Scott M Graham, MD

I visted Dr Graham on 2÷4÷16. While waiting for Dr Graham I looked up the reviews and upon reading the reviews I thought he would not have any bedside manner. But, He was friendly and offered me 3 options for my knee pain. The other patients must have caught him on an off day. I would recommend Dr Graham!!!

My appointment was the Monday after this past Christmas. I had already been diagnosed with a fluid filled bursa on the kneecap. The fluid had gone down by the time of my appointment but it fluctuates and will definitely be back again. The pain was so bad at one point even fabric grazing over it hurt and it felt like a nail being driven into the knee if I tried to kneel. This is new pain to me so I sought care. So Dr. Graham, whom I or my husband have never met, walks into the room, does not introduce himself, look at us or acknowledge us whatsoever. I step up and introduce myself and my husband. He asked me «what’s your problem?» and I tied to explain but he constantly interrupted me. He said there’s nothing wrong with your knee, take Ibuprofen and ice it. I tried to explain that it was much worse when I made the appointment. He then arrogantly said «why do you need to get on your knees anyway?», my husband and I are still laughing about this comment. I told him I enjoy yoga and he told me to get knee pads. I wasn’t looking for some sort of surgery, just information and I was hoping to get some insight on prevention and what it may develop into in the future but he was arrogant, rude and condescending to say the least. On the other hand, the staff was efficient and polite. Dr. Graham needs to check himself on how he treats new patients. It seems I’m not the only one that has had this experience.

Well the staff were nice. It was late Friday afternoon, so I get everyone wants to go home. Nurses were cool during X rays and such. Then the Doc walks in. Doesn’t look at me, just asks me, What do we got? Hmm, well the MRI say’s I have a torn meniscus. He rolls through the X Rays and says, your problem really is this arthritis, points to two little spurs, I could fix the tear, but it wont help. Pay attention to the tone I’m typing in, that’s how he talked. Ok well I also have a the cyst on the back of my knee common with this sort of injury. he says, yeah, it fills with water, thats why it hurts. ice and ibuprofen, mmm kay, ok, have a great day. They can remove those spurs, they can remove the cyst, there are several ways to improve my condition. He says, ice and ibuprofen, like Im some dick that doesn’t know that? LAME. I am walking out and he is in the hallway talking like an asshole to the cool nurse. I’m going back to Scott Foreman in Newport who fixed my shoulder years ago. And Memorial Care sucks big time.

Dr and staff were excellent. He was warm caring and made us feel comfortable. I highly recommend dr graham great job.

One year after my shoulder impingement surgery and not a complaint in the world! He was up front, efficient and got the job done. Great doctor. Great surgery. Great recovery.

By far the worst medical experience I have ever had in my life. I have been a patient of Dr Scott Graham for 5 years and I must say I can no longer keep quite. I have tried to respect him to the fullest. I have 3 knee surgery with him two on my left knee and one one my right knee. In 2011 when I first seen him for my left knee he said that I had a dislocated patella and a great amount of arthritis in my knee explain to me that I needed to have surgery and he was going to put to screws in my knee that didn’t have to be removed. A couple months after surgery I was still having lots of swelling, pain and a burning where the screws were place. I notice overtime I would go back to him was very short with me and had a very bad attitude and VERY VERY RUDE AT TIMES. I kept my cool with because all I wanted was my knee fixed. Never once did I ever ask him for drug or cortisone shots I dealt with the pain. In August 2014 Dr Graham suggest that I have another surgery on the same knee this time he wanted to remove the hardware because the screws was grinding on my bone that’s where the burning was coming from and he also wanted to fix my patella again because he didn’t fix it the first time I assume. Silly me said okay again (I JUST WANTED TO FEEL BETTER AND GET BACK TO DOING THE THINGS I USE TO DO) again his bad ass attitude was starting to get the best of me. I went for my follow up appointment he said that my knee wasn’t healing the expect it to. DAMN DAMN DAMN what now ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. There was nothing else he could do but stop seeing me referring me to all the PA on staff. It had gotten so bad when I called to make appointment with him the receptionist at the desk would lie and say that he was booked out for months.
I must say I was NOT A VERY DIFFICULT PATIENT. I always respect him and trusted in him to fix my knee. The way he treated me was wrong maybe because I was BLACK, one of the most hurtful things he said to me after dealing with him for 5 years and 3 surgeries was the reason why my knee is still mess up is because I was BORN DEFORMED that’s when I knew it was time for me to go.
P. S. Dr Graham, God will see me threw this, you wasn’t man enough to admit that somewhere down line you made a mistake or something went wrong. I asked you many of times to refer me to a specialist in your office, you said no one in this office is going to give me a new knee. It wasn’t a new knee that I was asking for. REALLY ALL I WANTED WAS MY KNEE FIX BY SOMEONE ELSE

