Emily R. Dodwell's Online Review Report Card

Excellent, Dedicated, Kind and a good Human Being.

I struggle to put into words how much Dr. Dodwell has helped our family. Her confident knowledge, her calm disposition, her bedside manner, her surgical skill-it has all blown us away. I cannot recommend Dr. Dodwell enough. I happily travel hours to see her because she is an expert in her field and it shows. HSS is lucky to have her, and we are lucky to be her patients!

Dr Dodwell is an exceptional specialist. When I brought my 9 month old daughter to Dr Dodwell in summer of 2019 she expertly diagnosed my baby with septic arthritis - a very serious infection in her hip that was missed by her pediatricians. She booked my baby for surgery the very next morning followed by an in patient stay at HSS. My daughter has been under Dr Dodwell’s care since then and we are so thrilled to see her running, jumping and perfectly recovered after such a scary health episode. I will be forever grateful to Dr Dodwell for recognizing these signs in my baby who was unable to communicate with us and for everything she did to fix and heal her.

I was underwhelmed with Dr. Dodwell's bedside manner, but at the end of the day, it's about competency. I wish I could say I felt she was, but I trusted my gut and got a second opinion for my 1 month old baby, which completely contradicted Dr. Dodwell's. I am writing now over a year later where the follow-up confirmed she did not need the treatment she was going through under Dr. Dodwell (which was costing thousands of dollars). Would not recommend.

Right before my 13-year-old daughter’s ballet performance, which she had taken many months to prepare for, we found out she had a large bone cyst (possibly very rare) in her heel. Not only did she have to give up her ballet recital in the last minute, she had to go under the knife and endure a long rehabilitation period. We needed the best pediatric orthopedic surgeon who can not only cure this but also put her back on dancing successfully. We were told Dr. Dodwell is the expert in this field. Her diagnosis, operation skill, bedside manner, and after care, were just wonderful. We couldn’t be happier. My daughter is finally back with dancing and aiming to perform at the next recital within a year after the surgery! I would give 10 stars! Thank you, brilliant Dr. Dodwell, and all the caring HSS staff members!From my daughter:For months, I had prepared for my annual dance performance and was beyond excited to preform with my friends to showcase my hard work. But one night, I felt an overwhelming pain in my foot, and after hours in the ER, we were referred to Dr. Dodwell. She diagnosed my condition and scheduled me for surgery in less than a week since we first met. Thanks to her speedy work, I was happily able to attend my middle-school graduation and vacation to Japan shortly after my procedure. Dr. Dodwell then helped me get through the months of frustrating rehabilitation with hours of weekly physical therapy. But through it all, I could not be more grateful to have a doctor who helped me get through it every step of the way. Slowly, I have gotten back to dancing within a year of of my surgery and have already begun to prepare for my post-surgery dance debut. Thank you, Dr. Dodwell, and all the amazing HSS staff members!

Dr. Dodwell is an excellent human being, beyond her excellent professional service, that has not discussion. Excellent doctor!I could see amoung the consultation, that the doctor is concerned with explaining to the children what is happening and their recovery, also she listen to them, something that is very important and valuable in a consultation with kids, not only parents should be clear what is going on. Explaining to the children the situation turns out to be a great help in their recovery process. Finally I must say that her pleasant smile gives a lot of peace of mind and human quality, that is very needed in a medical process with our kids. Thank you!

On a frigid night at the end of 2017 Dr. Dodwell performed a open reduction and internal fixation, R femur with intramedullary nail.Today, I is going to my first Junior Olympics fencing tournament (saber).

Dr. Dodwell performed surgery on my 12 year old daughter. She did an excellent job. I highly recommend her. Also she answered all my questions before and after surgery. Thank you Dr. Dodwell.

I would recommend her.

Dr. E. Dodwell is wonderful and the HSS staff is awesome!!! Everyone was professional, informative, accommodating, and helpful. They made a very concerning and worrisome surgery and process a lot easier to navigate & handle. Dr. Dodwell was patient enough to answer our many, many questions. She helped ease my 11 yro's anxieties about the surgical process. After repeatedly being told by other pediatric orthopaedic "specialists" that our daughter would have a lifetime of wearing restrictive orthotics and have limited physical activities, Dr. Dodwell has her halfway to proving those words thankfully wrong. One flat foot reconstructive surgery complete and healing very well. My daughter is looking forward to completing the next so she can get back to all of the activities she loves, misses, & will be able to do better, thanks to Dr. Dodwell and HSS; I highly and genuinely recommend both.