A. Noelle Larson's Online Review Report Card

Completely underplayed the long term recovery in order to convince me and my parents into getting surgery. There is no reason you should pick this doctor when there are countless other doctors who are more professional and care about the outcome of the surgery.

Dr. Larson has been an amazing Surgeon and consultant during our daughter's scoliosis surgery. She was incredibly responsive and helpful when we had some insurance complications. And has since been a true professional and a great example for our daughter during our follow up reviews. Could not have asked for more.

Dr. Larson belongs to the growing group of unethical doctors, who use CPS as a tool for retaliation either their own behalf, or on the behalf of their 'team members' , as well as a means of soliciting a high-paying unnecessary surgery. You can read about how the system helps to perpetrate those crimes at medicalkidnap.com Dr. Larson works at Twin Cities Shriners, where she teams with the Gillette Children's neurosurgeons, also employed by Shriners. The unethical medical practices of the Gillette Children's neurosurgery team made possible with the support of the Gillette's administration, have been highlighted in the KARE 11 report "Medical Miracle or Medical Torture" . Gillette and Shriners collaborate in soliciting patients and referring them to each other and using the same doctors. In our case, Shriners chief of staff referred us to Dr. Graupman of Gillette to get checked for a tethered cord.. When we went to Gillette, we did not know anything about that hospital, nor did we know that Dr.Graupman was one of the hospital's top income producers , or that he was particularly fond of subjecting his young patients to irreversible shunting, necessary or not. When instead of providing an honest opinion on the 'tethered cord", Dr.Graupman proposed to treat our daughter's mild scoliosis with multiple brain and spine surgeries (in contradiction to all scientific medical evidence available), we knew that we had come to a wrong place. A year later after the fiasco at Gillette, we went back to Shriners to get a Milwaukee brace and were assigned by the same Chielf of Staff to orthopedist Dr.Larson. who was supposed to follow our daughter's progress with the bracing. Instead of doing that, from the first visit on, Larson started discouraging our daughter from wearing the brace, while pushing the fusion surgery ,. Over the span of 3 visits that we had with her, Larson treated my daughter not like a person, but like a piece of meat (pretty much like Dr.Graupman had), and despite my daughter's repeatedly verbalized desire to continue with the bracing, Larson insisted that my daughter should 'ditch' the brace. During our 3rd visit, I had to ask Dr.Larson to stop the negative programming of her patient. The resident, who was in the room, seemed to have been more affected by that request, than Larson. It was obvious to us that Larson, in contradiction to the recommendation of Shriner's Chief of Staff, had no interest in the conservative treatment of scoliosis and was only interested in discussing the spinal fusion surgery. That struck us as odd, considering that my daughter's Risser score was 5. considering that, according to Larson, she was not likely to grow much taller and, thus, there was no reason to worry about the progression of the curve. We knew that scoliosis, except in its most severe forms, was considered to be a cosmetic defect and the spinal fusion was an elective surgery. Given that the location and shape of her spinal curve did not cause her cosmetic concerns. pain, or physical impediment, my 15-year old daughter declined the offer of surgery, stating that she would like to continue bracing till she stopped growing. Seeing that the lucrative fusion surgery was not in the cards by itself, Larson said that we should be doing a Chiari decompression surgery to 'prevent the progression' of scoliosis. According to the medical studies available on the subject, chiari decompression surgery has been shown to stall the progression of scoliosis in a fraction of children under the age of 10. In children older than 10, the chiari decompression surgery tends to result in a severe progression of scoliosis. When we referred Larson to those studies, Larson said that she would do spinal fusion within the Chiari surgery, so as to prevent the progression When, to that end, Larson she tried to force us back to the Gillette neurosurgery group, which by that time was operating at Shriners, we knew it was time draw a line in our relationship with the Twin Cities Shriners and Dr.Larson. After we told her that we were switching our daughter's orthopedic care to a different doctor, within minutes Larson called the CPS of our state (IA) accusing us of medical neglect, which has become a common venue for medical crooks to retaliate against the patients, who either disagree with their opinion, or expose their con. The Shriners Chief of Staff denied that the call had been made from his clinic, yet we have multiple reasons to believe that both Gillette and Shriners were a party to that move, and that it is not a coincidence that it happened at a time when the Minnesota FBI was starting to interviewi the main actors at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare and the Twin Cities Shriners within the framework of the investigation ordered by the D.O.J. into unnecessary surgeries performed on children and paid for with state and federal funds. It may help you to know that the average salary of Gillette' top producing surgeons is ~ $1,000,000 and growing. Based on the information available to public, the Gillette's administrations' salaries grow in direct proportion with those of top producing surgeon's salaries. That should tell all you need to know in order to make an informed decision on whether you want to seek healthcare services at either one of those institutions. Before seeking a medical opinion, it may be helpful to visit medicalkidnap.com. A lot of useful information there that may help you to avoid a disaster.

Dr.Larson's main goal is to get surgeries out of your child. She will do anything she has to accomplish that goal, including enlisting the help of CPS by making malicious referrals across the state borders. This woman is an absolute monster. If you end up having to use her "services", make sure that you file an Organ Donor Opt-Out in your child's chart. I would not put anything past the likes of Dr.Larson. A body full of organs is worth more than a spinal fusion surgery. Protect your children.

Dr. Larson performed my spinal fusion and did an amazing job, I am so happy with my outcome! My whole journey with Dr. Larson has been more than pleasant. I can't imagine having anyone else as my surgeon/doctor.