I believe Dr. Laurie is an excellent surgeon. Much of his staff is terrible. They cost me hundreds of out of pocket costs as they failed to forward my cardio gram results etc of to the hospital prior to my surgery. Dropped the ball completely on other communications as well. I discussed this and several other matters with the office manager. When she saw me in office… she actually ran from me. I was courteous and polite through all of this… so no need to run! Dr. Laurie was usually pleasant, however on one visit he asked how my mobility was after my wrist surgery. I told him it was not quite full movement….. he asked…. I gave him an honest answer. His response to me” Oh, I see, you are the type of person that sees the glass as half empty”… What a demeaning and stupid thing to say to any patient! “ All in all, I am confident of his surgical abilities…. But his staff , with a couple of exceptions, seemed to be inept.

Submitted Nov. 22, 2022

THIS DOCTIS APPARENTLY RACIST...ALL HIS GOOD REVIEWS ARE FROM WHITE PPL I HADT TO REPORT HIM TO THE STATUS BOARD FOR 2 BOTCHED OFFICE PROCEDURES DID ON MY HAND FOR THE MONEY NO DAM CLUE TO WHAT HE WAS DOING I KNOW HAD DONE HISTORICALLY IN ANOTHER STATE HE DAMAGED MY HAND I NEED SURGERY NOW CAUSE THIS DAM FRANKENSTEIN!!!!!.

Submitted March 10, 2022

My first appointment was terrible, just walked in , didn’t introduce himself, he went right to injected me without numbing me first, he nurse was trying to keep up with just the spray which barely helped the pain was horrible!! My next visit I mentioned something about that to the nurse , she told him and he came in and lectured me, he is so rude, I never went back to him

Submitted Feb. 18, 2022

Highly recommend. Treated me for a broken wrist and did a wonderful job. He took time to explain procedure and why he felt it was necessary. Always took time to answer questions.

Submitted July 16, 2018

HORRIBLE PERSON. This guy is a total jerk. His cocky attitude and belittling arrogance is not what anyone wants in a doctor. He made my daughter feel that her true pain was a pain syndrome. It was a torn ligament along with a fracture. Give me a break! We changed physicians right away and got much better care.

Submitted June 30, 2017

The fourth Orthopedic that I went to, He was the first to explain what was wrong and how to correct, Office staff is the best.

Submitted March 3, 2015

As a community physician, specifically one who refers many paients to Dr. Lourie, I cannot speak highly enough of Dr. Lourie, his surgical care and the professionalism of his staff. In my career, I have seen many surgeons and as many personalities. Both in my own personal care, as well as that of my referred patients, I have never known Dr. Lourie to be anything other than exceptional. I will continue directing my patients, friends and family to his care.

Submitted March 2, 2015

I am a retired 67 year old who recently had surgery with Dr. Lourie. I have a severe case of Dupuytrens in both hands that has been very crippling over the past decades and continued to get worse over time. I had been to another surgeon closer to where I live and he looked at my hands and said there was nothing he could do. I had heard many great things about Dr Lourie and was willing to drive the 5 hrs to get his expert opinion on my condition . I am happy I made that decision because he operated and was able to get me back to doing things my hands were keeping me from doing like playing golf and even driving . I appreciate everything he has done for me and also to his staff at the office and surgery center.

Submitted Feb. 27, 2015

Dual personality!
I saw Dr Lourie for the first time and the visit was fine/normal.
The second time I tried to make a follow-up appt his appt girl was rude, sassy, and hung up on me. I called back to ask for a different appt person but she is HIS only one and I had to make the appt through her. I said I'll just see a different Dr so I don't have to deal with her but they found someone else who then made the appt for me. (FYI: Once you see a Dr there, you have to have "special approval" from that Dr to allow you to switch to someone else in the same practice.) Really? Ask! They wouldn't let me switch when a different person called me back so I made the appt with Dr. Lourie. She said its just their office policy but not sure why. When we arrived Dr. Lourie showed my daughter and I a whole different personality for the first half of our appt in front of my daughter! Not sure what was going on with him but he was very rude, cocky, and yelling about his 26 years of credentials when I told him I don't want to do a cortisone shot again. WOW! UNBELIEVABLE! Door was opened and everyone heard, he was loud and scary. (They must be use to this treatment from him.) He left the room in a huff and when he finally returned he was back to his nice personality again. Not sure where his "split personality came from or exactly what set him off but believe me you don't want to see it. Surprisingly, he didn't even remember key details from our first visit. His patient notes on file must have been very incomplete. I wonder if he was mad because I wanted to switch Drs but it was only because his appt girl was rude and he didn't have anything available after school hours. Whatever the reason I assume the rude appt girl learned from the "split personality" rude Dr. He went from raising his voice to civilized in the same meeting. Not a good quality for someone you might have do an important surgery for you. I just told my daughter that he "must be having a bad day" but thats certainly not what I was thinking!!! I hope he reads this and learns from this. He certainly wouldn't want his Grandchildren to endure the same type of appt we had! Atlanta is a small town and our kids all go to the same private schools!

Submitted Feb. 21, 2015

My daughter was referred to Dr. Lourie for posterolateral rotary instability and surgery for lateral collateral ligament complex reconstruction. After reviewing all of my daughter's medical records and recommendation for this procedure, Dr. Lourie refused to see my daughter and provided no explanation why. His assistant refused to return any of my calls. This doctor has no class in my opinion.

Submitted June 17, 2014