David M. Albin's Online Review Report Card

I was literally a block away and called them to let them know and was 2 min past my 1pm appointment. Which would have been 3-4 minutes late. I told the first receptionist that answered the phone. She transferred me to another woman that was rude and curt. She told me that I had to arrive 30 minutes before appointment and that she had cancelled my appointment after waiting almost a year for one. I told her why IS'NT this on THE LEGAL paper that I got? She replied, "I don't know". Really unprofessional and out right incompetent for a so-called medical facility. I have NEVER encountered such disregard and out right ridiculous practices from a medical business. I would give 0 star if I could. U will be hearing from my lawyer too.

I attempted to schedule an appointment & got the run around about insurance. When I said I could pay cash for the visit. The lady continued asking more & more questions. I told her I was in pain & needed to see someone as soon as possible she was flippint about my situation & was more concerned about the financial aspect of the process. If necessary I could pay cash for the procedure so repeatedly asking me about insurance showed a lack of professionalism & tact.

Dr. Albin may know how to do hernia repair with a mesh. But he may not warn you enough of the risk of chronic pain as a result of damage caused to your body by the mesh. When I contacted Dr. Albin's office in my desperate search for a solution, my call was not returned. Think twice before going to Dr. Albin or anyone for a mesh implant. You may never experience issues but it is also possible that you'll end up like me and wonder what you were thinking when you agreed to the procedure.

Dr. Albin treated my hernia with a mesh implant in the early 2010s. His book had convinced me that a mesh was the way to go and given Dr. Albin's experience, I thought I could not go wrong. Indeed, other medical sources also confirm that hernia recurrence rates with a mesh placed by a skilled surgeon are extremely low. Thus, I flew in for the surgery and everything went as expected. Recovery took a few weeks, and everything was fine for about 4 years. That's when a variety of pains started. Soon, I was in pain on a daily basis. I went to see hernia surgeons in the state where I live and they told me that I had chronic pain syndrome, something that is known to happen when the mesh catches with some nerve or organ. I suffered increasingly for 3 years, and sudden pain bursts in the middle of nights finally convinced me to risk a surgery that few doctors agree to do: mesh removal. The answer to this post will probably be that cases of chronic pain are rare, but in fact, they may be quite common. The allegedly low numbers of chronic pain patients may come from how cases are tracked. When I called Dr. Albin's office to ask what could be done about my chronic pain, I didn't get a call back. Thus, how would doctor offices know how many patients suffer if they don't get back to them? I'm not saying Dr. Albin is a bad doctor. Putting in a mesh is his specialty and I have little doubt that he knows what he is doing. But my recommendation is to think twice before having a mesh implanted. There is a lot of money involved in the mesh business. This makes your homework harder because most medical websites will recommend a mesh for hernia repair. A majority of people do perfectly fine with a mesh implant but those who don't may be in for a lot of pain and potential serious complications that are avoidable. Now that I went through the experience, I know what a mesh can do to the body. Needless to say: never again will I accept to have a mesh implanted anywhere. I just hope I will recover from the problems Dr. Albin's mesh has caused.

I did not come soon enough to thank this Doctor David Albin. He is the best surgeon I had ever experienced. He had saved my life. The sumer of June 1988 had no clue why I am having a sharp pain around my waistline . The type of pain was ( someone cut my waistline and put back. With the x-ray and CT scan I have Gall Bladder issue with pancreatic inflammation. Gall bladder was producing gall stone and blocking the pancreas. After Surgery’s I got major infections. The infections was from Typhoid doormats in the gall stone. With his quick thinking and teamed up with infection specialist got the right antibiotics and took care of the problems! Every time when I see my scar I am thinking of that surgeon who had saved my life. Thanks a million doctor David Albin.

I first met with Dr. Albin in January 2016 about hernial swelling from a hernia operation 10 years ago. Dr. Albin's daignosed a staph infection and did a surgery that determined that the infection had permeated the mesh from my first surgery. 6 months of antibiotics later, the infection remained. A 2nd surgery (2 1/2 hours) was done and mesh was removed and old hernia abated by old school stitches was done. Today, infection is gone and I am back golfing, weight lifting and hiking! Success!

Dr. David Albin took care of my from start to finish. Very professional and a class act. I drove 2 hours to get to him but it was worth it. Would recommend him to anyone.

Went in for a surgery consult on my hernias. The second he opened his mouth, I knew he was not for me. He was the only Doctor I saw(out of 4) that only wanted to do 1 hernia at a time- why would I do two separated surgeries ??? He was not personable at all and immediately tried to send me down for blood work/ekg and wanted to do the surgery open(longer recovery)Felt like he was running asembily line surgery. He may be a great surgeon and he may also have Aspergers. I did not want to find out

Great experience! Just that my surgery time was in the afternoon, which meant I had to be starving most of the day

Outstanding specialist. I chose him out-of-network in 2010 for his specialization and the good impression he made when I first met him. I continue to feel good about that decision years later. Cash costs were not much more than my share of coverage would have been in using insurance. I drove home the next day. Two days later, I was out on my bicycle in Camarillo. I rode carefully but without pain. I prefer physicians who are themselves athletes. They seek to address your problem so you can return to an active lifestyle and not just get you back to working at a desk.