the office manager is very rude and doesn't know her job. they only care about money in this place. don't waste your time.

Submitted July 28, 2023

I would rate Dr. Medary zero stars if I could. I went to see Dr. Medary for back surgery consultation on June 2022. From the first visit there were red flags that I ignored because I was in so much pain that had already persisted for a year and half at this point and was desperate for relief. I thought he would like to know my medical history, he flatly said “no”. He just wanted to know where the pain was located. I was taken aback by this because it was pertinent information and every doctor/surgeon I have ever been to wants to know but I just pushed it aside and proceeded with the consultation. He then tells me that he can tell I’m on narcotics just by looking at me and that my husband must be present to support me in all ways. I was flabbergasted by these rude assumptions. He further arrogantly told me that he did not believe in pain management or physical therapy, only surgery. I thought this was so bizarre to make these unsolicited, unjustifiable opinions and assumptions and yet he did not care to know my actual medical history. I presented him with an MRI and disc that is a year old and asked Dr. Medary if I should get a new one done since it was a year old, and I felt there could be more issues than what the year-old MRI and disc were showing. He stuck with and focused on a bulging disc on L3-L4 even though I brought up that my tailbone was also hurting, and he assumed that it was because I was sitting around all the time. Again, he never asked since he didn’t want to know my medical history. My instincts were telling me different but again, I relented. I had the operation, and I was still unable to walk for more than 50 feet and stand for more than 2 minutes and I had severe, unrelenting pain in my left leg still due to my lower back issues. I was still in the same amount of pain and getting progressively worse during my “recovery”. In post visits, I told Dr. Medary this and he sent me to get an MRI, almost 2 months post-surgery. The MRI revealed that I had more bulging discs, severe stenosis (severe narrowing of the spinal canal especially toward my tail bone L5-S1, hence my tailbone pain). He changed the adjective “severe” as stated in the MRI report to “moderate” in my medical record. I still had spondylolisthesis. He feigned empathy as he always treated my concerns with condescension and arrogance. I would leave in tears the first 2 post-op visits out of anger and frustration and became fed up with his antics. In further visits, I vowed to never cry again and decided to fight “fire with fire” and he then told me to get a second opinion knowing full well that another surgeon would not want to revise another surgeon’s work and I was turned down many times by other offices. Some would not see me until a year or more later because I was still “healing” and because of the aforementioned. I finally got a surgeon to see me, and he was crititcal of Dr. Medary’s work telling me he did not put cages in (support systems) and said to me that the whole thing was collapsing. He referred me to a revision surgeon in Clear water, Fl and I still had one other appointment scheduled with another revision surgeon here in Orlando. Both revision surgeons said the same exact thing to me that the Medary’s work would have to be revised and the work would have to be extended all the way down to my tail bone. So, from L3-S1. I chose the revision surgeon here in Orlando and he revised Dr. Medary’s work and extended it. I am currently still recovering but I can walk (I walk an hour daily), stand and live pain free. All 3 surgeons I met post Dr. Medary have been kind, sincere, empathetic and on the top of their game. Because of Dr. Medary failed surgery, I lost 6 months of sick leave and wages, endured a lot of anguish and frustration over my situation not improving. Lastly, his medical assistants often do not return phone calls or emails and they can be quite rude because they do not like to be bothered. This was not the case in my revision surgeon’s office, it was quite the opposite. All phone calls and emails were always returned with kindness.