I’m confident that I wouldn’t have gotten anywhere if my x-​ray hadn’t revealed a slipping disc & fracture. It’s annoying at how arrogant this physician is… I mean really!!! I’m definitely not going back! I went in for bilateral hip pain, lower back pain, & a knee that was slipping. My Internist was unclear as to what was causing which and I was referred to Dr. Graham…
Dr. Graham wanted to argue with me about my previous hip dislocation??? He said, that it was impossible if it wasn’t traumatic… Okay really I had a 12 in (diameter) hematoma and I limped for months… So he said it wasn’t a dislocation it was a subluxation… Which is a partial hip dislocation… DUMB DUMB!
Anyhow, then he asked me what I meant about my knee slipping. I told him it felt like it was giving out and then I provided him with another example… He looked at me like I was an idiot and said, «I don’t know what that means.» Sigh!
Why do physicians practice if they just want to be arrogant dicks? I don’t understand. I ended up getting a PT referral; however, the hip pain was left off the RX (fully disregarded as bursitis)…I don’t know, but I think you’re taking your chances with this guy (especially after reading the other reviews)! Choose someone else!

I recently saw Dr. Graham for chronic knee pain. A few years ago he did surgery on my right knee and I was happy with the results. My left knee was giving me pain and he suggested a series of shots. Eventually I may have replacements, but appreciate not being rushed into it. It is an incredibly busy office with several doctors. They do an amazing job from the appt. setters on. I know that I am getting amazing care at OCOS with Dr. Graham. He also helped me get through a rotator cuff tear years ago without surgery.

For a morning appointment before my workday, this office was efficient and quick. I didn’t necessarily feel rushed but they were quick. Paperwork, x-​rays, evaluation and Dr. visit all in one hour. I hardly waited in the waiting room either. Dr. Graham was very busy and i could gauge that during my appointment but i was a simple patient with a small need. He addressed that need and referred me to physical therapy. In a few days the PT office called me to set up my initial appointment. Awesome!

This guy is awesome. I came to him because I had a knee injury 2 years ago and I didn’t know what was damaged. No surgery was required, and all I needed was physical therapy. If you need a good sports doctor who gives it to you straight, Dr. Graham is your man.

Dr. Graham’s is an excellent surgeon. He has treated many of our patients and they all have had excellent results with him. I would highly recommend him!

Dr. Graham was fantastic. I had surgery on my right knee just one year ago, it went so well and recovery was smooth, no pain that I had the left knee done in April. I had excellent care he explained everything in detail. I was in excellent hands! He is the BEST! I had severe pain prior to having these surgeries. I had a high tibial osteotomy performed in each leg, major surgery! I couldn’t be happier with the results. Thank you Dr. Graham for changing my life! Dr. Graham and his asst. Kathleen took the best care of me. I couldn’t be happier with the entire staff at SCOS!
Thank you, Dr. Graham!

