Adam F. Dustin's Online Review Report Card

Kind, caring doctor and staff. I broke a bone in my foot. Dr had X-ray in office which he read quickly on his computer.

The whole experience was completely pleasant, making the appointment, interacting with reception and the incredibly kind and friendly doctor. I'm so happy I found this doctor and this office.

I write this rather long review because I feel obligated to inform Dr. Dustin's potential patients who suffer from plantar fasciitis, and like me are hesitant to accept cortisone injections. I hope this review will help them to make the right decision. I would also like to add that this is not a quick angry note, as I waited for couple of months to give treatment enough time and for my anger to go away before writing this review.Following the suggestion from a close friend of mine and after reading good reviews I went to Dr. Dustin for my plantar fasciitis problem. He immediately got ready to inject Cortisone to my heals. I expressed my hesitation based on my readings that indicated Cortisone shot will only provided temporary pain relief and generally is good for the body. But he insisted that two cortisone injections within a month will definitely get rid of my problem. I finally trusted him and let him go ahead with the shots.The first shot was supposed to eliminate some 70% of the pain, and the second shot to get rid of the pain altogether. The first shot actually provided some relief. After a month I had the second shot. and that is when my problems started. Only a day after the second shot I experienced the worst pain I ever had with my heals, much worse than what I had before going to Dr. Dustin. I waited for a couple of days to see if the pain would go away. But it did not. I was not even able to walk as far as I could before the whole set of shots. I called the office and explained my conditions, but he staff tried everything they could to prevent my message to get to the doctor. They wanted to give me another appointment in two weeks.The pain got worse and worse and I tried to call the office again, still they prevented my message to get to the doctor. They said the doctor sees 50 patients a day and could not be bothered. Finally after about 10 days I could see the doctor again. I had no idea why this happened to me after the second shot and the doctor did not have any idea either. He wanted to do the third shot which I did not accept. Interestingly, in the meeting Dr. Dustin changed his initial position about two shots being sufficient and stated that the average there is a need for more than two shots. After suffering so much after the second shot and reading some more about the nature of cortisone shots II could not agree for the third shot. I am still suffering the pain and furthermore, I am upset for trusting the doctor with cortisone injections. To conclude my review, I would like to make two points that I hope will be useful for Dr. Dustin's future patients. One, the point that bothered me the most was having been given false assurances. I have had doctors who told me in the beginning what they were going to do had a certain chance of failure and I accepted it when their treatment did not work. But in this case I was given 100% assurance; otherwise I would not have agreed to have the shots. The second point is equally or even more important is the unacceptable behavior of the staff who would not convey my message to the doctor. I hope this behavior was not ordered by he doctor, but any way In my opinion it was an awful treatment from a doctor's office.

Dr. Dustin is INCREDIBLE. I HIGHLY recommend! I had a broken toe that a different surgeon attempted to repair almost a year ago. That surgeon made the problem a LOT worse. 9 months later after the pain getting worse and worse and worse I took my records and went to Dr. Dustin. He was SUPER thorough and caring and explained WHY the break happened to begin with, new EXACTLY what was done wrong with the previous surgeon and worked to get me in for surgery during the holidays and his vacation! He went OVER AND BEYOND to help me! I am three weeks out from the surgery Dr. Dustin did and am thriving. I am healing super quick and the pain from the last 9 months is history! I HIGHLY SUGGEST Dr. Dustin! ALSO his STAFF is AMAZING! Super friendly, helpful and CARING! -Natalie Jill

I would highly recommend Dr. Adam Dustin as a podiatrist. He is very experienced and has great skills and knowledge. He also has a very warm and friendly bedside manner. I enjoyed my visit to his office.

I wish my primary doctor was as good of a listener as Dr Dustin.

So today was my first visit to a podiatrist for an ingrown toe nail...I've always been able to take care of it myself, but this was one different. The pain was excruciating and it was clearly infected. Dr. Dustin's receptionist was so sweet and fit me in at the end of the day and kept reassuring me that the doctor was amazing and I was going to be in good hands(she heard my tears and fear through the phone). When I got there I was petrified...I even had to take a shot of tequila in the parking lot haha! Dr. Dustin was so nice! He explained how I got it, what he was going to do, how to avoid it and that he was going to be my new best friend when it was done. Literally 10 seconds he cut the nail pulled out the ingrown part and then moved to the other side and did the same thing....no pain just ridiculous laughs at how much I worked myself up for nothing! The staff was great, the location was super clean, and I found my new best friend podiatrist! Thanks Alvera Podiatry!

I’m incredibly happy with the care I received from Dr. Dustin. A year and a half ago my insurance provider changed and I began the frustrating endeavor of finding a new podiatrist. After meeting with multiple doctors who all seemed preoccupied and uncaring, I found Dr. Dustin. He listened to my concerns and I felt heard. He was also kind and honest when explaining what can be done for my chronic condition and helped me understand limitations of what can be done as well as how to manage reality with expectation. He answered all my questions with empathy instead of what has become the normal uncaring, almost mechanical responses to which I’ve become accustomed. I haven’t had a doctor like him and I’m so happy to have found him. Thank you Dr. Dustin!

Dr. Dustin has been taking care of my ingrown toenail issues for a few years now. He has a great affect with his patients, really cares about them, and bottom line is really good at what he does. Highly recommend.

Dr. Dustin is really nice. Normally I don't care for chatty people because I'm always under some kind of time constraint but his chatting proved full of useful tips He also cured my plantar fasciitis, explained my bunions, and didn't try to oversell me in the orthopedic inserts because my insurance didn't cover them.Office staff is kind and responsive. I'd send my loved ones here without hesitation.