Robert A Hymes's Online Review Report Card

No bedside manner, rude, arrogant

I am new to the area and need a surgeon for a fractured clavicle. I didn’t do my research and that is my fault. While I believe the surgery itself was done okay on the interior of my body I was very unhappy to see an 8 inch incision and the use of staples to close my incision vs sutures. I have many family members and friends that are in the surgery world. My sister has preformed hundreds of clavicle surgery’s and was in shock when she saw my incision. I would have had her or a doctor she knows do my surgery but they are in the west and I’m in the east! Needless to say I just feel like my surgery was rushed with little care about what this would look like after surgery and was done more for speed and convince for the surgeon. Three friends in the surgery world we’re all shocked at the outcome and said it was the largest incision they had ever seen for a clavicle. Do yourself a favor and find a doctor that cares about all aspects of the surgery. Would not recommend Dr. Hymes.

Great doctor and surgeon, but it is super hard to navigate getting an appointment, both online and via telephone. This is a huge downfall in an otherwise excellent practice.

Dr Hymes specialized in the surgery I needed and gave me superb care.Fell & suffered a bad spiral fracture to my upper humerus. The first ortho said only 10% of these injuries needed surgery -but in the 2-3 days post injury, it became glaringly apparent I needed an expert. Not only did Dr Hymes specialize in these problematic breaks - he also was a professor of surgery: this spoke volumes to me. At our first meeting and XRay eval, Dr Hymes was definite in telling me I needed surgery ASAP. I was stubborn, asked to wait to see if the bones started to 'move in the right direction'. He accepted my (poor) decision & we agreed to monitor weekly. Needless to say, surgery was soon scheduled.Sucessful! Followup appointments were great- Dr Hymes & his whole team were super. He explained everything on the xray/progress images; he laughed when I told him I thought my new internal body jewelry was beautiful :-) Got referred to great PT and hand specialist. See Dr Hymes & trust him. SO Grateful!!

I had a compound femur fracture with a broken patella which Dr. Hymes had to reconstruct with a rod and 13 screws. He is the reason I'm walking. I also had a second opinion (25+ years of experience) who said this is one of the best reconstructions since I could have lost my leg. I don't really care for the bedside manner but I would honestly have someone with the knowledge and expertise that Dr. Hymes has than some extrovert who is more interested in being popular work on my leg. Dr. Hymes is an awesome trauma surgeon hands down.

had a compound femur fracture with a broken patella which Dr. Hymes had to reconstruct with a rod and 13 screws. He is the reason I'm walking. I also had a second opinion (25+ years of experience) who said this is one of the best reconstructions since I could have lost my leg. Dr. Hymes is quite humorous and has a decent bedside manner. Great surgeon overall.

Fell on ice 3 weeks ago and severly broke my ankle. Two different emergency room visits and my ankle could not be set. Dr. Hymes came to the rescue and agreed on surgery. He was so possitive and with a big smile. All went well and the follow-up x-ray look perfect. Many bars, pins and screws were need, but Dr. Hymes did it beautifully. The first follow-u[ visit went well too and all looks good.

I was in a motorcycle accident and was sent to Inova Hospital where I met Dr. Hymes. 2 surgeries and 4 office visits later I am walking fine. Dr. Hymes is easy to talk to and has very good bed side manners. I have nothing but praise for this wonderful surgeon.

I was in a motorcycle accident on July 26 2017. I was taken to Inova hospital where I was meet by Dr. Hymes who preformed surgery on my left leg. Today February 14 2018 I walked out of his office with not even a limp. I was shipped to Inova because no other doctors wanted to mess with my mangled leg. I had a total of 2 surgeries at Inova and 4 appointments at Dr. Hymes office. His bed side manner is excellent. He is easy to understand and explains everything very well. Dr. Hymes is awesome.

Dr. Hymes is an excellent orthopedic surgeon.