hale is extremely reckless and dangerous - and in my case they even provided false information - when they told me that "all labs looked good" and that "infection had been ruled out" despite the positive staph result and their Clinical Review claiming they knew about the infection the entire time. Their Clinical Review even identified Hale as the lead provider on the original admission contradicting Hale's statements that he has no idea who I am. Its bizarre and troubling - -but its not really about me - its about you, dear Reader, and the current and future patients that may suffer catastrophic injuries or even death as a result of providers, such as Hale, not reading labs, charts, or notes and not properly supervising residents in their care. I don't need website hits - I gain nothing from sharing the information - I just want to help educate the public and you can make up your own mine - the documents on the website - are mainly the providers own words - the medical record pages and discharge instructions - if they are embarassed about their own documents - that speaks volumes - for myself - the more evidence shown the better the more facts shown the more it makes my case that Swedish and providers like Hale - need to be investigated and exposed for what they are. (www.SwedishLies.com)

Dr. Hale did a great job helping me on two different occasions with ingrown toenails! In addition…read moreto curing the ailment I came in for, Dr. Hale also examined my feet and gave me feedback on my foot mechanics and advice related to my fitness routine. I appreciate Dr. Hale's holistic approach. Everyone in the office was friendly and put me at ease. This office deserves 5 stars as they also were able to see me right away!

Dr Grabowski is a great guy. This is the first podiatrist that I've ever been to that puts my socks…read moreon for me. I was shocked when he first did it. My wife had a foot problem, and previous podiatrists wanted to remove a toe. He said he could fix with no removal and he did.

dr. Lopez is a good doctor. However, the processes in their offices leave a lot to be desired. Many…read moreinstances of where the doctors office will not call you back, will tell you you cannot speak to the doctor over the phone, and has no on-call doctor over the weekend after surgery. was given a lot of excuses on why these issues happened to me. All in all, the communication to the patient from the office staff is very very poor. The office staff does mot seem happy and do not go out of their way to be friendly.

One of the best podiatrists I have ever met, Dr. Lee truly cares for others and has the patience…read moreand understanding to comprehensively listen to the full picture of what's going on with the foot. He's humble and doesn't boast about himself, but is still confident in his diagnosis and treatment plans. His bedside manner is calm and collected and I highly recommend him.

A family member went out of town to see Hubert Lee due incredible amount of rave reviews he has,…read morebrought my niece who has been an RN for almost 20 years to help speak for her when she gets confused and were floored by how rude and unprofessional he was. They took this trip out of town because my family member wasn't achieving effective results, guidance or follow up with the surgeon in her area. She also regularly receives specialty care at UW but again, wanted to see Hubert Lee because his reviews painted him in a wonderful light. He was such the polar opposite of his reviews that, in their words, they 'felt like they got catfished by a doctor'. They were early for their appointment, my niece is an advocate for her senior citizen mother, they were polite and Hubert Lee's body language and choice of words spoke to both my senior citizen family member and RN daughter like they were completely wasting his time, acted as if they were weird for going out of their town for care which is common practice and the reason people pay high prices for flexible insurance. DPM Hubert Lee rolled his eyes, huffed and puffed, stared outside the window on multiple occasions not listening while my elderly family member was speaking to him, tapped his feet in annoyance and seemed annoyed by everything. Their words 'the entire visit from entry to exit was as if he couldn't get out of our visit fast enough'. Since so many of his other patients have had excellent experiences - this highly suggests he either discriminated against my senior citizen mother due to her age, was annoyed by them being female (sexism) or is racist. Or this man pays for some business promotion and PR firm that falsely inflates his positive reviews and ratings. They went on Mothers Day weekend hoping for a better experience as she's heartbroken with all the pain and loss of function in her feet. I can't imagine all his positive reviews are genuine and my healthcare provider family member said people should really stay away from someone that treats patients this poorly at all but especially in front of their own adult child. Hubert Lee either had the worst day of his life and has no self control or he deeply hates his job or specific types of people - none of this is a good sign

Dr. Grabowski is the best podiatrist I have ever been to. I have a lot of problems with my feet and…read morehave had orthotics made by at least two or three other excellent podiatrist. The orthotic Dr. Grabowski made for me are definitely superior. He actually still hand-crafts them instead of having you stand on a scanner. He also made some modifications just for my situation that make big difference, like a cut out in the base of the orthotic around the inside of my heel that acts as a cushion for my heel. He is also very knowledgeable about other foot issues, and has a great "bedside" manner.

