Shapiro Paul S MD

Paul Shapiro ruined my right hand when he performed joint replacement surgery on December 18 2013. In my aftercare visits he was rude, condescending and verbally abusive. When my physical therapist learned he didn’t issue the prescription for pt until a month after the surgery, and ordered NO weight or use restrictions she was shocked. Because of the lack of restrictions, I used my hand as much as possible, and hurt it doing so. When I complained about the pain, he held up HIS right hand and made a mockery of my pain. PT continued for months and little progress was made. When my therapist called him regarding my pain and lack of progress he offered no instructions and was verbally abusive to her too. On April first I flipped my calendar and saw I had an appointment with him mid month. Since this «doctor» had nothing to offer me but abuse and hour plus waiting times, I saw a REAL orthopedic hand surgeon who ordered directed therapy, but it was too late to correct the damage done by Paul Shapiro. My hand is stiff and sore and forever changed for the worse by this miserable failure of a doctor and human being. Paul, if you’re reading this, if you’d said what you said in to me in the middle of a cornfield instead of your office, you’d still be in the cornfield one handed or not.