Orthopedists - Woodstock, GA

"Over the years have had many car accidents over the years which affected my back/spine with increasing pain till this year needed help. Im previous patient of Resurgens Orthopedic and Dr Edward Holliger who performed a very successful hand operation. So connected with Resurgence again to resolve spine issues in the L5S1 which is a tough area and very lucky i found Dr Tapan Daftari who is my Rock Star doctor and a great person. He is a talented focused person with 27+ years experienced spine surgeon with weekly operations. My Rock Star accolade is that he worked with industry to make surgery related tools was able to make tools as well the metal plates in my spine and im on the road to a normal life. Do know that he also created similar metal plates for Cervical patients. Back surgery and recovery is painful but know its worth it to live pain free. If i had to do it over again would pick Dr Daftari again but would have done it sooner and not lived with pain. Also Dr Daftari has a great staff including; Dr Ken Holbrook a great person and assisting Doctor to understand the healing process. Any question or issues was resolved quickly often by the same day with my main contact to address them. All other Dr team members are very focussed on providing quality care and helping me. Hopefully this will help others."

"For any lower back surgery. Please don't hesitate to see him even if he is not the first surgeon you saw the first time around. He and his staff is knowledgeable and attentive. He did MIS LLIF procedure of L4-L5 spondylolisthesis. I was out of hospital the next day and walk 20 mins./day the third day. I will be seeing him 11/15/2017 for follow-up. Be open to ask his opinions and suggestions and always be patient. "

"First Dr. Starnes did a great job ridding me of the pain of carpal tunnel syndrome on my right hand/arm. I also had a great experience dealing with Dr. Starnes' PA, Ryan. Just an FYI (and they did say this), for me it did take a full six months to get full feeling back in my hand without any tingling. I am now having issues with my left hand and even though I know Dr. Starnes is a very good doctor, I will be looking elsewhere. The problem is with Pinnacle Orthopedics. I am not sure if they are understaffed or just unsure of how to run a medical office, but getting someone there to call you back is an act of tenacity/patience that I have never been through before...ever. I had to call Dr. Starnes surgery coordinator at least ten times just to get a call back. I also talked to the front desk and the office manager. This was just to get on the schedule. If you have carpel tunnel syndrome, you know the pain you experience. So continually making calls to hear nothing back while you are going through that shows me that the patient well being isn't Pinnacle's top priority. So here I am trying to get the left hand done. Recently, I have made a couple calls to Pinnacle with 2 very simple questions. I have left messages and guess what? Yep, no call back. They said they were having system's issues. Before it was that they were understaffed. Either way, I am at the point where I don't want to go through whatever the issues Pinnacle is having and find an office that is equipped to handle their patients in a more professional/efficient manner."