Dr. Warren King
Dr. Warren King
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Palo Alto, CA
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| Gender: | Male |
| Specialty: | Orthopedics / Sports |
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| Practice: | Palo Alto Medical Foundation |
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VA Palo Alto Health Care Syst |
| Phone: | 650-321-4121 |
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| Accepting New Patients: | Yes |
Orthopedics / Sports-related: hand surgery, arthritis surgery, knee surgery, back surgery, spine surgery, scoliosis, athletic injuries, sports injuries, sprained knees, back strains, broken bones, torn ligaments
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1/15/11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
My experience with Dr. Warren King was exceptional. He is caring, compassionate and an excellent surgeon. He is totally professional and a truly listens. My appointment was within 15 minutes of the scheduled time. He even fit me in when I was an hour late. His office is absolutely top rate with all on staff there for the patient. Thanks, Dr. King, for your help and encouragement.
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Anthem
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1/13/10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Although probably a compentant surgeon, Dr King is rude and disrespectful to patients. He has no bed side manor and is more interested in treating high profile patients than everyday people.
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Aetna
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5/30/09 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
He didn't take time to look at my issues/concerns. Gave a wrong diagnosis, no treatment (just take pain medicine, sorry). Second opinion doctor got the right diagnosis in minutes and provided a really easy treatment that solved the problem. I guess Dr. King lives too much in the past when he solved the cases of star patients to take care of the problems of his "common" patients today.
Insurance:
Blue Cross / Blue Shield
Paid/Co-pay:
$30
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7/14/08 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Had surgery to clean out scar tissue and remove a screw and now 4 weeks later still limping. I was told I could walk out of the surgery. He has been late for every appointment and then sees you for only 5 minutes with no advice or support. I am incredibly disappointed and regret ever having the surgery. This was supposed to be minor and I am still in pain. When asking for medical advise for the future all he can say is it is up to me, that is not helpful.
Insurance:
Blue Cross / Blue Shield
Paid/Co-pay:
$1500
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2/11/08 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
My experience was very similar to the first comment. Had 2 surgeries with him - one on each knee. The first went well. The second did not help me at all - in fact, was worse afterward, but was minimized the whole time by Dr. King saying, "give it more time". After being persistant and coming back in another time, was treated very dismissively by Dr. King saying, "What do you want me to do? The only thing left is a knee replacement." Was never told my knee was that bad. He never indicated that this would be a possibility. A year later I had another MRI which showed a metal fragment in my knee with Patellar Chondromalacia. Was never told about this. I do not know if this "metal fragment" has anything to do with the rapid degeneration of my knee - now grade 4 Chondromalacia, but wonder about this as in the beginning, Dr. King made it seem like my knee problem was minor, and the surgery would be no big deal compared to the first. Now I suffer everyday and looking into a knee replacement.
Insurance:
CIGNA
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10/7/07 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Very bad experience. The first thing the doctor told me after my ACL surgery was that the tip of the screwdriver had broken and he had to leave the inch long piece inside my knee. I didn't fully recover after the first surgery so I went in for a second one. They removed the metal tip and "cleaned" my knee. It's been 19 months since the first surgery and 10 months since the second one and I'm still having trouble getting back to sports. The doctor made every thing seem so simple and didn't deliver on any of the promises. I switched doctors and had new MRIs and it seems I have now developed chondromalacia patella, something that Doctor King wasn't able to treat nor diagnose | Respond |
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11/29/05 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Excellent surgeon, just be sure to account for long physical therapy recovery times. As with many orthopedic surgeons, "estimate" for when you'll be pain-free post-surgery or back to full motion or full activity are best assessed by a physical therapist, not surgeon. Recovery can take 12 months, 18 months, or longer.
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Aetna
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