Larry D Herron, MD

He’s definitely no nonsense. No sympathy also comes to mind. Why a man would be in the back pain business when he hates whiny old people I have no idea. I certainly am fat and acknowledged it after he pointed it out. He suggested gastric bypass surgery wanting to ignore the fact that I have had colon resection surgery. He also wanted to ignore the fact that my two sisters — not fat — have had to have major back surgery though they are not overweight at all. «I didn’t say it would cure anything,» he said after saying it would indeed help.

Dr Herron is the best! He is no nonsense and to the point. He is going to tell you like it is and if you don’t like the truth he is not for you, but if you want the best, he is it! I first saw another doctor that told me honestly my case was too extreme for him and sent me to Dr Herron. I first saw Dr Herron in 1998. I have scoliosis. Within 4 weeks I was in surgery at the age of 12. It is now 16+ years later and am doing great! I play sports and have remained very active. Thank you Dr Herron!

I am a very active overweight woman who was referred to Dr. Herron after a lumbar MRI showed degeneration and other problems at one level. Dr. Herron would not discuss my back. He told me to have gastric bypass to lose 75 pounds and maybe then my back pain would go away. When I tried to discuss specifics, he said «I’m not here to debate.» He makes you strip down to your underwear for the consult. After Herron, I went to on to see two other surgeons, both of whom were very kind, spent time with me discussing the MRI, my pain level, and treatment options. I wound up at Stanford for minimally invasive fusion and was told that my condition is congenital, was not caused by being overweight, will not go away from loss of weight, and will only get worse if I don’t have surgery. A friend of mine had the same experience with Herron and later, after consulting with another surgeon, found out he has stage 3 bone cancer. Herron also told him weight was to blame and loss of weight would solve his pain troubles. Good thing he got a second opinion from someone who cares. If he’d listened to Herron, he’d be dead.

Excellent, no nonsense doctor who knows his stuff. His diagnosis and treatment plan (after a year of going from doctor to doctor and given prescriptions for narcotic pain meds without a treatment solution) has turned my husband’s health around, from almost completely disabled to his active, healthy lifestyle. Thank you, Dr. Herron.