Pashman Robert, MD

Dr. Pashman clearly thinks very highly of his surgical talents, and if there is a question, you can be sure that he will counsel you to take the most aggressive (and expensive) approach possible to address your spinal ailments under his knife, warning you of dire outcomes if you do not agree. Two years after my surgery, which included a full cervical spine laminectomy and anterior fusion of three disks, symptoms are far worse than before, and other doctors have advised me that this type of surgery should never have been performed in my case.
Post-​op patient care is absolutely non-​existent – all he cares about is the $ and getting more flashy x-​ray photos of his glorious surgical «successes» (not) to put up on his website.

I live less than five miles away from Dr. Pashman’s office. People from all over the world seek him out, so, naturally, living only ten minutes away means I am extremely fortunate. Dr. Pashman is my hero, and I fully recommend him.
DeLane M.

There are so many varied reviews about Dr. Pashman. He had done surgery on a
friend of mine — very successfully — and so I arranged a consult… not sure of what experience I would have. He was extremely prepared for our meeting having reviewed my MRI and records before meeting with me. He carefully explained exactly what my issues were and what his plan of action would be. I liked him very much —
he is not particularly warm and fuzzy but certainly wasn’t the arrogant man I had read about in one review. I thought the support staff was great, competent and organized.
After several more consults at UCLA and Cedars, I ultimately chose Dr. Pashman as my surgeon.
My surgery was Feb 21, 2013 and I felt the positive results on Feb 22 and have never looked back! My back and numb legs and feet are no more and the operation was a
success. Pain was minimal, recovery not so bad at all!
His assistant, Jenni Murphy, was terrific and virtually held my hand throughout the
process from start to finish. Any doubts or fears (and I had many) were dealt with
and Jenni was accessible at all times. At one point, I was unsure about who would
care for my animals during my hospitalization and both Dr Pashman and Jenni
called to offer their help! (I am not implying that Dr Pashman or Jenni were offering to literally
walk my dog or feed my cat)
I cannot say enough about both Dr Pashman and his staff! Most importantly, I have
regained my ability to walk without being hunched over and am free of the constant pain that has plagued me for the past 4 years!
I did not have scoliosis, by the way. This is a specific area of interest for Dr. Pashman but be
assured, he operates on other spinal issues. With great expertise, I must add!
If you are considering back surgery or need to have it, definitely have a consult
with Dr. Pashman.
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Dr. Pashman was terrible to me. I am young, I was 27 when I went to see him because of back pain and discomfort from scoliosis I had diagnosed in high school. While I had insurance in college I went to physical therapy, but had to stop when I graduated and my insurance ran out. I finally got insurance and thought I would finally get my scoliosis (which was now much worse) taken care of. I found Dr. Pashman online and made an appointment. After taking x-​rays, Dr. Pashman showed me the curve in my spine and said I definitely had scoliosis but I didn’t need surgery so I should just do pilates or I could go to physical therapy «if I really wanted.» He then billed me $ 1,000 which I paid, and then OVER A YEAR after my appointment bills had all been paid, he randomly billed me another $ 350 consulting fee with no explanation. Dr. Pashman is only looking for surgical scoliosis candidates, everyone, so unless you need surgery he will make you feel like a stupid waste of his time. But don’t take it personally because he’ll charge as much as if he actually helped you.

This guy ruined my life. He did a back operation in 1999 and afterwards had all the same symptoms. The operation was flawed so he went in from the front to install more metal. I never got better and when I sent him doctors reports from arizona showing that I had something jetting from my back. His response was (Paraphrase) «I’m glad that your operation was a total sucsess, I’m glad that I was able to be a part of that». I would not recommednd Pashman at all!