I was 44 and had hip pain for several months. X-ray and regular MRI imaging did not show anything. Three specialists - a sports medicine and rehabilitation doctor, rheumatologist, and Georgetown University professor orthopedic surgeon Brian G. Evans - could not come up with a definite diagnosis. Dr. Suslak examined me and diagnosed femoroacetabular impingement. He sent me to do MRI with contrast, which confirmed his diagnosis. Dr. Suslak offered arthroscopic surgery. He was straightforward in his assessment: my left hip had signs of arthritis and the surgery may not eliminate the pain completely; for my right hip, he said, the probability of success is 90%. I opted to go ahead with the surgeries on both hips. Now, 6 years later, I can say that the surgeries helped me a lot. My right hip is completely pain free. My left problematic hip, the one Dr. Suslak warned me about, required an advanced arthroscopic procedure with removal of bone growth. It took longer than usual (1 year) to recover. But now this hip is in less pain and moderately (20-30%) better than 6 years ago, and, importantly, the surgery stopped the progression of arthritis and worsening of the pain. I an veery grateful to Dr. Suslak