Through a recommendation from my primary care physican, I went to see Dr. Michael Hollander for some left shoulder pain that I was experiencing. It was in April, 2010, and I was having trouble lifting my arm, and was experiencing terrible pain when I did.. My youngest daughter was getting married at the end of May, and I wanted to be ok for the ceremony, and the party.
As he begin to examine me, he took my left hand and twisted my arm completely around in a windmill fashion. All of a sudden, I felt a terrible pain in my bicep. As I recoiled in pain, I looked at him, and asked what just happened? He said, don't worry, your fine, nothing is wrong, and he proceeded to move on to another patient. I got dressed, and left his office. When I arrived back home, my shoulder and arm began to throb terribly, but I waited to early evening to call him back (in hope the pain would go away). However, it did not, so I decided to call his office. He had already left, but his exchange service was able to reach him on his cell phone. When he answered, I could tell that he was driving and he had me on his speaker. I asked him "what did you do to me in your office"? You twisted my arm around, and I am now in terrible pain!
He became verbally abusive to me on the phone, and refused to take responsibility for what he had done. I was shocked by his response, and complete lack of compassion. He kept saying "you'll be fine" I didn't do anything to hurt you.
Because my daughters wedding was fast approaching, I decided that I was best getting some heavy duty pain medicine from my primary care physician and taking care of it after the wedding.
When I finally went to see another orthopedic surgeon 3 months had passed and my left bicep looked like it had slipped down my arm into a bundle. It was then when I found it what Dr. Hollander had actually done to me. He had torn my biceps tendon completely through. The surgeon sadly informed me that this type of injury is only repairable if operated on within the first 4-6 weeks, and that there was nothing that could be done. That diagnosis was sadly confirmed through a second opinion from another shoulder surgeon.
So, "Thanks to Dr. Michael Hollander", I am left was a permanently weak, painful, and deformed looking left arm.
He has "0" compassion, and frankly as far as I am concerned, should not be practicing medicine. If you have plans to see him, run, don't walk as fast as you can in the opposite direction before you become a victim. read more