Orthopedists - Norwalk, CT

"Nice person. A few details from my encounter with Dr. Protomastro. First of all, I did not choose Dr. Protomastro, Norwalk Hospital ER picked him for me. I fractured my wrist in 4 places, on (12/30/2018). It was set by Dr. Protomastro the day after I injured it (12/31/2018). It was set in his office and he even suggested it would collapse and that I would need surgery. I returned a week later (1/7/2019). My wrist was x-Rayed and the doctor said it looked good and he put my wrist in a hard cast. I returned on 1/14/2019 for a follow up. It was x-rayed again; the doctor said it looked good and handed me a script to set-up physical therapy for when my cast was removed, which was scheduled and done on 2/8/2019. My wrist was x-rayed after the cast was removed and all Dr. Protomastro said to me was: “it isn’t ideal” and he told me to do my PT for 6 weeks and come back to see him. It was visibly clear from the photo I took of my x-ray that my wrist was way off!! Numerous people that saw the photo said to me, “you need to see a surgeon, ASAP”! I then sent photos of my x-rays to a few wrist specialists. I received a response from a team of surgeons at HSS in NYC who wanted to see me ASAP! I went to HSS on 2/14/2019, had a CT Scan done and was scheduled for surgery the next afternoon (2/15/2019). My surgery took 3 hours, they had to re-break my wrist, do a bone graft, use a Cadaver bone and put in plates and screws. Thanks to Dr. Protomastro, I was headed in the wrong direction for 6 weeks, but now I am finally headed in the right direction thanks to the doctors at HSS. I am very grateful to them. "

"Doctor was very rude and rushed through my first appointment. He didn't really listen to what was going on with my knee. When I asked a question he made me feel stupid for asking it. "

"Comes off very cocky. Made jokes about my claustrophobia when it came to asking about different MRI methods. Made me feel super uncomfortable and unintelligent. Wouldn't recommend him to my worse enemy. As an African American male went out of my way to find a black doctor only to be highly disappointed and disgusted. "