Randall K Schaefer, MD

He is the BEST! From the first visit of meeting him I knew I was in good hands. 2 surgeries later (shoulder and elbow) I now know I couldn’t have been in better hands. :) Don’t understand how anyone could give him less then 5 stars. He has a great personality, listens to your questions, great bedside manor, awesome staff, and the most amazing at what he does. For those who said the wait time is long — he’s worth the wait!!!

I had shoulder surgery on my right shoulder back on Sept. 8, 2015. Dr. Schaefer has been nothing but courteous, friendly and easy to talk to. He did an amazing job on my shoulder. Originally not diagnosed, it turned out that I had a torn rotator cuff, torn labrum, biceps’ tendonitis and some arthritis. He took the time to repair all of the above and then some. I have hardly had any pain and it has almost completely healed already. I even took a fall on that arm, which was painful, but his excellent work held up through the fall. I would recommend Dr. Schaefer without hesitation, in fact I am having knee replacement surgery very soon and I wouldn’t go to any other surgeon to have this procedure done.
By the way, with regards to his bedside manor (all of these bogus negatives), I appreciate his straight forward, no nonsense, no BS approach, when dealing with me and my concerns.
Thank you Dr. Schaefer!!!

Dr. Schaeffer performed a knee replacement 3 years ago and I’m having the other knee done by him in two months. He did a wonderful job, and because of that I will go to him again the second time around. For those of you who say he has no bedside manner or is rude, my only comment is to get to know him. Do you know he hates pink? Take something pink into your appointment and joke around with him. Yes, he will smile. It’s not the smile or lack of smile that will make you walk again… his skill/​talent is what I’m paying for! In fact, upon my 3-​day stay in the hospital the first time, his bedside manner was nothing to complain about.

The staff at Dr Schaefer’s office is unbelievable. They made my surgery experience very low stress and they were always there for me when I needed them. Dr Schaefer has an amazing talent for getting the knee and shoulder back to a healthy and athletic working condition. Thanks to a professional and efficient medical office.

I went to Dr. Schaefer in 2011 for elbow and shoulder injuries. Work related. after x-​ray and mri. i received a cortisone shot in the elbow. elbow felt better. shoulder was still hurt. He said he could find nothing wrong with the shoulder. and since the elbow feels better due to the shot. go back to work. He got my workers comp and state disability stopped. I could not work!!! After fighting for my benifits to be reinstated. I went to Dr.Cabayan. who found i have a torn labrum bursitis some other partialy torn muscles all in the shoulder and clavicle. also common extensor tendon at the elbow is split down the middle. I have had one surgery so far. still need more. I don’t think DR. Scheafer Likes his job. He just does not seem to care.

Dr. Schaefer did my knee surgery. He seems to be a talented orthopedic surgeon. He is a strange person, almost a Asperger’s type of personality. He seems to have no concept of his patient’s as people. He only seems to be aware of people as objects of his surgical skill. As long as you go along with his way of doing things you will be fine. Also, be prepared to wait– every office visit required a wait of an hour beyond the scheduled time and more. He is a skilled surgeon but a bizarre individual.

He and his staff are dedicated and truly helped us through a difficult time. No one wanted to do surgery on my husbands clavicle and it truly needed it. Not only did he agree to do the surgery and do a great job, he also discovered a break in his wrist and referred us to a fantastic hand surgeon. When we went for a second opinion on both, the other Orthopedic surgeon said no, you don’t need surgery on either. Thanks to Dr Schaefer, he is not physically deformed and won’t have arthritis in his wrist in a year.

If you are looking for an Orthopedic Surgeon for knee or hip replacement I would suggest another doctor. Dr. Schaefer has a very bad bedside manor. I had a hard time with his gruffness. He is an excellent surgeon, but I could not get past his rudeness. This was my experience