​HACKER!! DANGER!! HACKER!! SO CALLED DOCTOR/SURGEON SAM SAFAVI. I won't say surgeon!!! 2 horribly botched surgeries by this hacker!! Please just look at the photos! The first surgery left me with a horrible scar but also I was 9 days in the hospital because he did something they'd never seen which was my neck & shoulder muscles spazing more than normal and harder than they'd ever felt before! He kicked me out after 9 days because he had a vacation to go on! 3 days after I went home I was back in the hospital because my muscles were so tight that they were literally purple! Not exaggerating they were purple! This hacker did not leave anybody to cover for him or help me! The emergency room did help and sent me home and in three days I was back in the hospital with a major infection! He the laminectomy too deep on my neck and left the C1 known as the Atlas which now was like a huge horn that actually after a shower would gather a half a thimble full of water! Because it was right on the line of the suture , it ripped open and caused the 1st major infection! I fired this hacker! I was still in the hospital and on drugs recovering and this idiot came in with another doctor pleading that he could fix everything the horn, the muscle problems and of course the infection ! This other idiot was a plastic surgeon that is going to help by putting what they called a relief incision to relieve the tension on the sutures ! Not thinking clearly I let this idiot in again! This is where he cut the horn off said that he cut some muscle and flapped it over and this will relieve pressure pain and the tightness of the muscles! There is also now a 6-in scar on my right shoulder that was supposed to relieve pressure . But instead he sutured it up and it was literally standing nearly an inch high off my back ! I could feel that there was even more stress on the suture than before! They said it would be fine and sent me home! Two days later I was back in the hospital with even a worse infection than the first! This relief suture that they put on was so tight that it ripped open the first suture again and caused a worse infection under the fascia muscle! Yeah I fired him again! This time for good and another doctor came in and said I'm sorry Michael all I can do is put this back together ! I've never had headaches like this I've never had tension like this I've never had pain like this and certainly with the small problem I went in there was no pain there was no issues a little tingling in my fingers which I understood needed to be addressed! Please be cautious of who you hire to work on your body! Check these PRACTICING doctors/surgeons out first really well! Referrals, reviews, everything you can get! I can only hope this will never happen to anybody else ! I WANT TO POST A PICTURE! NO WAY TO DO IT?? Good luck! read more

I recently had a posterior lumbar fusion with Brad Nichol from this firm. Unsure about his skill as a surgeon, as I am only weeks out, and believe me at this point I am praying and I am NOT a religious person. However, if you are concerned about after care, this is NOT the surgeon for you. Not allowed to take aspirin or Ibuprofen after surgery and released after 24 hour hospital stay with a foot long incision on my back, per his mandate, I had to rely on the prescription pain meds HE ordered. After receiving morphine in the hospital post op EVERY HOUR ON THE HOUR, I was dc'd with a script for 5 mg of Hydrocodone, #30 which wouldn't kill a hamster headache. Requests for refills went unanswered for DAYS, the last time I needed a refill took 3 phone calls, a couple of messages on his patient portal and ultimately 5 days. 2 weeks post op he did staple removal. He pulled several staples out of this very raw incision with no numbing whatsoever. It was horrendous. My dentist numbs my gums with a Q tip full of Lidocaine before administering a shot. WORST AFTERCARE ANYWHERE. This man has no compassion for his patients whatsoever. His office staffs' answer to any question is that they will refer your request to the doctor. In their defense, they absolutely do not give you a time frame, EVER. His only comment to me at the 2 week check up was that I was crying in recovery. Apparently this was noteworthy to him, although I am still at a loss to understand the relevancy of this, other than to make me feel less than. Do your homework and read the reviews before choosing this firm. NONE are positive. read more

My husband has had 4 procedures performed by Dr. Bradley Nicol and I am scheduled for a laminectomy and fusion of my lumbar region. Dr. Nicol is a wonderful surgeon, very caring, thoughtful and kind. The office staff is efficient and ready to help out however and whenever they can. I will follow up with another review after my procedure and return home. read more

Cindy at Flagstaff Neurosurgy is cold hearted and rude! Dr Sam Safavi Abbasi performed a surgery on April 15th on my back! He fused T-10 to L-2! If I lived near Flagstaff Arizona, I definitely would do a follow up visit, but I don't! So I called the office telling Cindy that I had an MRI performed and I wanted the opinion of the surgeon Sam Safavi that performed the surgery to give me his opinion if I needed a second surgery! Cindy told me that Sam Safavi can't give me his opinion and that I needed to follow up with another surgeon in my area! I told Cindy that I've already had 2 opinions and 1 said I need surgery and 1 said I don't! She says you can mail the cd in, but she doesn't know if Sam Safavi will look at it or give you his opinion! I tell her I have a photo of the mri on my phone, can I email it to you! Cindy says her email doesn't work and she probably won't get the email! This phone call talking to Cindy makes me eerily nervous about the surgery Dr Sam Safavi performed! You would think Sam Safavi would at least tell me if the surgery he performed was wrong or right! This is why I've never trusted surgeons! read more

Whatever you do, don't feel that just because there are only two neurosurgeons in Northern Arizona, that you should go to them. Drive to Phoenix. Drive to Prescott. Literally ANYONE you go to will be better than this horrible, horrible center of rudeness and dysfunctional medical care. Take a look at the reviews on these guys on the web. . . They "consulted" on my case and proved impossible to reach on an emergency situation for OVER four days. Finally a return call, and the terrible customer service we had was absolutely outrageous. Literally the most inept medical practice I've been to in my entire life. Uncaring, unhelpful, and arrogant . . . living in Northern Arizona has given them some kind of God complex. read more