My 9 year old broke her radius and ulna at gymnastics. Of course, the local hospital only gave us two names for nearby orthopedic surgeons, which is ludicrous because there are more than just Dr. Brown in NWI.I learned this later, unfortunately. Don't be fooled by the referral list suggesting that he is the end all to be all of pediatric orthopedic surgeons. There are far better. Find them.

Not only is his bedside manner terrible, but he set my child's arm with absolutely zero pain meds. A 9 year old. It was a nightmare. If that wasn't bad enough, he made it seem like she was a baby for crying and being scared to death for further visits. He set it incorrectly and made us come back to try and put a wedge in. When that was causing intense pain, I demanded it be removed and something else be done WITH medication. So the second time he went to set it they gave her a numbing shot(I found out from the new surgeon that there is no way to numb that particular break and she should have been put to sleep). So my child was put through hell multiple times in his office. The only people worth a damn there are most of his nurses and office staff. They are kind. One nurse had his same demeanor and should work with adults and not children.

During one visit, while my daughter was in intense pain, he made us sit and listen to his cell phone conversation with his son about vacation and golfing. I can't make this up. He answered his phone in our room while nurses were standing there waiting for orders from him to xray my daughter.

We never looked back after the second bone setting without any sedation. She is now traumatized and suffering PTSD with doctors. We found Dr. Kucharzyk in Crown Point and he is 100 times better. He said he never does anything of that nature without sedation and agrees she is suffering trauma from her experience. Now when I have to take her into the doctor, she literally shakes and gets intense stomach aches. She has always be very tough and loved going to the doctor. She never feared any doctors till now. Do yourself and your child a favor, and please go elsewhere. I implore you to look elsewhere so no other child has to go through what my daughter went through.

Dr. Kucharzyk said her arm still isn't set perfectly and we could either do surgery or wait since her bones are still malleable. We chose to let time heal them correctly due to her trauma which means we are looking at 3-6 months before they are back to normal and she can even consider gymnastics again .

Submitted Nov. 21, 2020

Dr. Brown has horrible bedside manner. My son broke his arm and that was botched badly enough by Dr. Oni in Merrillville. Dr. Brown's only solution was surgery. My son had pins in his elbow and when the cast came off, his skin had grown over one of the pins. Dr. Brown sat my son down, and without warning popped the pin through his skin to pull it out and when my son began to cry he said, "Stop it, you're fine!" We wound up having to have a second surgery 1 year later at Riley in Indianapolis. I firmly believe that this man has a predilection towards performing unnecessary surgery on children. I've had many other people tell me similar stories. He is arrogant, thinks that he is the only and last doctor that can solve any problem. Keep your kids away and avoid the scars, bills, and fear of the doctor. I will say that his staff is FANTASTIC - however i believe that they are simply overcompensating for his behavior. He is rude, will not talk to you, will not explain problems, and I truly believe that he likes to perform surgery on kids. Stay away.

Submitted March 13, 2019

Will not give you accurate information, or be kind about the diagnosis. Treats patients as if they are stupid and acts as if he is the only doctor left to be seen. Has no respect for patients, and will not do what is in their best interest. Much too willing to do unnecessary surgery. Hopefully he stops practicing soon, as he is much too old, and much too rude, to continue.

Submitted Jan. 23, 2019

Terrible bedside manner.... told my daughter and I that her re injury was all mental... fast forward a year and now she needs to have reconstruction surgery. Never again will I think he’s the best.

Submitted Sept. 19, 2018

Very poor care and explanation. The doctor used his cell phone to pull up the diagnosis and read to us from his phone. I did that myself and shouldn't have spent the time and money to come see this "specialist"!!

Submitted March 26, 2018

Dr Brown and his staff are the best! They take the time to answer my questions and discuss my concerns. My kids have been going to see him for over 10 years and I wouldn’t take them to anyone else!!

Submitted March 7, 2018

Dr. Brown and his staff included the PT group were so great throughout my sons recovery from Compartment Syndrome. Over the last 11 1/2 months they were the best anyone could ask for. Thank you

Submitted Dec. 20, 2017

Had an amazing experience! Great staff and super friendly ! Would recommend friends to Dr.Brown .

Submitted Oct. 3, 2017

Quite frankly after reading some of these reviews I was skeptical, but having remembered Dr. Brown treating my son over 25 years ago I didn't remember his having a poor beside manner. When my grandson broke his arm recently, we went to Dr. Brown and the experience couldn't have been better. He was clear in his diagnosis and instructions, compassionate with my grandson and extremely personable to both my daughter and me. No complaints, he was extremely nice, and he does know his business.

Submitted April 4, 2017

Terrible bedside manner. The guy just walked in without saying hello or even looking at me or my 2 year old daughter. This was after we had been sitting there for 45 minutes. He said maybe two words to us. The nurse did the talking but I had to ask the questions. His examination consisted of poking my daughter's collarbone a couple times. I would not recommend this doctor to anyone. Give someone else your money and business. As far as the staff goes, the nurses were nice but the office staff was terrible. I begged for a Monday appointment, was told to call back 3 times and was finally told the doctor wasn't seeing patients that day. So I scheduled Tuesday and had to take the day off work. Monday morning, the office called and asked if I could switch my appointment to that Monday! I was so irritated and couldn't switch days at that point. Then they ended up changing the time of my Tuesday appointment. Again, I do not recommend going here.

Submitted March 20, 2015