James L Zellner's Online Review Report Card

I would give him a zero if that was an option. He caused the death of my sister. He preformed open heart surgery with a valve repair. 2 weeks after surgery developed pain in her back she had gotten staff infection from the surgery. Had to be opened up again but did not open up the chest bone again. Placed a wound vac in her chest for 6 weeks having to go 2 times a week to his office to have it changed with no anesthesia very painful. Then after all that was done and she was sewed back up and they took off the antibiotics within 2 weeks she was back in the hospital again. Staff infection was back and now it was all through her body and had caused small strokes and destroyed her heart valve. All because he assured us the first time that he didn’t need to crack her chest open and clean the staff out from under her chest bone. Had he done it right the first time she would still be with us. He rarely ever came to see her in the hospital and did not even reach out to us when she died.

I was a freshman in highschool who was fortunate enough to rarely even catch a cold. I was like a lot of kids into sports playing football baseball basketball and golf. I was always at some practice. During my freshman year of baseball I was lucky enough to start at shortstop with varsity as the only underclassmen. Yeah a little bragging there but also I wasnt letting anything take that away til one day before a game started grabbing a drink it felt like I was stabbed. I got dizzy I had to take short short breaths and to bend over was horrible pain. Not knowing what it was but also scared of losing my spot I didnt speak up and I played thru it. A couple of days later it went away for a week but it happened again. I did this dance for about 6 months til it almost killed me when I finally spoke up to my parents. I had blisters on my lungs that just spontaneously collapsed. I was terrified. Dr. Zellner saved my life then 17 years later saved my fathers.

Dr. Zellner is the real deal. He did my heart surgery in 2012 and me and my family are forever grateful. I love him.

On may 12 1972, I had an Type "A" Aortic Dissection. By the grace of the good Lord, Dr. Zellner was in the hospital when the ambulance brought me to Memorial. After an 8 hour surgery to repair the dissection, I Joined the one percent survivors of this event. I simply owe the Lord and Dr. Zellner my life and the joy of seeing my grandchildren grow up. Now 7 years later, at age 78 all is well and I remain active. In my eyes, he is absolutely the best.

Doctor Zellner always explains every detail and makes sure I understood.

Dr. Zellner did an excellent job on my husbands surgery. He feels wonderful.

Dr. Zellner repaired tricuspid valve repair instead of replacement was exactly what I was hoping for. 5 days postop So far I’m satisfied with his work on my heart. However he has failed at making sure my pain was managed appropriately. Rather than educating himself on the medication I was currently on that would hinder my pain management he passed the responsibility of my pain management to others who cant assist me. Being discharged without pain meds after open heart surgery

In early 2018 Dr. Zellner performed the TAVR procedure on my heart to repair work done ten years ago by another very good surgeon. While I realize no one is perfect, in the same breath I can truthfully say I have no complaints with Dr. Zellner. He explains and answers questions, does what he says he will do excellent follow-up. The office staff has always been kind and caring...no complaints about them. Another plus....Dr.Zellner will make drawings to explain and help me better understand what I have ahead of me. ++he CAN draw!! I understand what he is drawing and it helps me understand the procedure. This is a first for this senior.

Dr. Zellner performed cardiac bypass surgery on my husband in September of 2000. He is still doing great after nearly 18 years. The surgery was actually done late in the day which caused some concern at the time. We really appreciate Dr. James Zellner

Was diagnosed with cancer in my right lung in July 2015. Went to Dr Zellner he sat down explained all the surgical options depending on if cancer was outside the lung or just on the inside. He answered all my questions set up my surgery for the nect week . Surgery went great they let my family know every 15 minutes how o was doing . Went home 3 days later. I thank God that I met this man. He has a great staff and caring office workers would recommend him to any one needing surgery