Stanford Hospital

Reviews 3

MA

Mark

Dr. Amanatula (orthopedics) gave me injections without consulting with or allowing me to participate in my care, did not know for 4 months He appears to have a God complex and does not believe non-doctors can understand. However, I attended the University of Michigan, and can understand everything coming out of his mouth with the caveat that for some medical terms or medications with Latin names I might need a short definition. Also, Dr. Amanatula would make some snide remarks & make false interpretations of the documentation in my medical file by the Veterans Administration; some of which are false and fraudulent statements for the attribution of responsibility for the use of pain medication. 22 years ago there was widespread use of high levels of narcotics in the VA, it still exists, but to a lesser extent today. The VA did not and does not want to spend adequate resources for service connected injuries, so they silence and in some cases, murder veterans through the use of opioids. To avoid criminal prosecution and expensive civil litigation and settlements, VA doctors use false and fraudulent documentation of official medical records to justify their use of opioids to silence veterans. Dr. Amanatula has bought into a variation of this sick and pathetic practice. Amanatula, several times suggested that instead of surgery he could inject me with steroids so that I would not need surgery; that I did not need to worry because I would not harm my leg bones (I do not have any cartilage in either knee for almost 8 years). He said hed just give me an injection every few months. A large piece of bone broke off the side of my knee, causing tremendous pain, sensitive to touch, resulting in a height differential between legs and the loss of an inch-and-a-half off my overall height. Additionally, I drag that leg behind me to go up and down steps and now walk bowlegged. I now have been developing grooves in the bones of my legs, causing the bones to get stuck and lock in place when I stand for more than a minute. I have to physically manipulate my leg bones to move them out of these grooves. It is extremely painful to do this. I dont want to lose any more height, I do not want any more bones breaking off. I want to walk normal. AMANATULA lied to me or he does not understand basic anatomy and bone density. Amanatula intentionally sent my appointment authorizations to the wrong address to prevent payment authorization by Tri-Care West. When I arrived I had to wait several hours before he would see me due to "no authorization", hoping to prevent me from being seen. The 3d time Amanatula had 3 months to send and process the correct forms for my surgery and pre-op clearances, but when it came time for pre-op appointments Dr. Amanatula claimed to have sent them to the wrong address, again. I guess God does not have the intelligence to learn from his mistakes. My appointments had to be cancelled, as did the surgery, because I could not trust a doctor who lies and tries to harm me. Amanatula made snide remarks about my service dog, claimed not to know that an orthopedic surgeon had documented my need for reconstructive surgery (both shoulders), or that my cervical spine needed to be restructured by a neurosurgeon. He also was unaware of osteoporosis in the hips or lumbar spine or a curvature of the spine that I believe was caused by my knees needing surgery for 8 years. His remarks suggested that a 3 month injection of steroids in the knees completely obviated my need for service dog or surgery. Amanatula gave me a placebo injection in my knees to test my pain level and further delayed my surgery another 4 months. It took a year for Amanatula to get me to surgery, other surgeons reached that conclusion within 3 months. He wasted my time, caused harm and further injury to me. He furthered the VA fraud & false documentation. I was scheduled for surgery on June 26, 2017, surgery I had been waiting more than 8 years to receive. I do not trust Stanford. More - no space left...

DA

Daniel Selden

Although Stanford Hospital has many topnotch physicians, dealing with the bureaucracy there has become a nightmare. To begin with, it is no longer possible to call any clinic or doctor directly. All calls go to a central phone bank where operators take messages which they forward to the doctor or clinic in question who, they say, will get back to you within 24 hours. Often they do not. When you do manage to get an appointment, the follow-up is sub-par. On one occasion, I had a procedure after which it took five weeks for them to communicate to me the results. Since the tests came back within the week, I am at a loss to explain the delay after delay after delay until I was finally able to talk to the physician. On a Monday, I phoned in a formal complaint and the administrator said that he would have the doctor call me that afternoon. He did not. Instead, the administrator called back on Tuesday morning to tell me that the doctor had called him and said that either he or his nurse would call me on Wednesday. I asked why, if the doctor could pick up the phone and call the complaints office, he couldnt have called me as well. The administrator had no idea. On Wednesday, the nurse did call me and told me that the doctor would be calling me on Thursday between 9:30 and 11:00 AM. I asked her why he couldnt call me that day, but she had no idea either. Finally, at 11:15 on Thursday, the doctor did call, saying that he had tried calling me twice before--which is true--but I never called back. I explained that he did not leave his number and that the call center would not give it to me. He said, "Oh". So, in effect, it took four days of consistent pressure to get the news that the tests were all negative and that he would have to repeat the procedure. I said fine, but asked whether it would take another four to five weeks to get the results again. He said that hopefully things would go more swiftly this time. I find this kind of treatment unacceptable. Since I also use medical care in New York and Berlin, where I have always been able to reach my physician and gotten test results in a timely manner, I have some point of comparison. Fifteen years ago, Stanford Hospital was user-friendly. Today it is a labyrinthine institution which does not serve the interests of its patients well.

LA

Larry Cooper-Wyble

Amazing. . .simply amazing work. In October my husband was diagnosed with Stage IV Giant Cell Glioblastoma. We were seen by a neurosurgeon (Dr. Steven Chang) the very next day, placed on steroids for a week to shrink the tumor/inflammation. One week later they removed as much of the tumor as they could (it was wrapped around several structures in his brain so they couldnt get it all). After removing 25% of his brain he still had all of his faculties and was (with the exception of the loss of ability to read and write) his own self. Our on-going joke was that they took his brain but left his mind intact. Because Glioblastoma is a terminal disease my husband, ultimately, chose to go on hospice. For the next 5 months we (he) did great; again no loss of cognitive ability/facility except the expected expressive aphasia and some minor memory issues. Up until 5 days before he died on March 19th we had the most wonderful times together and were able to reaffirm our love and build memories to tide me through the rest of my life without him :*( YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!!!! Thank you!