Peter Albanese's Online Review Report Card

This oral surgeon has a very poor bedside manner and expressed a lack of concern for improving my health as a patient. During my consultation for a wisdom tooth extraction, I felt as though the surgeon was not concerned about my welfare and disgusted with my insistence on requesting more information regarding risks associated with the surgery.He handed me a pamphlet which explained the procedure and then asked me to sign a consent form which indicated that I had been appropriately warned of the significant risks related to the surgery. He had provided no such information to me, except in writing on the form I was being rushed into signing. When I began reading the form's 10 some bullet points (which included permanent nerve damage, jaw fracture, sinus damage, etc) he seemed highly irritated.Whenever I posed a question regarding risk percentages, he just barked numbers at me. I find it a shame, for instance, that he felt it unimportant to voluntarily mention that the surgical procedure involved a 1/50 chance of permanent loss of sensation in my lip and lower face due to nerve damage that could result. After each question, instead of providing an answer, he first reiterated, "you can take the form home to read it over" to which I replied "how am I supposed to have questions answered if I read it at home?" Upon follow up, he would shoot out numbers for the likelihood of complications. To be honest, I felt more like asking why he was being such an incredible jerk.The entire consultation lasted less than 5 minutes. In sum, I have never in my life encountered someone who was so demonstrably annoyed with providing me a service, let alone someone in the medical profession. I would never trust Dr. Albanese or any doctor like him to perform any medical procedure.