Anatol Podolsky's Online Review Report Card

A great reliable surgeon Don't let his demeanor fool you He has a heart of gold and genuinely cares about his patients 👍

Dismissive doctor who struggles with time management. His staff is very kind and patient. The other reviews say he's a good doctor, I wouldn't know as he left me in worse condition than how I arrived.

I attached photos of my elbow after this worthless  so called surgeon operated on my elbow.  During the month following surgery I returned to orange coast emergency room four times. I knew it was infected since it was draining nasty looking stuff they took blood and said your ok never looking at the incision first visit they put a vacuum drain on it so there must have been some worry about the draining. Well after a month Podolsky removed the staples and the wound opened up I went to my previous surgeon and he admitted me to his hospital and was considering removing my arm. I o had eight different bacterias in my arm but after two surgeries with a real orthopedic surgeon sand a plastic surgeon to close the wound and two blood transfusions I still have my arm but no elbow. Here are pictures of Podolskys work. The closed picture is after the other team worked on it. The picture of the gauze is Podolsky told me to use bbetifine  it will remove the bad and put in the good. Really

Dont Ever use this doctor or orange coast memorial because of this lazy surgeon I lost my left elbow. We will be seeing each other in court. If you have a splinter dont let him  or the hospital touch it. I would go into detail but need to save that for later. Buy do to his great ability to put things off my elbow got so infected i almost lost my arm but the surgeon I should have went to was able to save the arm but the bone was dying so he had to cut more of it out now a implant elbow wont work. Dont trust this guy. Or orange coast. I went back four times since it was draining so much the last time the doctor laughed at me because I came back. The wound finally open so much you could see the bone and implant. This guy needs to retire. He didnt take my case seriously. And now no elbow.

My MRI report stated clearly that I hare tears in both, lateral and medial miniscuses. But doctor fixed only one of them. Half of year I could't do any sport and hoped that it would finally be better. But almost a year passed and the pain didn't go away. New MRI showed that another miniscus is still damaged seriously and I need an operation.. needless to say I am not satisfied

Dr. Podolsky is the most knowledgeable and skilled doctor and surgeon in Orange County. He helped me over 20 years ago recover from a painful shoulder problem and recently helped my husband recover from a broken humerus.  He is unique because he knows what to, and he will guide you stepbystep to achieve a speedy recovery in the best possible way.  He makes me feel that he actually enjoys helping his patients make progress to achieve a complete recovery, and we have benefited from having him as our doctor. I dont want to think what our lives would have been like if he was not our doctor and helped us with our shoulder injuries.

Worst Dr ever!!! I need seious help & had read that this is the man you go to for that. At my initial visit, he refused to listen to the majority of my history & wouldn't even take the time to acknowledge my current issues. His exact words were "it's patients like you who make me want to retire." Patients like me need the best of the best. This man is NOT that. He does not care about his patients one bit. I will never return nor will I recommend him to anyone!

Worst Dr ever!!! He does not care about you one bit! I suffer from several ailments. After going over a small portion of my history, his exact words were its patients like you that make me want to retire. I will never return or refer anyone to this quack.

I can't say enough about how amazing my neck feels after my surgery. I am so thankful to Dr. Podolsky. He is the best at what he does.

The Dr is great but his staff Chris not like black people