Catskill Orange Orthopaedics

I had a cast put on my wrist here around 16 years ago by Dr. Episalla (who is still here). He took in stride the fact that I insisted on wrapping up and swimming with my cast (the resultant light leakage of which required a blow dryer at home to rectify) and the fact at that my kid brother dropped change down the cast (which I’d forgotten about and which burned like hell from the heat of the saw as it was being cut off). My wrist healed perfectly and he took good care of me.
Flash forward to 2011, I have a ganglion cyst on the back of my hand. It shrunk down to almost nothing within two weeks after I went in for my first appointment on its own, but the care I received was great. Dr. Israelski is a pretty high energy guy, and the PA was very mellow. Overall, they’re a great team and were great to deal with. I’ve met a lot of doctors and PAs who were not worthy of any praise, but that certainly does not apply to any of the medical staff I’ve dealt with here. Even the MRI tech was nice and talked to me while I was stuck trying to lay as still as possible for a half-​hour in an awkward (but necessary) position. Hopefully, the cyst won’t come back. If it does, I know where I’m going.
Update 1-​15-​2012: When you go, make sure you DO NOT leave without paying even if nobody says anything about needing to pay. I’ve now gotten a bill months later for $ 20 that says «Copay must be paid at time of service». Excuse me? When I go to the window after being seen and they set up an appointment to have my scan read and never ask me for payment… that’s not my fault. I’m not mailing my credit card information out, and I really don’t feel like making a trip out of my way to go pay what you should have collected from me to begin with. Ridiculous, but I suppose I have no choice now.