Dr. William Clancy

[Duder 259]

Have any of you ever been a patient of Dr. Clancy's? I'm going to him for a second opinion before undergoing a second knee surgery. He works in Dr. Andrews' clinic and according to the info I've found online is an excellent surgeon. I'm curious as to whether anyone has ever had any personal experience with him.

Thanks

[otterinbham 0]

Have any of you ever been a patient of Dr. Clancy's? I'm going to him for a second opinion before undergoing a second knee surgery. He works in Dr. Andrews' clinic and according to the info I've found online is an excellent surgeon. I'm curious as to whether anyone has ever had any personal experience with him.

Thanks

Here's the only skinny I've ever heard about Dr. Andrews' clinic: If you are a name athlete, expect nothing less than exceptional treatment, up to and including getting your knob scobbed by the hottest surgical nurse they can find.

If you are Mr. Joe Average, they'll practically clip an ear tag on you and herd you through.

now, this is only based on a couple of people who went through there, and maybe their experiences were the exception. However, one attorney friend of mine who had a knee replacement there went elsewhere after several problems, and learned that they had outfitted him with a far heaver unit (or whatever it is)--all because they are geared more towards athletes and not ordinary people like you and me. After all, Dr. Andrews' clinic underwent turmoil when they moved to St. Vincent's, et al. I wish I could recommend another doctor for you, although there are lots of good ones in town.

[Duder 259]

One of my employees said the same thing about a knee replacement with Dr. Andrews. Her mother had a TKR and they put something far too big on her and she ended up seeing someone in Nashville. I'll actually let a surgeon in Huntsville do the work if necessary, I just want a 2nd opinion. Depending upon the hotness of their surgical nurses, apparently

Thanks for the feedback though

[otterinbham 0]

One of my employees said the same thing about a knee replacement with Dr. Andrews. Her mother had a TKR and they put something far too big on her and she ended up seeing someone in Nashville. I'll actually let a surgeon in Huntsville do the work if necessary, I just want a 2nd opinion. Depending upon the hotness of their surgical nurses, apparently

Thanks for the feedback though

I hear Crestwood has an excellent orthepedic team. good luck.

[Ranger12 53]

One of my employees said the same thing about a knee replacement with Dr. Andrews. Her mother had a TKR and they put something far too big on her and she ended up seeing someone in Nashville. I'll actually let a surgeon in Huntsville do the work if necessary, I just want a 2nd opinion. Depending upon the hotness of their surgical nurses, apparently

Thanks for the feedback though

I hear Crestwood has an excellent orthepedic team. good luck.

Crestwood really does not have an orthepedic team persay. The awesome doctors from SportsMed and TOC do some of their surgeries at Crestwood. Sportsmed also had some of their offices over at Crestwood.

My spine surgeon, Dr. Larry Parker, was in a tug of war between SportsMed and TOC. They both kept one upping each other to have him at their facility. He started out at SportsMed, which is where I first saw him, then went to TOC. SportsMed then offered him his own building, so he came back, then apparently TOC finally won him with no telling what sort of offer. He has been at TOC for a couple of years now. The doctor that did my hip replacement, Dr. Goodson is at TOC (Dr. Parker recommended him). When it comes to some knee problems I have had, I see Dr. Layton at SportsMed. That guy is a stud and I have recommended him to several friends and families for knee or should problems and none of them regretted seeing him. Also, Dr. Greco at TOC is pretty good also.

Dr. Andrews' practice have tried to get both Dr. Parker and Dr. Layton to join his practice in B'ham, but they both declined. They wanted to build the same kind of reputation in Huntsville that Birmingham has had for years and they are doing a good job of it.

Back to the Crestwood subject....both Dr. Parker did his surgeries at Crestwood and Huntsville Hospital, so I had a choice and I always chose Crestwood. The are a private hospital and I have always had nothing but great experiences there. Dr. Goodson only does his sugeries at Huntsville Hospital, so I had to have my hip replacement there. While it was not a bad experience and was till a pleasant visit, except for the fact they were so full in their "joint camp" wing, I did not have a private room the first night, it was still not as nice as Crestwood.

