My mom is gone most likely due to Dr Staff's negligence, plain and simple. Mom had terrible lower back pain. Dr Sharf eventually performed kyphoplast on two vertebrae, it helped a little. Sometime during or after surgery, eventually another fractured vertebrae was found on an MRI which was again treated by Vertebroplasty (formerly referred to as kyphoplasty) and this time was perfection, mom was walking around the room same day.A yearish later my mom had the same pain so we went to emergency room at St Pete General where Dr Sharf was performing the Vertebroplasty. My mom knew the pain and expected surgery. Instead, no MRI at that time, just P.T., which was extremely painful. On day 5 I finally took mom for an MRI. On day 7 Dr Sharf just wanted mom out of the hospital and set her up with rehab. Mom was scheduled for the move when I got the MRI report. I was calling Dr Sharf's office, no one could find him until I saw him walk past mom's room, his pace picking up when he saw me but I caught up and handed him the MRI report showing another fracture, as my mom had explained " it's the same pain close to the other fractures". He decided she needed the P.T.Mom went thru the program in severe pain and was struggling on a walker. 4 months out of the hospital we had a recheck, mom still in pain. We were told she hadn't had an MRI in a year as I pulled an extra copy of the MRI report from 4 months ago. The next day mom was in the hospital getting the Vertebroplasty. This time mom was so weak from the pain she had heart problems (she had also lost about 14lbs that she couldn't afford to lose). The next 10 days my mom went back and forth into intensive care afib. Finally she had to get a pacemaker. Thanks Dr Sharf.Eventually mom had another Dr perform her final Vertebroplasty with no trouble.Mom never was able to gain the weight and strength back, that's a result of Dr Sharf's ignoring the MRI report I placed in his hand AND did not include it in her file. His actions are negligent. Because of his non action and most likely concern that Medicare was probably not happy my mom sat in the hospital that he performs surgery in and did nothing for a week and now wanted her out. No Hippocratic oath in my mom's case, just pass her elsewhere Knowing she needed the exact same surgery he had performed TWICE in one(ish) year.Even I couldn't get Dr Sharf to do his job, imagine if your parent had no advocate, not that Dr Sharf paid any attention to me.DR SHARF DOES NOT CARE ABOUT PATIENTS or PEOPLE! BEWARE, GO ELSEWHERE TO LIVE A HEALTHY LIFE.BTW, Dr Sharf as described by others barely spends a minute or two and passes you off to a P.A. like other reviews mention.