Roger A Freeman, MD

As others have said, Dr. Freeman is an absolutely outstanding orthopedic surgeon. In my case he did an overhaul on my right shoulder a year ago and my left shoulder recently. He was very good about explaining the work he performed on them and was genuinely concerned about me and getting me back to the activities I enjoy.
With regard to the negative reviews, years ago, he shared an office in Mission Valley and I was there to see one of the other doctors. I have to agree that at that time the staff at the desk up front operated at a level well below that of the physicians and staff in the back,
That was then and this is now. His office is on Frost Street and his receptionist Tina and other staff are excellent and collectively deserving of five stars.

Dr. Freeman was absolutely fantastic. I am a pretty serious athlete and tore my left ACL playing volleyball in college in 2003. The surgery didn’t hold (they used my patellar tendon) and I tore that same ACL again. I waited years to get it fixed again, which resulted in constant slips, aching, instability, and as I found out later, fairly moderate arthritis. And I’m only 29! So when I finally went to Dr. Freeman, I had a seriously messed up knee. The first doctor I went to turned me down for surgery, but Dr. Freeman promised to do his best to fix my knee up. He used a cadaver ACL and ended up having to leave one of the old screws from my first surgery in my knee.
I went through a very long recovery; 9 months before I could run. BUT, I never thought my knee would feel this stable again! I’m just over a year out of surgery and my knee feels amazing. I still get aches, but nothing a little ice and ibuprofen can’t fix. I’ll always have that. But my knee feels stable and I am confident about using it the way I want to.
Dr. Freeman was so nice and caring throughout my time with him. Always asking about things other than my knee, ready to chat for a few, and really concerned with how my recovery was going. I highly recommend him for an ACL reconstruction!

Listen! DO NOT GO HERE.
As Trim B said, the staff is incredibly rude. They have about three doctor’s in their tiny office and instead of having one reception crew, they have three different ones. That means that if you go up to the window for help and they don’t work for that doctor, they let you stand there and don’t help you. When I finally got help, I filled out my paper work and brought it up there and no one touched it for 30 minutes. They let my sensitive information sit on the counter while other people walked up to get help. Is that not against the law?
Not only that, but the receptionists apparently don’t get along because they were outwardly fighting right in front of me.
I waited over an hour to be seen. And everyone else in the waiting room had too.
Because of my injury, I had to take off work and consequently, Dr. Freeman had to fill out my leave certification. THEY CHARGE YOU TO FILL THAT OUT. CASH! Not covered under insurance, which my insurance covers everything completely for a certain amount. No, they make you come in, not fax the form, and charge you $ 30 to fill out a one page form that says that this is in fact what they prescribed to me. Unbelievable! I have NEVER in my life experienced this.
They also charge for parking in the garage and don’t provide validation like the other places do. Keep in mind that I have been going to other doctors and radiologists and they all either don’t charge for parking or they validate.
And when the receptionist called me back, she answered with, «Hi, this is Rose.» I’m like, who is Rose? Could you give me a title or where you are calling from?
The whole place was a nightmare and I’m never going back.
On an upside, the actual doctor was nice and gentle. However, that mess to get help in the first place and if it is HIS policy to charge for filling out a form, then he’s doing bad business.

The staff here are so rude!!! Appt was for 9am and I’m still sitting in the waiting room at 9:46. Really? Then when I asked about the hold up the nurse said «you had to fill out the paperwork». Really? If that was the case, why not tell me to come in earlier to do that? All they do is sit around talking.

Thank you, Dr. Freeman, you’re an angel. I would give him 10,000 stars if I could! I had just come from another doc in Coronado who scared the bejeezus out of me and Dr. Freeman calmly and patiently handled my fears about surgery, recovery time, and pain management. When I was worried about a huge ugly scar, he talked me through that, more than once, without making me feel weak or dumb. When I was worried about never running again, he casually gestured to his «love me» wall– Dr. Freeman is an Ironman Champion and has done Ironmans at probably every location even the Hawaii one which is supposed to be the hardest. When I talked about running he was able to say «I understand» and I knew he meant it.
I waited 5 months between the ACL tear (skiing) and the ACL surgery. I asked a LOT of people who had the surgery during those months to describe their experience. I would even stop people on the street if they were wearing that funny knee brace, and strike up a conversation about the surgery and the healing. Over and over, I heard the same thing: «it’s never the same.» I believed that I, too, would not ever be the same girl on the same 2 legs now that I had torn my ACL. I was very cautious about getting the surgery and picking the surgeon because I felt I had everything to lose with a bad doctor.
I had my ACL surgery (with cadaver) ⁵⁄₂₀₁₀. I did physical therapy for the next 4 – 5 months. I pretty much had to re-​learn to run and my milage was weak for a long time. I remember 5 months out of surgery I could only run 2 – 3 miles without my knee just aching. Dr. Freeman impressed upon me early that if I wanted a full 100% recovery, I had to live and breathe that PT. You are weak after all that time your muscles are in non-​use, but with the right surgeon and the right PT, Dr. Freeman said it WAS possible to be the same again. And I am living proof. ⁶⁄₂₀₁₁ I ran the Rock N Roll Marathon! A testament to the excellent A++++++ care of Dr. Freeman! Thank you a million times.
As for my scar — he goes in with a light bulb and a camera so your scar is initially 3″ long (not so bad), with about 5 other small «dot like» incisions where the camera and lights were. Now, it’s just a dark line, about 2″ long. I hope none of you Unilocalers need surgery but if you do, Dr. Freeman will repair you beautifully.