Also, about how Dr. Andrews' practice tends to treat the Average Joe, my wife had a bad experience with one of his colleagues a few years ago. She had an ankle fusion done and the doctor that did it is actually somebody that did several surgeries when she was growing up because she was born with several orthopedic problems. This was before he had become a big name doctor that did surgeries on pro athletes. Well, my wife had her surgery and we later find out that he did not actually do the surgery, but supervised his resident do it. Also, during all the follow up visits, we never saw Dr. Gould, but saw his resident everytime. Dr. Gould was always either out of the office or some other excuse. My wife was having complications, and her being an X-Ray and MRI tech, she knew by looking at the x-rays, the fusion was not a 90 degree fusion like it was supposed to be, which was why she was still having a lot of pain, which was supposed to have been fixed by the surgery. On our last visit, we finally demanded to see Dr. Gould and he came in. She asked him some tough questions and his answer was that my wife should lose some weight and if we did not like what he had to say or what he did, we were more than welcome to go see somebody else. She was flabbergasted on how this guy, who used to be so sweet to her and had a great bedside manner had turned into such a prick. Later on, she found out from others that she was not the only "average" patient that got that type of treatment from him.

So, we went to see a world reknowned doctor in Baltimore, the same guy that did her limb lengthening surgery a few years before. This guy. Dr. Paley, is an orthopedic pioneer, such as being one of the first doctors in the world to do limb lengthening (my wife is already short and was born with one leg much shorter then the other one). He told her he did not understand why Dr. Gould did her fusion the way he did and should have known that it was not right and would cause my wife more problems then she had pre-surgery. Fortunately he said he could fix it.

[aumd03 2]

Ranger is right. If you go to Andrews and aren't an athlete you are going to be operated on by a sports fellow. He's not a resident. He's completed a residency in orthopedics and instead of going into practice decided to specialize in sports medicine and is working with Andrews. Andrews and Lemak tend to have 4 or 5 at a time if I remember right. Most of the time Andrews sits in an office and watches them operate on a screen while taking care of other business from what I've heard. Even if they tell you they did it, he'll just be there till you fall asleep. It doesn't mean you won't get a good surgeon, because to be fellows there, its competitive and they are the best of the best and have done 100's of scopes a piece.

Stanton Davis in H'ville at TOC trained with Andrews. Greco trained in Tennesee I believe. Those will be the two sports knee specialists. Goodson trained at Mayo, and I personally believe is one of the top orthopedists.

Layton and Jansen at sportsmed are good too. They lost their priviledges at Huntsville Hospital over a dispute over coverage of ER call I believe. So it wasn't an issue of patient care.

If I were have a ligament repair or a scope, I'd probably choose Greco. For a joint replacement, probably Goodson.

[Ravad 78]

I'm sure this will not matter for most of you guys but if any ladies are looking for an orthopedic surgeon...

Go see Dr. Jansen...THE MAN IS EYE CANDY!

I have had him scope my knee and take something off my foot, first rate both times.

[Duder 259]

If I were have a ligament repair or a scope, I'd probably choose Greco. For a joint replacement, probably Goodson.

So from the sounds of these horror stories, it sounds like I made the right call electing to have the actual surgery here. Dr. Greco did my first surgery this past May and was the one that suggested the second one; he also reconstructed my shoulder several years ago. I have no doubt that he is a good surgeon but I've heard too many stories about Dr. Greco jumping to surgery when there were other options. All I'm after is an opinion in B'ham, I'm not interested in a car ride back with pins freshly placed in my leg. I'm glad to hear someone else thinks Greco is a good surgeon.

I had attempted to see Dr. Jansen but after I faxed my information over I received a phone call saying I should continue seeing Dr. Greco because Dr. Jansen won't accept me as a new patient, even though he obviously accepts new patients. They said that Dr. Jansen sees "many" of Dr. Greco's patients post-op and wouldn't see anymore.

[Duder 259]

So, I actually had an enjoyable experience at Dr. Clancy's office. It took a bit longer than I would've liked, but his exam was more thorough than Dr. Greco's.

My VMO is detached so that needs to be repaired in addition to the TTT that Dr. Greco suggested. Fun times. Good doctor but I'm not a fan of his diagnosis.