Petre Ben

I had the pleasure of being a patient of Dr. Petre's when I fractured my patella. Dr. Petre did an ORIF patella surgery. This was a very serious injury with a long recovery. Every step of the way from the front office, to Dr. Petre, to his PA and his staff, along with the hospital and follow up care as well as my physical therapy, I was utterly impressed with the care I was given. I would highly recommend Dr. Petre and the Anne Arundel Medical Group Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Specialist.

This is the first time I've bothered to do one of these things, but having had bad experiences in the past with doctors pushing surgery and endless testing as the first option for problems, Dr. Petre was incredible. He took the time to make sure I fully understood everything and did a great job educating me on the pain I was experiencing and recommended conservative measures to help me feel better.

I shattered my patella in June 2018 and had no idea just what a long process recovery would be (or that you could even break your patella!). I ended up requiring 3 surgeries (the original repair, a manipulation under anesthesia with arthroscopic scar tissue removal, and finally a hardware removal) over the course of 13 months, and I am so grateful for Dr. Petre and his team! They were absolutely amazing throughout each step, were always willing and available to answer my long list of questions, made me feel extremely comfortable, and gave me hope at times where I felt really hopeless. I would, without a doubt, recommend him and his team to anyone in need of orthopedic services; not only was the care I received top notch, but so was the support I received during a pretty challenging experience. They truly went above and beyond and I am so grateful to finally have my life (and knee) back!

Had an hip arthoscopy surgery done on May 28,2019. Had been in pain for 6 months straight. Went to Dr. Petre office in March. We discussed the xray and mri. Knowing surgery was probably gonna be needed I agreed on getting a cortisone shot. When the shot didn't work for that long I notified him telling him I believe surgery is the only option. With no hesitation his office sent me a surgery package with every detail on what I needed to do. His surgery scheduling nurse set the appointment up with no hesitation. With all that said I was pain free right afyer the surgery. In 3 weeks post op and still no pain. Dr. Petre and his whole staff is top notch. I would refer anyone to him. Thank you for helping me be pain free again.

Excellent health care provider. Dr. Petrie identified the problem right away and treated my hip problem with excellent results.

