Megann Walsh

Review of Orthopaedic associates

If I could give Orthopedic Associates zero stars, ...

If I could give Orthopedic Associates zero stars, I would. BEWARE OF DR. LEW. I saw Dr. Lew back in January for an injury that I had sustained to my foot. Dr. Lew made me wait 45 minutes to be seen and only saw me for 5 minutes. His assessment was that my ankle was really messed up (his words verbatim) and that I needed PT that was going to be really hard. What Dr. Lew failed to notice in his 5 minute exam of my foot was that my anterior tibial tendon was completely lacerated and non-existent when I lifted my foot up. Due to the fact that he and his nurse (who was very rude) ignored me and sent me to PT instead of going to get an MRI, by the time I got to a competent orthopedic doctor (who noticed the tendon wasn t functioning properly immediately) the tendon was 4 cm apart. This meant that instead of just fixing the tendon, I had to have a donor tendon inserted. What I experienced as a patient of Dr. Lew was nothing short of complete incompetence and gross negligence. I blame him and his nurse for the fact that I had to have a more invasive surgery than would have been necessary had Dr. Lew examined me properly and not sent me to PT, which worsened the injury. Had I not sought out a second opinion, I would still be walking on a lacerated tendon. I would warn anyone against using this office and I especially caution you against seeing Dr. Lew.