He was caring , just like his whole staff., starting with Donna at front desk. They helped me in every way . From the first time I called his office Donna was nice . HE was able to set up a video call the next week after I sent my XRays to him. Also Heather his PA always returned text or calls with my questions. His whole team was patient friendly and tries to help as a team. That says volumes about Dr. Barnes he is the leader.

Submitted July 26, 2022

Looking at these ratings, what happened to the good Dr, from previous years? Because the recent ratings does not reflect him as a caring person but as a backslided no empathic, no sympathetic physician.
What went wrong? Because he is not like that now.

Submitted May 17, 2018

Horrible experience. No inter-personal skills. Confused me with another patient. Kept reminding me how much worse surgery was going to be because I have Fibromyalgia and yet ignored my requests for a specific pain med even though I had told him certain opiods were completely ineffective on me . Never really discussed the procedure with me in any detail. Unliked by the entire ortho floor who gossiped incessantly. He is rude, rough and cannot be trusted. I regret having the surgery done. I have been in constant, unrelenting pain for 22 days. I had to go the ER 3 days ago and they actually prescribed the pain medication I had originally asked Dr. Barnes for. I refuse to even see him in follow up visits. I have seen his PA, Sarah who is extremely professional. I will never let this man touch me again.

Submitted March 8, 2018

Dr. Barnes has done thousands of surgeries, but he still treats patients like people. Even thought the procedures are routine to him, he understands that they are not routine to patients. He projects a good mix of confidence and empathy. Highly recommend.

Submitted Dec. 24, 2014

Dr. Barnes replaced my left knee in May 2004 and my right knee in Dec. 2013. Both replacements work great at this time (Dec. 2014). There were no problems with either surgery. Dr. Barnes was courteous and answered all my questions. I highly recommend Dr. Barnes to anybody with knee or hip problems.

Submitted Dec. 15, 2014

Doc Barnes performed a total hip on me 18 months ago. The results were outstanding and I am almost totally pain free. I can now sleep at nite. He IS extremely busy and at first, I thought he is very brisk. However, on one visit post-op, after he was done examining me, I asked him how "he was doing". I think he was a bit shocked. He laid his pen down, turned around & said something to the effect, I'm fine and we started talking about family, sports, etc... I really don't remember what. My point is, he is a real person and he's fun to visit with. Medical staff I know personally, tell me he's their "go to buy". That was good enough for me in the begining. I definately recommend him. A good man and skilled surgeon.

Submitted Oct. 3, 2012

He's an excellent dr.He has helped me and many of my friends and 2 of my family members. thank you,dr. barnes.

Submitted Nov. 28, 2011

I will not be going back to see Dr. Barnes. He was no help for me.

Submitted Sept. 23, 2011

As far as I'm concerned there is no better surgeon anywhere than Dr. Barnes. He literally gave my life back. 2 hip replacements and no complications from either. Sometimes you might have to wait a little longer than you'd like to get in to see him, but it's well worth the wait. I recommend him to all my friends and some have driven 200 mi. one way, as I do, to get him to fix their hips or knees.

Submitted May 24, 2011

Dr. Barnes did a total hip replacement for me around 10 years ago, and the surgery was a success. I fell this past July and thought that I had partially dislocated the joint. I came down to St. Vincents on a Monday night and Dr. Barnes had already made arrangements for a room. He checked on me the first thing Tuesday morning and took me to surgery. I did not have to undergo surgery, which was an incredible relief since I have a muscle disease that would make healing extremely difficult. I can't say enough good things about Dr. Barnes and Marty.

Submitted Oct. 6, 2008