Hi, I wanted to write about my experience in order to share the possibility to those who may be miserable as I once was. It has been one year and 1 ⅟2 months since my surgery and I am extremely happy with my results due too my surgeon Dr. Benjamin Petre! From 3 months to 6.5 months post-surgery, I was just satisfied with results. As like you all doing your research, Dr. Petre is rated extremely high among the other few that do this surgery in the Baltimore/DC area. I know a 25-year-old lady that had it done by a Baltimore doctor and she is 70-80% better with major hip clicking, and another gentleman who is my age, 51, who is 60-70% better after having the surgery in Colorado. I have not always been, but reached 97% at 10.5 months and have maintained this impressive well-being with running (4*wk at 2miles/day). Here is why I recommend Dr. Petre and his professionalism. In a way I was a patient from He$& (you know what I mean). My Blue Cross insurance denied my surgery for Arthroscopic labral hip repair. Of course, I appealed and eventually the health insurance provider’s Harvard Doctor and Dr. Petre were able to talk on the phone. My surgery was finally approved for coverage about two days before surgery (sooo stressful-thanks for that Blue Cross). This was about the fourth time Dr. Petre had called and finally able to reach the Insurance Doctor. Next, I arrived at Arundel Hospital in Annapolis and I initially noticed patients were being ignored. When my surgery prep time arrived, I went to the desk and the lady proceeded to tell me that the elective surgery area lost power. I had to go to the main surgical center (Thanks AAMC for not having a sign or making an announcement). It was a madhouse at the main area and of course I had an issue checking in (this seriously was not my day). An experienced person was later able to resolve the computer issue. I am sharing these glitches of how bad it really got and to impart how good Dr. Petre really is! Consequently, I get taken back into the surgical area and get an IV in my arm. I am second of four for the day when suddenly I hear the computers went down. I was given the option to go home and reschedule or wait and see if the computers would come back up. I waited because I wanted to get out of the extreme debilitating pain and was prepared to take the rest of the week off from work! The rest of the surgeries ended up being cancelled and I was sent home-hurting :-(. I went to work the next day and was called early in the morning that there was room at 7pm. My 7pm surgery time unfortunately got bumped for an emergency gall bladder. I was told I was bumped because my surgery was elective. This annoyed me as I’m sure it would all of you, not to be insensitive, but I honestly may have been in more pain and did not feel like this was elective for me (however, I wasn't going to die from my condition). Long story short, my surgery began at 10:30pm. I woke up at 12:30am and left the hospital about an hour later with my wife. It has to be a pretty darn good surgeon that would take care of his patient in the middle of the night after a full day at the office! Wouldn’t you agree? The first month is horrible! I wouldn’t recommend this, but I went back to work on crutches after 5 days. My work place has automatic handicap electronic opening doors and I was able to do computer work at my desk. Do this at home if you can! I was on a cane in 3.5 weeks only because I hated crutches. I did the Physical Therapy but hated it. I felt like it kept setting me back. I kept thinking to myself that I needed to heal, but now that I look back, I don’t have any scar tissue issues or limited range of motion. I was about 70% at 3 months and tried running on a tread mill (I read other marathoners with hip labral repairs were running 10 miles at 3 and 4 months). So dumb-me!!! at 50 years of age tried running on a treadmill. Well I quickly found out this was way to early into my recovery. Because of this-twice, at 6 months I was down from 70% to 50% better. At this point surgery was still well worth it, since prior, I couldn’t stand still for more than 1 minute and had to sit down after 3 minutes due to pain deep in the front and back of my hip joint (rear-end). Prior to surgery, I couldn’t walk through a grocery store without leaning completely on the grocery cart. Basically, I was not enjoying life since I couldn’t really walk. I really have a deep appreciation for those who cannot walk! So I finally decided to really give healing a chance. At 6 months I stopped all activity and for some reason felt like keeping my toes pointed in, pigeon toed as it were, thought it would help. At 10.5 months I just suddenly noticed one day that my hip had stopped popping/clicking. This had caused pain from continual popping. My hip discomfort was completely gone! I have since started taking a few 2 mile runs and I feel so fortunate now! I want to reiterate that I am at 97%, with minor popping once in a great while (once per wk), but pain free. Dr. Petre performed this quality surgery after a day at the office and then waiting a few hours at the hospital for an open surgical room. He definitely has good concentration, focus, and dedication! *Apparently the loss of power at AAMC was a rare event- one nurse said it did not happen at all in her 27 years. I have a work buddy whose wife works there and it has not happened since. For those of you like me where I thought I may never be able to simply walk through the grocery store without major support from the shopping cart, walk around Las Vegas while on a vacation, you must definitely check out Dr. Petre - the midnight surgeon!

At the time of my hip surgery, I was 42 and walking with a cane. I had had debilitating hip/groin pain for a year. When it was clear surgery was the only option I was referred to Dr. Petre. Not only did he listen but he didn't dismiss me because of my age. Now 2 years post-op and I am walking without pain/cane or a limp. ? If you can see this brilliant Dr. don't hesitate! Dr. Petre is the best I only wish he could do my next hip surgery

5 Stars does not do Dr. Petre justice for the level of care he has provided to me. I had a serious injury requiring complicated emergency surgery and Dr. Petre took better care of me than ever could be expected. At each of my appointments I was always impressed with Dr. Petre’s knowledge, thoroughness and sincere care for my well-being. I am very grateful to Dr. Petre and his entire team for all that they have done, above and beyond my expectations, to help me properly recover. THANK YOU!

He is an amazing doctor. I am 11 weeks post op from a labral repair and m doing great!!!!! I highly recommend him for surgery whether it be a hip, knee or shoulder.

I needed ACL surgery, did research for an orthopedic surgeon & decided on Dr. Petre because so many other patients decided to take the time to rate him as a great doctor he must be. I did not regret my decision. Dr. Petre scheduled my surgery in a very timely manner & he & his staff are professional, courteous & friendly, genuinely caring about their patients.