Robert A Harf, MD

I wouldn’t give him anything. I’ve even overheard bad things about him at a workers comp hearing. Uncooperative, unkempt, rude and the staff, ridiculous. I asked referring doctor to never send me there again. I have never been treated so rudely. Office staff when and if they answered lie. Leave a message well go ahead if he gets them he doesn’t answer them. If you like going to a doctor whose lab coat tells you lunch and breakfast details go here!!! Oh and if you like pain? go here.
If you like being belittled, go here. There’s not one thing that was good or ok. It was all bad. Jerk, jerk, jerk. Go to this guy if you’d like to be abused. Hey, old patients are afraid to complain and this is what his practice consists of. I happen to be old but noisy. Especially when abused! I had to give one star to rate. He doesn’t deserve it

Dr. Harf operated on my back — anterior fusion L4−5/L5-S1 and posterior decompression and fusion on December 5, 2013. It was the scariest thing I’ve ever been through. By the beginning of that February, I was walking around in Yosemite.
He is an excellent surgeon, straight forward and to the point. He’s not warm and fuzzy, he’s not going to coddle you or hold your hand the whole way, but he is knowledgeable, encouraging and his surgical skills, quite honestly show the incredible surgeon that he is!

My 95 year old mother was referred to Dr. Half for a compression fracture that pain meds couldn’t touch. His staff quickly got her in and He recommended a Kyphoplasty which is effective and non-​invasive. After waiting again for the insurance company, she was quickly scheduled. The very next day she needed a single Tylenol, and 1 week later is completely pain free. What more could you ask for?

I had the opposite experience as previous reviewer, I couldn’t even get ahold of anyone at the office, when my calls were returned a week later they would schedule me appointments weeks out. Not an office to be dealt with if you like talking to a human being and being taken care of in a timely manner. I switch to a more available Doctor and won’t be looking back.

Be very careful if you see this doctor. He tried to push me into a back operation that, when I got a second opinion from UC Med, turned out to be unnecessary. Very high pressure tactics, both in the office and after I left (they called me).