Feldman, Michael J., MD

I’ve seen Dr. Feldman on/​off for the treatment of ganglion cysts in both my wrists. His office in Downey has a much shorter wait; this office has an incredibly long wait. When I was there for a follow up a while back I had to wait over an hour but I wasn’t in any rush to get back to my office so I did not mind. But, others would mind a great deal so I deducted 1 star.
During treatment I had an x-​ray and MRI done. One cyst was large enough for him to drain via a (incredibly long) needle. The other cysts that formed in my other wrist were too tiny to appear on an x-​ray and barely showed up on the MRI. Instead of being like other doctors and pushing for surgery he was really nice and told me the honest truth; he could go in surgically to remove them almost blindly since the x-​ray and MRI weren’t very helpful or I could wait a bit to see if they would disappear on their own. I originally selected surgery just to get rid of them (and I honestly wanted to get out of work for a few weeks) but had it pushed out far enough that I gave my wrist time to heal on it’s own if that’s what it was going to do; the cysts don’t always go away on their own. Luckily, they disappeared and surgery wasn’t needed in the end.
I recommended him to my bf who went to him for severe pain on the back of his hand. A shot of cortisone and a few days later he was okay.
He is a funny and kind doctor but he knows his stuff and he’s not going to sugar coat anything. He has a very direct manner that I found intimidating at first but later realized it was because he’s good but very busy; he gets straight to the point which I appreciate. I have others things to do, too (except, unlike him, I don’t want to go back to work).

My first visit here was upsetting. Dr. Newton’s visit took a total of 6 hours. 75% of that time was spent in the waiting room. 10% in a room waiting to be seen by the doctor. The doctor spent a total of 8 min talking to me then I spent 20 min with a historian. So today I came in @ 9:45am for a 10:15am appointment. It is now 11:32am and it looks like another 6 hour doctors visit from the way this office is moving. Just horrible! Very unpleasant.

Dr Michael Feldman was the absolute worst Doctor visit I’ve ever had in 63 years.
The only thing bigger than his ego was his unfriendliness and complete assholeness. Is that a word? It is now because this shithead deserves a new word.

I would give Dr. Feldman TEN stars if possible. When I cracked my elbow, he was always immediately there for me throughout the entire process, more so than any other doctor I’ve ever had. Then when my 11 year old daughter broke her wrist, he was AMAZING. Not only was her entire process of x-​rays and getting her cast pain free, but Dr. Feldman actually made it fun. Warm, personable, extremely smart and at the top of his game, don’t waste your time looking for anyone else and just go to Dr Feldman.

Dr. Feldman and his staff are awesome. Dr. F did a tendonitis release on my wrist in 2013 and I had great results afterwards. His office manager Ruth is also the single nicest and most helpful member of any medical staff I’ve ever dealt with. She will go out of her way to help you in any and every way possible. She is truly a saint from another time… I’ve been to several other hand surgeons and none of them even come close to the care and attention that Dr. Feldman and his staff will give you.