James P. Burke's Online Review Report Card

Great,did my surgery and I was very pleased with outcome.great bedside manner,checked on me after surgery.very knowledgeable about what his does.

Saw the PA. Didn't receive any help for the condition.

Don't waste your time getting a referral to him if someone else has worked on your back! He won't even schedule you to come in and doesn't care that you're not able to make a 2 hour trip back to Pittsburgh to see the original surgeon due to other family health matters and have no other way to even get to Pittsburgh. Wouldn't even give him one star but website wouldn't let me post without a rating.

My son was reffered to this office by a neuro surgeon. Took over 2 months for them to schedule an appointment for my child who had a TBI/Brain bleed from an accident. Once at the appointment, they had us wait 2 hours and 45 minutes to see the Dr. With no exaggeration... The Dr. Comes in "Hi, CT scan shows no bleeding." (Well I hope not after wating over to months to check!) Then he says, " we won't need to see you again." "Stop at the desk to Check out" He did not review the CT, the damage, let alone show us the images or explain the trauma damge. My son also had broken vertabraes, not one word about that. What is so special about these brain and spine specialists?? I bet if that was their child they would have been a litrle more concerned, informative, helpful. From the receptionist to the specialists, they should be ashamed.

He wasn’t very helpful. I’m in constant pain and he did nothing for me. Make sure u bring ur discs and papers to every appointment. He copies nothing

After driving an hour in rain and fog, an extremely rude receptionist informed me I could not see Dr Burke, even to talk because i did not bring my mri discs. As the discs were previously provided I assumed they were copied. Nobody told me to bring the discs to each appointment. I asked to at least see him as I had questions regarding other tests he had performed. The office was empty and I thought five minutes of his time was little to ask. I will never know if Dr. Burke is a good surgeon as I will never return.

Dr Burke did a cervical spine surgery on me 11/5 and it turned out very well. He was very attentive to me and my family during the time in the hospital. He takes his time to answer questions at office visits. I would highly recommend him.

I had back surgery yesterday 11-16-18 and just a little sore this a.m. Let the healing begin!!! Doctor Burke and all of staff at the hospital and his office were the best. Thank you all so very much!! 5 STAR!!!

I HIGHLY ADVISE DR. BURKE, BUT I WAS UNABLE TO GET AN APPT. FOR FOLLOW UP FROM MY TEST THAT WAS ORDERED. I WAS TOLD BY THE NURSE THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY AVAILABLE APPOINTMENTS. I WANTED TO DISGUSS MY PROBLEM AND FIND OUT WHY I WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN. I HAVE TO TRAVEL TO JOHNSTOWN WHICH IS A HUGE INCONVENIENCE FOR MYSELF, BEING THAT I WORK IN ALTOONA. PHONE INSTRUCTIONS WERE GIVEN THATS ALL BUT I HAD QUESTIONS FOR THE DOCTOR, HIMSELF.

I really like Dr. Burke and his staff, all down to earth and straight forward. I had to have emergency back surgery done 12/28/16 and was scared s******s! Dr. Burke was very nice but straight forward. He made sure I knew everything that was going on before he left the room. Again being straight forward, (which I love) he told me what would happen if I didn't have the surgery vs. what would happen if I did. I was 30 yo back then and I rolled the dice on yes, lets get me fixed vs not. I don't think there was one question I had that he couldn't answer to the best of his knowledge. This made me feel more calm/comfortable as I was getting prepped. I honestly felt I was in good hands and wasn't going to be butchered while being put to sleep. As I woke up after surgery, first thing I noticed was my pain was gone and was able to feel my legs & feet again. Dr. Burke came into my room to see how I was doing, (of coarse me being doped up and green in the face) he still made sure I understood what he did once he was into my spine. He explained they had to do more than what was initially discussed to me before surgery. (I remember him telling me there could be more or less we have to do once we cut you open and start exploring). I still have pain today and was told that this surgery wasn't going to fix everything 100%. I already knew this upfront and didn't have one surprise after I recovered. I would say I'm 65% better than I was before getting surgery which was 0% as I could barley walk anymore. If I had to have back surgery again, I wouldn't want anyone other than Dr. Burke doing it. I know what to expect with him pre and post!