Dr. Clifford Mah, DPM

Dr. Mah did an excellent job with my broken foot; he prioritized my comfort, explained his plan for me, talked me through next steps and care several times and answered all my questions, all while educating a student as well. This was a fabulous team to work with and I'm very pleased with my care.

Clifford Mah wrote off my pain as only being weight related, didn't even look at the x-rays of my foot and had me buy expensive insoles from them. When I got a second opinion, I ended up needing a full ankle fusion. I was in a car accident nearly 20 years ago, which caused a compound fracture in my ankle, which has never been the same since. About ten years ago, I had another surgery, trying to buy more time in the ankle. Having lived in pain for that long, when my ankle suddenly started to hurt more, I knew something was wrong. My last orthopedic surgeon moved out of the area, so I first went to my PCP who ordered basic x-rays, and after reading the results, I was referred to Clifford Mah. I requested that the report and films from my x-ray be sent to Clifford Mah's office. I called the office ahead of time to ask if they had received the x-rays and they told me they had. This was a lie. I also filled out and sent in records releases to the doctors and clinics that had treated

Save yourself the trouble and find a different provider somewhere else. I saw Dr. Mah at the beginning of September, and had a positive experience with him and his staff. They took the X-rays to submit a request for orthotics to my insurance. It's now almost December, and they never submitted the authorization request to my insurance. I have called multiple times and the medical assistant has never called me back, and there has been no communication from the front desk. I waited to write a review until now because I understand that medical staff are overworked and things fall through the cracks, but I am amazed by the complete absence of communication. I have no way of getting in touch with Dr.Mah or his medical assistant other than continuing to call, which is clearly not working and is a waste of my time and energy. I am extremely disappointed in this office and provider.

I am a foot dr myself and when it cam time, I chose Dr Mah. Fabulous result..I would choose him again..recommend him to any and all looking for a foot doctor.

My annual check-up went well except afterwards when trying to set-up a follow-up. After a dozen attempts to speak with someone there and leaving 4 messages on their automated phone system, I'm done & will find a different Dr with a better phone system!!!

Saw dr Mah for flat feet, curled toes and painful bunion. First visit, was told that I had a stress fracture, given a boot with apologies that they didn’t have right size but I should make do with closest size they had. After a month of wearing the boot with my toes having over the end, I returned, more X-rays. Told that my problem was hereditary and as a last resort I might have surgery on the bunion. Left his office with same problems I went in with! Final indignity was a recent bill for $99 for xrays at final visit-insurance didn’t coverage . Real ripoff!

Found out after a month of waiting staff never sent my imaging orders to imaging facility. I had to make multiple calls, even calling an associated clinic at another location to get my imaging orders actually sent. When I went in for my pre-op appointment, Dr. Mah pushed HEAVILY for cortisone injections and when I insisted I felt surgery was the path I wanted since I didn't want to return MONTHLY for shots, he used my weight as an excuse to not give me surgery.

What kind of foot doctor, does not even look at or touch the foot? Lots of talking about what he can't do. No ideas for a path forward or to deal with the pain. Quite a waste of time and money with no treatment at all.

Excellent doctor. Performed surgery on my ankle to fix 30 year old athletic injury that others had misdiagnosed. Personable guy and very smart. Office staff was excellent too.

The DR. performed a surgical procedure that straightened a "hammer toe" ("Flexor Tenotomy") that had become irritated. He explained what he was going to do; and the results to be expected from the procedure. The "in-clinic" procedure took less than 5-minutes; and healing was approximately 2-weeks. All-in; this was a success! The Doctor was clear, concise, professional; and he has a great "bed-side" manner as well.

I've visited a lot of doctor's offices in my lifetime, and this place is one of the worst. The front office is run by a bunch of incompetent 20-year-olds. They don't follow through on anything and seem to not know what's going on most of the time. If you try to call, you are put through a maze of voice prompts and then put on hold for an ungodly amount of time. They tell you to leave a message, but don't call back in a timely manner. The doctor I saw (Dr. Mah) was alright, but nothing special. He gave me a very painful shot in each heel for plantar fasciitis, but the shots did nothing to relieve pain. They also seem more focused on dollars rather than patients, asking for money up front for out-of-pocket costs rather than billing through insurance. There are many podiatrists in Portland to choose from. Do yourself a favor and search elsewhere.

I had a very poor experience with him. His office is kind of chaotic. There is a frenzied energy and thats not good. He seems quite unfocussed and ungrounded. Distraction and inability to focus and be consistent and clear when talking about a big surgery is not someone i want operating on me. Says 5 different things. Kind of all over the place. I actually did not chose him for my procedure. I would not recommend him.

Excellent - Dr. Mah is a gifted, compassionate surgeon. I was suffering from a congenital mid-foot issue and tried different therapies before deciding on surgery. Dr. Mah patiently reviewed all my options, and a few years ago I decided to have the surgical correction. I am extremely happy with the outcome and long-term success of the procedure. I highly recommend Dr. Mah.

I like Dr Mah but he feels rushed. He doesn’t offer a bunch of input - just “well you could try this”...with no exploration of creative treatments. I was in for a visit this last week and he said he could schedule surgery soon since my MRI showed what needed to be done. When I explained I hadn’t had an MRI, he seemed confused and “oh wow all this time and we never did one!”. So I scheduled one but the MRI place just called for my LEFT foot- my injury is on my right. They can’t schedule without his confirmation...frustrating. I don’t have a ton of confidence in his attention to details - leaving me searching for a new podiatrist after 6 months with him. Very frustrated. He just doesn’t pay a ton of attention to details and seems in big hurry.

He crippled me, he lied, he said things he denied saying

Efficient and friendly office staff. Dr. Mah is an exceptionally good podiatrist and fine surgeon. He has been very helpful and encouraging with my healing from foot surgery. I appreciate that he listens and cares.

This physician is routinely over scheduled and as a result he is rushed and doesn't seem to listen. He makes mistakes that takes up valuable time not to mention it is difficult for someone who has had foot surgery to keep coming back to fix simple mistakes (improper casting, forgetting to sign orders, etc).

I chose 1 star because I had to put something to be able to leave a review. Most horrific experience ever. Would not recommend.

I had an injury on my LEFT foot. The form for MRI and X-ray stated RIGHT foot. I had to have form resubmitted. The letter to me stating my medical issues had 3 (THREE) ERRORS. Letter was STAMPED with Dr. Mah’s signature - not Original signature. I went to his office to have the letter corrected with information at the bottom. There was still an error on my medical report that had to be corrected. Total incompetence.

Dr Mah was condescending and seemed to have one foot out the door while talking to me. Overscheduled in that several patients were scheduled at the same time. Did not seem to care or even show interest. One could do much better in finding a podiatrist. I will not go back!