There are a few things that are key number one at the very top of life's lists is finding a good…read moredoctor who we can trust with the care of our lives essentially. Dr Sherrow is one of those. Started going to her five years ago. She is forward thinking and practices the best methods for women's health. I learned she was already using award winning gynecological tools with her patients , has efficient patient portals I can access when I need them. Her technician is THE best at drawing blood. I recently faced health challenges Dr Sherrow was amazing. Her level of expertise , and care and kindness, also the various staff working in the hospitals all sang Dr Sherrows praises - that's saying something . I understand there is a wait to start as a new patient but she is so worth it. I can't say enough and she deserves to be praised .

Should be more mindful of people's time. I waited 40 minutes after vitals and still no sight of…read moreanyone.

Management and scheduling. I was charged a $50 no show fee when in fact I did show up and they made…read morea mistake and didn't schedule the correct procedure. They wanted to reschedule and charge me an additional $225 copay. That was unreasonable since it was their mistake. I left without rescheduling.I spoke with Bo Guffey, the Director of Operations and he pulled the recorded phone call when I scheduled and confirmed that I did in fact request the correct procedure but he thought that both the scheduler and I should share responsibility. He spoke with Sue Teeter the COO who agreed with him to not waive the fee. This was not the first bad experience I've had with this company. NEVER AGAIN!

Communicate...be more clear on what insurance you take, communicate with the damned doctor's…read moreoffice, ask before I wait 30 freaking minutes with my child sitting there in agony, I don't know, be less of billing center and more of a care oriented business provider. Eh, but I understand, screw my kid and his pain, we got office furniture, cable bills, aroma therapy, hardwood floors, and lease payments to make. They were gracious enough to have a self pay option ready to go though. Almost like they...no! No way they would do that. Would they? I guess I should have taken a selfie with my cash option since it is an imaging center. It was only twice what they charge my insurance which is odd since I thought is I paid cash it would be cheaper. Didn't even offer me any lube

They ended up doing a great job. Once Dr. Dart explained things to me in more detail, I understood…read morethings more clearly. I had excellent care and the doctor listened to my concerns. Everyone in the office was nice as well. I think the actual hospital staff needs to work on their bedside manners a little more. Once I learned they were not part of USA, I had to give USA five stars. I would recommend them to anyone needing complicated surgery.

I was flagged by Erlanger hospital staff telling me that I had cancer. The Erlanger oncology nurse…read moresat in on this meeting yet referred me out of the Erlanger Healthcare system and onto University Surgical Associates (USA). Does she get a referral fee from USA??? USA is a private practice with corporate offices in Nashville, TN. I specifically requested a female doctor to do the biopsy but could not have one because I briefly delt with five+ years ago. What happened to The Patient Bill of Rights? The biopsy was performed by the male surgeon by deading the surgical site by skin injections. The biopsy confirmed that is was cancer. I went to USA surgery center several days later. It was really underwhelming and nonprofessional. The staff was rude because I had several antibiotic allergies. On nurse said, "You can't take anything, can you," as if I liked having allergy reactions. When the nurse anesthesiologist came round, I requested a small incubation since my mouth is small. She was quite rude, telling me that that there was no such thing as a small, adult incubation kit...that it only came with numbers. Last of all, the surgeon was late and in a terrible rush. The surgeon inserted a port in me, however he inserted it backwards. The bottom (metal) was on top and the plastic insertion area on the bottom. The oncology team could not start my treatment because of this backwards port. He was notified and sent me to a local hospital for their IV team to insert tubes for IV treatment. The hospital looked at it under a fluoroscope in radiology and could tell it was flipped. Only the surgeon could fix it At this point, I was upset at the waste of my time. I contacted my oncologist and he rang the surgeon. I proceeded to flip the port with a 90° bent needle and with no deadening before he jimmy-rigged it in place. He was chattering on about if this didn't work, he would place a larger port in me. I have to break it to you; It's NOT goin' happen! USA had a small task to do and they can't get it right. You would think this is it but you would be wrong. I received a call asking me to report to their little surgery center so he could place another port. I told the nurse that I declined a second surgery. When I reported to my oncology team, the surgeon had only flipped it to a 90° angle. The nurses have to push it down before they insert the needle. What I see from the vanish point of a patient is that this conglomerate of surgeons at USA are penny wise but pound foolish. Their billing comes through Nashville, not Chattanooga. In most medical practices, you have a business manager who keeps a watch of the local medical practice. The Chattanooga office looks sedate enough in the lobby, however once behind the doors to examination room, their is chaos. Chaos can cause mistakes and get you killed. Full stop. They have entered in incorrect charges in medical coding & can't seem to get the medical coding corrected. As to the one nurse who accompanied the surgeon to "flip" the port, USA received $490.00 for 5 minutes of standing there while the surgeon pokes me with a bent needle. In conclusion, I would highly recommend the University of Tennessee College of Surgeons over USA. The care received is far better and cheaper when medical coding is correctly done. University Surgical Associates (USA) is a for-profit company and is NOT affiliated with any University of Tennessee medical school.

Few of the nurses are really nice, professional. Most are horrible, my wife has C-Diff which causes…read morediarrhea, she has a catheter and isn't mobile. I called the nurses station that my wife had pooped and needed to get clean up as she has really bad sores on her butt. I called at 10:15 it's 10:55. And finally a rude nurse arrives

Truly wonderful folks at this location. Always have someone walking in at the ER nagging about the…read morewait. Yet the lab tech's , nurse's and doctor's are hard at work. I find a lot of people are impatient. Folks expect everything right now. We are lucky for the medical care we receive in America. Think if you had to walk for two days to a clinic. Then wait another two days to be seen. Truly a lot of selfish and ungrateful folks in this great nation. Erlanger East is a wonderful place full of wonderful dedicated people. Thank you for your wonderful service of care.

My partner was given steroids for an issue and he had a reaction to them. The steroids were…read morehelping, so he called them and asked if he could be prescribed a different kind. Note, he made clear to the dr that he has had other steroids and didn't have that reaction. It was just this one. (Which she then tried to gaslight me on and tell me he didn't tell her that and didn't tell her the symptoms were continuing. I was in the same room. I hesrd him.) Apparently ignoring that, the dragon said he would have this reaction to ANY type they put him on and that he should go to an ENT because they don't have what they need to do further tests that they couldn't do. (For what? She didn't say. We already knew he had an ear infection from his first visit and the steroids WERE helping until he had the reaction.) When I asked if she was refusing further medical treatment at this time she said No! Of course not! If he wants to come in- Apparently having forgotten that she had said before that they didn't have what they supposedly needed to test him. Insurance fraud on top of everything?

The CEO finally returned my daughters call concerning the treatment of my special needs grandson by…read moreone of their NP, He assured her action would be taken , all we can do is hope that happens , so no other family has to go through what my daughter did. I don't see anything good coming from this , due to the NP being untruthful about what happened, we will never use this facility again, and I still advise against anyone with a special needs family member from taking them to this clinic and I plan on letting other families in the community on other social medias know about this NP at this location.