Ivan Fernandez-Madrid, MD

He is good, but after a partial knee replacement that was suppose to fix my problem, after almost a year he can’t figure why I’m still on pain. the worst part it’s his office staff, been waiting to receive a gel injection and after two months those ladies still don’t know what is going on they keep mistaking me for another patient, they don’t follow up on my medication status unless you keep calling to remind them about it. And be prepare to wait sometimes up to more than two hours for a consultation. Two thumbs down. Ashamed

I’m surprised I waited this long to write a review on my fab experience with this incredible doc, but I tend to give my Unilocal feedback on venues like restaurants, massage therapy studios, etc. and it really didn’t occur to me to offer my experience with a medical doctor until now. But anyhow, just wanted to say that I met Dr. Fernandez-​Madrid a couple years ago under very unfortunate circumstances. I had a slip & fall accident due to negligent maintenance in the lobby of the building where I lived and as a result, broke my wrist — which was all the more shocking to me, since this was the first time in my entire life I ever broke a bone or had such a serious accident as this. So in order to sue my building, I had to have a consult from an MD who specializes in this type of injury to then give the results of this to my lawyer who would then present this as official evidence to the insurance company for my building so I could collect compensation. And since not only did I never break a bone in my life, I very rarely had to go to a doctor for any health problem, either and in the event I would, it was always to a holistic practitioner and never to a member of the allopathic medical community. So along with the pain I was in, I was also very upset that I had to visit a doctor who was a member of a medical sector I wouldn’t otherwise dream of getting treatment from. But long story short… when I reluctantly dragged myself to the appointment with Dr. Fernandez-​Madrid, I did so with a mixture of fear, upset and resentment, since I had no other choice if I was to get this official prognosis from a non-​holistic MD to give to the inusurance agents, so I would get this money from my landlord. But much to my utter amazement, the minute I first met the doctor, I immediately felt a sense of calm and relief that just heightened as he talked with me about my options on how I could deal with this injury and of course, seemed to opt for an operation (which I absolutely didn’t want to have done, envisioning steel pins in me for the rest of my days and was very adamant about expressing to him — preferring if I could, to heal it with natural methods) or if it could heal on its own, he did tell me there would be a distortion to its shape, which though really not that noticeable and could only be seen in profile, which very much assuaged my fears about this very bad injury and what it could/​would result in — that i could then deal with this outcome vs, getting it operated on. So the point I am trying to make is that I will be ever grateful to this truly compassionate and very wise doctor and how he helped me through a most devastating time in my life by giving me options– and I would recommend him in a heartbeat to anyone who might need his expert services. replete with the most wonderful «bedside manner», too!.. And btw, the hand/​wrist is pretty fine now (but, with that barely discernible misalignment — that yes, can only be seen from a certain angle and also upon close view!)…