Grace Ballard

Review of Georgia Hand, Shoulder, and El...

No one wants to break their arm, go to the doctor,...

No one wants to break their arm, go to the doctor, and have surgery; BUT, if you have to, you better go to GHSE. After visiting another Ortho doc after breaking my arm in a car accident, I (thankfully) got a second opinion with GHSE. From the moment I walked into their office, I felt comfortable (which is hard to feel in a doc office). The staff was so friendly and caring, including the x-ray technician, and Dr. Starr's "bedside manner" should be copied by every doctor. He quickly found that the previous doctor's advice to "see if things could heal on their own" was inaccurate and had surgery scheduled the same week (even having him leave a conference early to make sure I was seen ASAP). Normally, I'd think a doctor trying to get me into surgery would be to make money, but I could tell that this was the last option he wanted for me.. Fast forward, surgery was even harder than he imagined but went very well and I've had no complications (even when I could've had some nerve damage due to waiting too long before surgery). He also said he made sure to stitch me up really well so that this horrible cut (to put a big, metal plate in my arm) wouldn't be as visible as it could be and the scar really does look great! If I ever have to be seen by another doctor for anything from my hand to my shoulder, I'm going to back to him (and have recommended him to so many people already).