In all my years dealing with medical professionals, I have never met anyone with such a HORRIBLE bedside manner! The appt began with his nurse being rude and impatient. When she left the room I was grateful. But then he stormed in. He was short-​tempered, rude, and disrespectful. He appeared to think he knew all the answers before he even came into the room as he was barely listening to me. I wanted to ask him if he was angry with me for some reason but I was scared to say anything. After he was done barking his opinion he got up and left the room without so much as a goodbye. Just walked out!!! It’s such a shame because his credentials show a highly educated and successful doctor. But when it comes to caring, listening, educating and respect for others, he is definitely lacking. I do not recommend him. Do your research. There are plenty of good doctors out there that have common courtesy.

I really can’t review Dr. Graham, because none of my calls to make appointments have been returned. I was referred to Dr. Graham by my endocrinologist and even used his name when leaving VM’s with Dr. Graham’s staff. I did wait on hold one time to see if I could get through that way, but after 30 mins. hung up. I think I will find a doctor who cares enough to have his staff at least return calls.

I am very disappointed with my recent experience with Dr. Scott Graham.
I originally tore my ACL about 2 ½ years ago playing soccer (I’m 38 now) and was recommended to him by a close friend. He handled that injury very well, recommending I not rush into surgery, but made sure I went through PT. I recovered and went back to playing soccer and snowboarding.
Fast forward to February 2013, I reinjured the same knee in a soccer game and went back to see him. He diagnosed the knee injury as a «giving out» of my knee and said that I didn’t need to do an MRI because we already know I have a torn ACL. I explained exactly how I was injured (severe blow to the side of my knee by a girl kicking) and he pretty much waved it off as my knee giving out. He recommended surgery because he felt that my knee may continue to give out due to the ACL tear. I trusted his advice and scheduled surgery for June 25, 2013. He told me to do PT at home since I’ve already been through it once. Nothing more. No follow ups.
Fast forward some more to early June, I was still feeling a lot of pain in my right knee. The outer knee hurts as well as the inner portion, leading me to think that I may have done some damage to my MCL back in February. I’ve also been experiencing pain going into my shin and into my ankle. It just doesn’t feel right. Doesn’t feel like a routine ligament tear. But what do I know, I’m a CPA.
So earlier this month, I requested an MRI be done figuring if he was going in to fix my ACL, better fix anything else I may have torn. He authorized the MRI and said he’d review it with me at my pre-​op appointment on 6÷21÷13.
On June 21, 2013 I spent almost an hour with his nurse and the technician who preps you with crutches, knee brace, meds, instructions, etc. I had the crutches, knee brace, prescriptions all ready, and the physical therapist was notified of the upcoming surgery. All was good until he walked in to talk to me.
He was yawning and looked exhausted. He talked the regular pre-​surgery nice talk and didn’t know I had done an MRI until I told him I had it done the prior week for this particular appointment. He pulled it up on the screen, briefly looked at it, specifically said he hadn’t read the technician’s report, but that all should be good for surgery… until he saw that I had severe bone bruising in the MRI exactly where all of my pain is. I explained the pain I’ve been feeling for the past 4 months.
He said that the bone bruising is indicative of a fractured tibia and that the pain I’m feeling in my leg isn’t a result of the previously injured ACL, but of the fracture. He gave me zero advice on treating it, rushed through my questions about it, quickly recommended I cancel the surgery (scheduled 3 days later) and exited the room without saying goodbye; I thought he was checking on something and he was coming back.
A few minutes later, the nurse came in and took the paperwork from me (prescriptions, instructions, etc), took away the crutches and knee brace; and that was it! He never came back and I was excused to go home.
Needless to say, I was stunned (and happy) I wasn’t having surgery. And now I’m stunned he never addressed the fracture and didn’t say he wanted any follow up on it.
I understand we all make mistakes; doctors are human. I just want my knee looked at and a plan for recovery put into place, whether that includes surgery or not. He seemed taken aback by the severe bone bruising. My intuitive guess is that he handled my February injury incorrectly in not requiring an MRI to confirm his diagnosis of a knee giving out, and therefore, my tibia is still injured because I never dealt with the injury. I worry about nerve damage and have an appointment to see another orthopedic surgeon. I don’t want to recommend him or not recommend him because my experiences with him are on both the good side and bad side. You do your homework before you see any doctor.

