Dr. Donald Silverman, MD

Dr. Silverman recently was part of my surgical team at Emory Orthopedic Hosp. His approach and style was arrogant and flippant. When I shared some concerns about anesthesia, it was clear he had not read my chart and was not aware of my past and current medical challenges. Unfortunately, my surgery was aborted because he couldn't intubate me safely. I never want to be treated by him again.

The surgery center was great. Nurses were kind an competent. It gets less than one star from me though. I had pre op with a nurse and verified that all my surgical clearance info was there. I was told yes and that if anesthesia had concerns they would call. well, apparently anesthesia is lazy and did not do their job. I was hooked up to an IV, fasted and prepped to go to surgery. Well then, Dr Silverman walks in telling me I have all these “red flags” and he won’t do my surgery. He didn’t even communicate to my surgeon who was blindsided when she walked in to mark me. The reasons he gave were Ill informed and he refused to listen to me at all. He also would not listen to my surgeon. He made up his mind without a single discussion or even assessing me. I had clearance letters addressing his hesitation but he thinks he knows more than my specialists. It was so wrong. Oh, and I cannot get my money back for weeks as he cancelled me the day of so all charges already processed.