Craig Weinstein, MD

I recently had surgery in December for rotator cuff. I had a frayed cuff. He cut it and repaired it. I searched long and hard for someone who would be confidant and good. On the recommendation of a friend, I chose Dr. Weinstein. Let me just say this. If you are looking for warm and fuzzy, move on. I was looking for intelligence and skill. I can get warm and fuzzy from my mother. This is my second surgery (different arm). I was amazed. I had very little pain, of course there will be some, but they have good drugs for that. My only complaint was the wait times. He is booked very tight and sometimes I was frustrated. I still give him 5 stars, as he did such a good job. BTW, I had my surgery at San Tan Surgery Center and they were wonderful. I would recommend him to anyone.

I had a very serious shoulder injury and had surgical repair done by Dr. Weinstein. This was an extensive repair and it has healed beautifully. I could not be more pleased with the results. Dr. Weinstein is meticulous in his approach and very particular in how routines are followed to insure maximum safety’s or the patient. This careful and meticulous approach extends to pre-​op and follow-​up care, and he is very particular even with regards to who he «allows» to provide physical therapy to his patients. He arranged for physical therapy prior to the surgery, as well as immediately afterwards, insuring that full utilization and movement of my shoulder would be insured. Because of his meticulous approach, he can come off as being abrupt and not very warm or especially personable. I found that what he lacked in bedside manner was more than made up by his exceptional surgical skills. I found the office and surgical staff to be very organized and efficiently run. However, Dr. Weinstein is very popular. Appointments are hard to come by, and sometimes the sheer volume of patients causes office wait times to be extensive. Try for appointments in the early morning or right after lunch to minimize wait times due to back-​ups. Another caution one should be careful of is insuring what your insurance company will cover. Dr. Weinstein performs most surgeries in his surgical center, however, not all insurance companies will cover it. While Dr. Weinstein might be «within your network», the surgery center may not. In addition to discussing this with the surgical staff, be sure to call your insurance company as well, before your surgery! In my case, they agreed to accept what my insurance paid as payment in full, even though it was dramatically less than what was billed.

Terrible experience. Was put in exam room for over an hour. No one came in to tell me he was running late, he never did show up. No call to apologize for wasting my time. Would never recommend this office. Staff was rude.

No bedside manners, rude not not helpful. Not impressed by him whatsoever. Long wait times in the lobby and then you get to wait another long wait time in the exam room.

After waiting close to an hour in the waiting room, I get called back and meet the doc. I had an MRI booked already for the next day. After an exam, he said once the MRI results are in (knee) they call me to book a follow up appt to discuss options on where to go from there. A week went by. I called the imaging center and picked up a copy of my MRI results. Knowing I was not going to go back to this place, I waited another week. I finally called and asked about if this was normal practice, to not call people back who are obviously in pain! They responded, ‘it’s the patients responsibility to call and make their appointment after an MRI.’ How are patients supposed to know when the MRI is sent over???
That’s a BIG sign right there. No thanks. If you can’t even follow up with me BEFORE surgery, I am not interested in having you cut open my knee.
Very poor customer care and service.
«Patients don’t care how much you know, until they know that you care!»

This was a horrible experience w shoulder surgery. I continued to have problems many months down the line. After 4 mos I called the doc. It took 7 phone calls over 3 weeks to get a call back. This was a call from a post op patient having a problem and he doesn’t have the courtesy of a call back. When he finally did, he copped an attitude worthy of a sullen teenager. I must emphasize that I am a very polite, compliant patient and at no time asked for drugs. To boot-​I AM A PHYSICIAN. It’s not how I practiced medicine.