I had an involved 5 and a half hour surgery and Dr. Skubic sent me home from the hospital the next morning. Even against my protests and the protests of my family. I didn't have adequate care at home and I told him so. I even asked to go to a rehab center. He refused to send me to one. He told me to "Just have a friend pop in." I was having severe pain and needed to be in the hospital. Two days later I was readmitted through the ER. He sent me home the next day. After a year plus of seeing him, and still having significant pain, he told me everything looked fine and suggested I settle my workers comp claim and move on. Fortunately, I didn't take his advise. I changed doctors and found out my fusion hadn't taken and the hardware he had used was all loose and moving in a windshield wiper motion causing me a lot of pain. He also had cut a nerve that had caused permanent pain and numbness in my leg. He never acknowledged it, even though I brought it to his attention many times. I have since had the surgery redone, the hardware taken out and new hardware put in. I am recovering from the 2nd surgery and hoping for a better outcome. Just a note, the hardware that was taken out, is manufactured by another physician that works at Arrowhead Orthopedic. I realize that not all surgeries are successful and it's not the fault of the doctor, but I think Dr. Skubic was careless at best in releasing me from the hospital in the condition I was in. He either wouldn't tell me the surgery had failed or he is too incompetent to see that it had failed. The 3 other doctors that I saw subsequent to him had no problem seeing the what was wrong. Needless to say, I would not recommend him to anyone.

Submitted Nov. 14, 2015

This Doctor Skubic is paid by medical device companies to inplant un necessary medical devices that leave people in severe pain & disability for the rest of there days. I know he did it to me.He will lie to inflate himself on medical reports. I was his experiment.Yes he will seldom check on you in the hospital. Watch out , this doctor has a very cold side to him.once he sees he's messed you up he becomes distant. he left me for the pain management team. All I wanted / needed was a basic time proven procedure;but Dr John Skubic left me in a terrible state without a care in the world, And that's a fact.He will avoid answering questions that are important, try it & see.Be careful he is a money motivated doc, & that's dangerous.Good luck all.

Submitted Dec. 27, 2009