We appreciate your interest in our expertise, and we would like
to welcome you to our specialty practice. We offer our patients
service that you simply will not find in other surgical practices.
For example:
- Since
there is still no adequate substitute for genuine "face-to-
face" time between patient and surgeon for discussion of
important issues, we reserve a full hour for your initial consultation
session and 30 minutes for your follow-up visits. You will not
be rushed, and all of your questions will be answered.
- We
recognize that long waits in the office are both unnecessary and
unreasonable, so we promise that you will not be kept waiting
more than 30 minutes past your scheduled appointment time. We
also hold evening office hours for the convenience of patients
with busy daytime schedules.
Many patients come to us from significant distances at the referral
of other orthopaedic surgeons. Our patients often have complex
problems that need intensive time and effort to treat comprehensively,
without Managed Care short-cuts. Our philosophy is to either "do
it right" or not do it at all. In our practice we
are not satisfied until you are satisfied that you have
received the best subspecialty care available anywhere. Other
things we believe you will appreciate about our practice include:
- Office
locations in safe communities that are convenient to major highway
access, with abundant free parking.
-
You will know your surgeon's educational background and expert
qualifications before you see him (feel free to review our professional
resumés or our full curriculum vitae elsewhere on this
website).
- If
surgery is needed, you will know whose hands will be doing the
work! We guarantee to personally perform your surgery, without
delegation to an assistant surgeon or apprentice physician.
We attend to every detail of your surgery, from start to finish,
and never schedule surgical procedures in two operating rooms
at the same time.
- As
long as you are an active patient in our practice you will never
be charged for telephone consultations, consultations between
surgeon and physical therapist, medical record copying or the
processing of medical disability forms.
Perhaps most importantly, you will experience the confidence
and trust in your surgeon that is so important for a successful
physician-patient relationship. It is our practice to recommend
only what is best for you, not what is best for your insurance
company. The so-called "experts" today uniformly say
that our traditional approach to the practice of medicine simply
cannot survive. We intend to prove them wrong.
We want you to be fully informed about all aspects of our practice
before making your appointment, so please review the other information
on our website before calling to reserve time on our consultation
schedule. If you have any further questions or wish to make
an appointment, please call or e-mail
either of our two patient service representatives (Donna Ciminale
or Ronna Sepielli), or one of us personally. We look forward
to meeting you, and we will do our best to meet your expectations.
Sincerely,
Alexander Sapega, M.D
Board Certified in Orthopaedic Surgery
Specializing in Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Surgery of the Knee
Michael L. Sidor, M.D.
Board Certified in Orthopaedic Surgery
Specializing in Arthroscopic and Reconstructive Surgery of the
Shoulder and Elbow
Joint Replacement: Knee, Shoulder and Elbow.
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