MIchael Cho Md's Online Review Report Card

Dr. Cho and his staff are top notch and extremely professional.

I have been in pain with spinal stenosis L4-L5 and sciatica. I brought in all my MRI discs and reports, he asked questions about other medical history, then he asked about my mental health, I told him I had C-PTSD,BI-POLAR, AND MOOD DISORDER. Here I am in such left pain down the leg, trouble getting out of car, can't walk without pain and he says to me-well,are you working(I am 60 years old with other medical issues-NO, I am not working. Then he says well, i have many people who have surgery and feel great but the pain is in their head, I said what?He said people were better but said it didn't help due to psychological reasons. I couldn't believe what he was saying to me. There was no compassion as i sat there crying, paying a co-pay to someone that brought in my emotional psychological problems.As a woman who lives alone in an upstairs apartment, I am not on welfare or disability yet felt i was trying to fake injury to seek benefits, I will never go see him again.!!

Dr Cho, is wonderful, he is very knowledgeable and knows how to treat his patients with care. I highly recommend Dr Cho if you’re in need of a physician.

I went to see Dr Cho for a 3rd opinion on a back surgery. He explained to me in details what's he going and what's my opinion. I end up doing microdiscectomy surgery . I highly recommend Dr Cho.

I am so thankful for having Mr. Cho as my doctor!

This is aimed at his new bureaucratic and unhelpful office, not his professional skills as a surgeon. I’m an existing patient of Dr. Cho, but his appointment service at his quite new practice refused to let me see him until I tracked down the records HE kept at the practice he recently left (with no notice to patients). No help was offered besides giving me a phone number to call. It seems to me that they should have asked me for authorization to get the records he kept and they should have found them. We the patients are not customers. We are just the means to get paid by the insurance companies. The insurance companies are the customers.

My first communication was with the staff to make an appointment. I was put on hold and the phone started to ring. It sounded like some one picked up the phone and then hung up. When I called back it said the office was closed. When I finally got through they said “oh yeah it should say that. We close for lunch, that should be changed.” At my appointment I had to fill out paper work. I’m not sure why since I’m in the Health Quest system anyway. I filled them out. They took a copy of my insurance card and license. Again should be in the system. One paper I was asked to sign was a consent for treatment. I thought that was a mistake since I was there for a consultation and not treatment. In a loud voice the receptionist said the doctor will not see you unless you sign this paper. Dr. Cho told me my spine was really bad, injections won’t help, PT won’t help, you could have surgery in 2-3 years maybe a year. Phished to see if I wanted pain med. I did not. Very dissatisfied.

Have s1 extruded disk fragment.Left 4 cd disks for 10 days and 25 pages of documents....On my return...he had no idea what to do and no ideas

Dr. Cho is a very talented surgeon. I'm 72 and at this age is very difficult to get a satisfactory result. He did. I had spinal stenosis. My main problem the pain went away right after the surgery. I just have to wait few more months so the numbness of my feet will go away.

Surgery went very well . smart Doctor & caring person. Good Staff . Would use again.