I am sorry but I just do not believe some of these negative reviews I read for him. Dr. Graham has been great to my family for years. When we first saw him for our son a while ago, he took time, explained the problem and let us know our options. I never felt he was surgery hungry or aggressive. We were referred to him by another athlete on our kids team and were please with the treatment, surgery and care. All is now fine. I will say though that we had to wait a bit to see him, which I was not happy about; we waited in his office for 45 min. I do understood more though afterwards when he took ample time with us during the many visits. I think he just gets behind because of his demand. I do suggest him as a doc though as he really was worth the wait.

Dr. Graham’s bedside manner sucks horribly. I would not go see him again ever as I left with little to no more information than I arrived with. I’ve been increasing my running for the past 2 months and recently began suffering from pain just below my right kneecap. Having never suffered from running injury before but being experienced with long distance running, I decided to visit a doc. At my primary care doc’s recommendation, I went to Dr. Graham. After taking xrays (needlessly) without even asking me what my problem was, and waiting literally 1 hour to see the Dr., he deigned to arrive in my exam room. Showed him where pain was, he immediately said, IT band and was ready to leave with no further words. I pushed him to give me a treatment plan and guidance on how to heal, whether I can run while healing, exact stretches and exercises to do to promote healing, etc. Nothing crazy, merely what I would expect from any doctor who diagnoses me with an issue. Apparently my simple IT band issue was not worthy of his time as every very specific question I asked was responded to glibly, obtusely or ignored. I asked if a physical therapist would help my healing and he said perhaps, when I asked for a recommendation to one he said (I’m not making this up) «Try Nick on Cabot or Dan in Mission Viejo». I said, seriously? You expect that I know these guys? How about a practice name, last name, etc., something to help me find who you’re talking about. He smirked and said there’s a map near the checkout and left. Guy’s a total dick and the entire visit was an absolute waste of my time. My PC doc could have diagnosed me in 5 minutes and actually spent time to provide me with a healing regimen to get me back on the trails. I don’t care nor do I know if he is good but docs like him should be punished for poor demeanor so I highly recommend anyone to not use him until he learns that his CUSTOMERS (yes, we’re not patients but customers who have a choice of provider) demand some respect and patience. I’m getting even angrier as I write this. Punish this a-​hole by going to another doc.

I saw this guy, Dr. Graham, because I was having problems with my shoulder a couple of years ago. He ordered an mri for me with contrast. When I arrived at the mri facility the technician told me that the order was for an mri WITHOUT contrast. I argued with the technician but eventually gave in and had an mri without contrast performed.
When I went back to see Dr. Graham he became ENRAGED that the mri had been done improperly and told me he couldn’t see anything because of an artifact from a previous labral repair surgery. He blamed me for the mixup and said I should have called him. I couldn’t call him, though, because the mri appointment was at 8PM in the evening! He was incredibly rude to me.
After some huffing and puffing, he ended up giving me a cortisone shot, which helped some. He asked me to call and talk to him about how well the shot worked a few days later. It felt somewhat better but I still felt like I needed further treatment and wanted to get the mri with contrast to see if there was a new tear in the labrum or problem with the anchor. I called many times and he never called me back!
Eventually I saw another doctor and found that the problem was bone necrosis in the front of the arm and had surgery.
The bottom line is, if you are interested in a physician with good bedside manner then you would be wise to avoid this guy.

9 months later and I am still amazed by how good my knees feel. I haven’t had this little pain in my knees for at least 20 years. In fact, it is remarkable when I have noticeable pain in either knee.
Thanks Dr. Graham!