Submitted May 2, 2023

I would rate Dr. Medary zero stars if I could. I went to see Dr. Medary for back surgery consultation on June 2022. From the first visit there were red flags that I ignored because I was in so much pain that had already persisted for a year and half at this point and was desperate for relief. I thought he would like to know my medical history, he flatly said “no”. He just wanted to know where the pain was located. I was taken aback by this because it was pertinent information and every doctor/surgeon I have ever been to wants to know but I just pushed it aside and proceeded with the consultation. He then tells me that he can tell I’m on narcotics just by looking at me and that my husband must be present to support me in all ways. I was flabbergasted by these rude assumptions. He further arrogantly told me that he did not believe in pain management or physical therapy, only surgery. I thought this was so bizarre to make these unsolicited, unjustifiable opinions and assumptions and yet he did not care to know my actual medical history. I presented him with an MRI and disc that is a year old and asked Dr. Medary if I should get a new one done since it was a year old, and I felt there could be more issues than what the year-old MRI and disc were showing. He stuck with and focused on a bulging disc on L3-L4 even though I brought up that my tailbone was also hurting, and he assumed that it was because I was sitting around all the time. Again, he never asked since he didn’t want to know my medical history. My instincts were telling me different but again, I relented. I had the operation, and I was still unable to walk for more than 50 feet and stand for more than 2 minutes and I had severe, unrelenting pain in my left leg still due to my lower back issues. I was still in the same amount of pain and getting progressively worse during my “recovery”. In post visits, I told Dr. Medary this and he sent me to get an MRI, almost 2 months post-surgery. The MRI revealed that I had more bulging discs, severe stenosis (severe narrowing of the spinal canal especially toward my tail bone L5-S1, hence my tailbone pain). He changed the adjective “severe” as stated in the MRI report to “moderate” in my medical record. I still had spondylolisthesis. He feigned empathy as he always treated my concerns with condescension and arrogance. I would leave in tears the first 2 post-op visits out of anger and frustration and became fed up with his antics. In further visits, I vowed to never cry again and decided to fight “fire with fire” and he then told me to get a second opinion knowing full well that another surgeon would not want to revise another surgeon’s work and I was turned down many times by other offices. Some would not see me until a year or more later because I was still “healing” and because of the aforementioned. I finally got a surgeon to see me, and he was crititcal of Dr. Medary’s work telling me he did not put cages in (support systems) and said to me that the whole thing was collapsing. He referred me to a revision surgeon in Clear water, Fl and I still had one other appointment scheduled with another revision surgeon here in Orlando. Both revision surgeons said the same exact thing to me that the Medary’s work would have to be revised and the work would have to be extended all the way down to my tail bone. So, from L3-S1. I chose the revision surgeon here in Orlando and he revised Dr. Medary’s work and extended it. I am currently still recovering but I can walk (I walk an hour daily), stand and live pain free. All 3 surgeons I met post Dr. Medary have been kind, sincere, empathetic and on the top of their game. Because of Dr. Medary failed surgery, I lost 6 months of sick leave and wages, endured a lot of anguish and frustration over my situation not improving. Lastly, his medical assistants often do not return phone calls or emails and they can be quite rude because they do not like to be bothered. This was not the case in my revision surgeon’s office, it was quite the opposite. All phone calls and emails were always returned with kindness.

Submitted May 2, 2023

I would rate Dr. Medary zero stars if I could. I went to see Dr. Medary for back surgery consultation on June 2022. From the first visit there were red flags that I ignored because I was in so much pain that had already persisted for a year and half at this point and was desperate for relief. I thought he would like to know my medical history, he flatly said “no”. He just wanted to know where the pain was located. I was taken aback by this because it was pertinent information and every doctor/surgeon I have ever been to wants to know but I just pushed it aside and proceeded with the consultation. He then tells me that he can tell I’m on narcotics just by looking at me and that my husband must be present to support me in all ways. I was flabbergasted by these rude assumptions. He further arrogantly told me that he did not believe in pain management or physical therapy, only surgery. I thought this was so bizarre to make these unsolicited, unjustifiable opinions and assumptions and yet he did not care to know my actual medical history. I presented him with an MRI and disc that is a year old and asked Dr. Medary if I should get a new one done since it was a year old, and I felt there could be more issues than what the year-old MRI and disc were showing. He stuck with and focused on a bulging disc on L3-L4 even though I brought up that my tailbone was also hurting, and he assumed that it was because I was sitting around all the time. Again, he never asked since he didn’t want to know my medical history. My instincts were telling me different but again, I relented. I had the operation, and I was still unable to walk for more than 50 feet and stand for more than 2 minutes and I had severe, unrelenting pain in my left leg still due to my lower back issues. I was still in the same amount of pain and getting progressively worse during my “recovery”. In post visits, I told Dr. Medary this and he sent me to get an MRI, almost 2 months post-surgery. The MRI revealed that I had more bulging discs, severe stenosis (severe narrowing of the spinal canal especially toward my tail bone L5-S1, hence my tailbone pain). He changed the adjective “severe” as stated in the MRI report to “moderate” in my medical record. I still had spondylolisthesis. He feigned empathy as he always treated my concerns with condescension and arrogance. I would leave in tears the first 2 post-op visits out of anger and frustration and became fed up with his antics. In further visits, I vowed to never cry again and decided to fight “fire with fire” and he then told me to get a second opinion knowing full well that another surgeon would not want to revise another surgeon’s work and I was turned down many times by other offices. Some would not see me until a year or more later because I was still “healing” and because of the aforementioned. I finally got a surgeon to see me, and he was crititcal of Dr. Medary’s work telling me he did not put cages in (support systems) and said to me that the whole thing was collapsing. He referred me to a revision surgeon in Clear water, Fl and I still had one other appointment scheduled with another revision surgeon here in Orlando. Both revision surgeons said the same exact thing to me that the Medary’s work would have to be revised and the work would have to be extended all the way down to my tail bone. So, from L3-S1. I chose the revision surgeon here in Orlando and he revised Dr. Medary’s work and extended it. I am currently still recovering but I can walk (I walk an hour daily), stand and live pain free. All 3 surgeons I met post Dr. Medary have been kind, sincere, empathetic and on the top of their game. Because of Dr. Medary failed surgery, I lost 6 months of sick leave and wages, endured a lot of anguish and frustration over my situation not improving. Lastly, his medical assistants often do not return phone calls or emails and they can be quite rude because they do not like to be bothered. This was not the case in my revision surgeon’s office, it was quite the opposite. All phone calls and emails were always returned with kindness.