My dr, Dr.E., in partnership, w/me, is what I would refer to as a "white coat". Trust me, Im…read morevery grateful for his continued guided wisdom. I was just driving home, 11:30pm and thinking about how Very Very different when an educated, experienced hand applies help, injecting, ex-rays, (my eye goes right to the head of all 24 of my screws & 2 big-ass rods looking for a "Halo"on the light board, ask Dr. The Uber Fantastic wound care scared the 2, Im assuming MAs? at the then NW hospital. When the first cast came off and they saw the bright UofW purple 2nd cast, they excused them selves. Im laughing and chuckling to myself quietly, in between cussing & doing dangerous hand swears! From other countries, that's right boys this Is, above your pay grade. Im thinking I should try the Bellevue office then stay & maybe have Tapas & break out wheelchair (long9distance tool) and go shopping?? If you're wondering why i had to remove his dressing, It was an unfortunate accident. Well, if the ding-dang refrigerator hadn't broke and leaked water everywhere, stepped right in. Shit. However, I follow the orders of my friend?Dr.& 5x surgeon. Really glad nail didn't need to get removed & I received great in-tel. It's reminding me Right now! E-L-E-V-A-T-E,chew some melatonin. . . .

One of the worst Doctors I've seen and I'm old. He more than likely is only capable of simple…read morefractures and only wants to deal with simple cases, he's didn't seem capable of indepth or complicated analysis. I was referred to him from a UW Orthopedic doctor who had seen boney edemas in my MRI's and who provided me Dr. Cannon's name. I waited many weeks to get the appointment with Dr. Cannon. When setting the appointment with him I communicated with his nurse assistant to ensure prior to my visit Dr. Cannon had the scans showing the boney edemas and the scan of my history pathology showing I had mestatic breast cancer in the past. She confirmed the scans had been received prior to the visit. I set the appointment because I have severe bone pain in several locations. On the visit, Dr. Cannon walks into the exam room and asked me what the problem was. I explained to him my history of mestatic breast cancer and a double mestectomy and thyroid cancer to start, he wasn't really interested. I asked if he had read my reports or looked at my scans, he said no they weren't available to him. I expressed his nurse had confirmed my records were in their system, his response was they weren't. I told him I had them with me, both paper reports and CD's, he said he didn't have a way to download the CD's and wasn't interested in the reports. And asked me what I expected him to do. I told him I had several locations of severe bone pain and that boney edema's were showing on my scans. I explained that initially there was one, then more, and now I was having bone pain in my chest bones. He asked what I expected him to do about it and I told him I would like him to biopsy the boney edema in my tibia as it was the one at the time which makes it hard for me to walk. He told me that it woud be considered malpractice for him to biopsy a boney edema. Again I asked for him to look at my scans. He told me I needed to see a general practitioner and there good ones out there who can look general body pains. I told him if I have bone cancer I was going to be very unhappy about his decision to not review my records and that I had been referred to him specifically because he was a oncology orthopedic surgeon. He asked if I was threatening him, I said no, but I would be very mad of his level of care. He stated he didn't know I had been referred but then he tells me (without any review of my records) that it sounds like fibromyalgia to me. I walked out of the exam room with disgust. After the visit, I read his chart notes on my medical record which indicated he and I discussed my muscle pain, he made no mention in the notes that the fact of my visit was bone pain from boney edema's and my request for biopsy to confirm my breast cancer hadn't spread to my bones. It was very disappointing about his level of concern or level of care, I had spent 2 months to see him and then several hours back and forth from my island to Seattle and back just to be rudely treated and disregarded.

Had Dr. Cannon work on my right leg twice in 2011 and 2013. Spiral tib/fib and tibial plateau…read morefracture. Over 10 yrs later still feels and works great. Highly recommend.

Horrendous experience with their billing and charges. Found the practice to be very deceptive and…read moremisleading. Ask for all potential charges before receiving any care here, even with in network insurance. $490 for a foot brace! I repeat - $494.75 for a small foot brace, I kid you not. I had some pain in my heel lasting for a couple weeks and thought "let's get it checked out". Saw Dr Tim Young for a 15 minute, middle of the road appointment - he recommended stretching more (yes, stretching!) and to wear a foot brace at night. Ok, fine suggestions although pretty basic and to be expected. A few weeks later my bill came and I kid you not this is what was billed by this company: New patient appt: $330 Time for the visit: $180 Ankle brace: $480! Random charge I can't yet determine: $180 If you're counting, that is $1170 for a honest to god 15 min appt, where again the main recommendation was to stretch my calf more. Shameful and appalling. If you choose to visit Issq Foot & Ankle, good luck to you. Your wallet will surely need it

Every time FIVE stars. Dr. Nelson is the absolute sweetest. What a gem! I've been seeing him for a…read morevariety of issues for years and he doesn't make you feel rushed, is the best listener and problem solver. His compassion for his patients is incredible. These are the types of doctors we can only hope to encounter. The office staff always are nice and the nurses also care so deeply and are so kind. These people truly care about how you're doing.