Submitted May 2, 2023

I would rate Dr. Medary zero stars if I could. I went to see Dr. Medary for back surgery consultation on June 2022. From the first visit there were red flags that I ignored because I was in so much pain that had already persisted for a year and half at this point and was desperate for relief. I thought he would like to know my medical history, he flatly said “no”. He just wanted to know where the pain was located. I was taken aback by this because it was pertinent information and every doctor/surgeon I have ever been to wants to know but I just pushed it aside and proceeded with the consultation. He then tells me that he can tell I’m on narcotics just by looking at me and that my husband must be present to support me in all ways. I was flabbergasted by these rude assumptions. He further arrogantly told me that he did not believe in pain management or physical therapy, only surgery. I thought this was so bizarre to make these unsolicited, unjustifiable opinions and assumptions and yet he did not care to know my actual medical history. I presented him with an MRI and disc that is a year old and asked Dr. Medary if I should get a new one done since it was a year old, and I felt there could be more issues than what the year-old MRI and disc were showing. He stuck with and focused on a bulging disc on L3-L4 even though I brought up that my tailbone was also hurting, and he assumed that it was because I was sitting around all the time. Again, he never asked since he didn’t want to know my medical history. My instincts were telling me different but again, I relented. I had the operation, and I was still unable to walk for more than 50 feet and stand for more than 2 minutes and I had severe, unrelenting pain in my left leg still due to my lower back issues. I was still in the same amount of pain and getting progressively worse during my “recovery”. In post visits, I told Dr. Medary this and he sent me to get an MRI, almost 2 months post-surgery. The MRI revealed that I had more bulging discs, severe stenosis (severe narrowing of the spinal canal especially toward my tail bone L5-S1, hence my tailbone pain). He changed the adjective “severe” as stated in the MRI report to “moderate” in my medical record. I still had spondylolisthesis. He feigned empathy as he always treated my concerns with condescension and arrogance. I would leave in tears the first 2 post-op visits out of anger and frustration and became fed up with his antics. In further visits, I vowed to never cry again and decided to fight “fire with fire” and he then told me to get a second opinion knowing full well that another surgeon would not want to revise another surgeon’s work and I was turned down many times by other offices. Some would not see me until a year or more later because I was still “healing” and because of the aforementioned. I finally got a surgeon to see me, and he was crititcal of Dr. Medary’s work telling me he did not put cages in (support systems) and said to me that the whole thing was collapsing. He referred me to a revision surgeon in Clear water, Fl and I still had one other appointment scheduled with another revision surgeon here in Orlando. Both revision surgeons said the same exact thing to me that the Medary’s work would have to be revised and the work would have to be extended all the way down to my tail bone. So, from L3-S1. I chose the revision surgeon here in Orlando and he revised Dr. Medary’s work and extended it. I am currently still recovering but I can walk (I walk an hour daily), stand and live pain free. All 3 surgeons I met post Dr. Medary have been kind, sincere, empathetic and on the top of their game. Because of Dr. Medary failed surgery, I lost 6 months of sick leave and wages, endured a lot of anguish and frustration over my situation not improving. Lastly, his medical assistants often do not return phone calls or emails and they can be quite rude because they do not like to be bothered. This was not the case in my revision surgeon’s office, it was quite the opposite. All phone calls and emails were always returned with kindness.

Submitted May 2, 2023

Requested a second opinion on lower back problem. Dr. Medary was to the point and provided another less invasive solution for me to consider. I was satisfied with the meeting.

Submitted Oct. 1, 2021

He was very dismissive, rude, and condescending. Did not listen to me; instead spoke over me to tell me about myself, telling me he has seen people like me before. Told me I there is nothing wrong with me, and I can stop seeing doctors. Dismissed me when I tried to tell him why I was sent there. Horrible bedside manner.

Submitted July 2, 2021

Great doctor, he took the time to listen and explain.

Submitted Dec. 21, 2020

I had a terrible experience, wasted my time. Staff trying to charge me money that the insurance was to pay. Save yourself the aggravation, find someone better with a staff that not so hinky!

Submitted Sept. 17, 2020

I am so thankful to you and your staff for enabling my ability to walk normally again, importantly, without pain. This is one of those things you do not really appreciate until it is lost. For just under eight years I had lived with a crippling sharp pain to the right side of my right knee (as if an icepick were jabbed in it), along with lower back pain. During this time, I had to use either a cane or walker to move about. Three Orthopedic Surgeons & two Neurologists, involving a total of seven surgeries, were of no help. Then I was referred to you and you immediately diagnosed my problem and surgically corrected it. I’m am so thankful!

Submitted June 29, 2020