Steven W Meier, MD

Dr Meier came recommended from an attorney I had been working with from an accident I was a part of a year and a half ago. I had recieved consultation and chose to move forward with their office.
Physical therapy was recommended and I instantly started treatment. After the initial consultation, Dr. Meier and his office became very systematic and it was clear that this was more about them cashing in on the accident then it was about working with me on treatment, my progress, and how my body was responding to it all.
By the third appointment with them, I had waited in their lobby for over an hour. Then waited in the room for over a half an hour. When Steven had finally made it to the follow up, he was brief and did not expand on any information. It was a carbon copy of the previous two consultations. He left. His assistant proceeded to continue with having me fill out a form regarding my pain. I had voiced my concern of not having the doctor outline what I was going through. She had heard what I said but then prompted me to continue filling out the form. It was a scene out of Stepford Wives. I left and confrofonted Dr. Meier about my concerns and he had nothing to say for himself or the office. I never went back.
The reason I am writing this Unilocal review is because tonight, I recieved a newsletter email from his office. It’s the first I’ve heard from his office in close to a year. No one ever followed up, no call. No remorse.
My time was wasted by dealing with him and his office.

Dr. Meier is not only extremely talented as Orthopedic Surgeon but he is meticulous in making sure you’re back on your game at 120%. I am an overweight 46 years old ex-​athlete who decided to make a comeback after 23 years of doing absolutely nothing as far as working out. I’ve also decided to film this process as a documentary. You can imagine the injuries that lined up to greet me and welcome me back in to the world of being an athlete, especially at my age. One of the injuries was a foot injury, I had visited a couple doctors, MRIs, X-​rays, Cortisone shots… the entire gamete, and the pain was still there, as matter of fact, it got to the point where it was painful to walk. Dr. Meier, new MRI, new X ray and right away new the issue, operated on it and had me back in Physical therapy in no time. He’s awesome and I will always be grateful to him. Thank you Dr. Meier for being a big part of me being able to finish my ONE MORE ROUND!!!

Made an appt with Dr. Meier just by googling orthopedic doctors in LA and saw all the positive reviews. Would have given 5 stars but I subtracted 2 for the ungodly wait I had to endure in the examing room before I was attended to. My appt was for 4pm with a 3pm early appt to get x-​rays done on my knees. Went down to 1^st floor at 2:55pm. Finally got x-​rays complete at 4pm. Went back up to Dr Meier’s office, filled out paperwork as a 1^st-​time patient, and was then ushered into an examing room at 4:20pm. His assistant came in for a preliminary evaluation at 5:45p. I waited in that room for an hour and 25 minutes. That’s simply not excusable. Two things his office staff could implement to ensure this doesn’t happen to anyone else: A — if he’s that far behind on his appointments, don’t bring someone into the waiting room 85 minutes before he actually sees them. Let them sit in the office waiting area and be comfortable. B — if he’s that far behind, office staff should inquire those waiting to see the doctor that he’s running «x» minutes behind schedule and that if we need to leave to feed the parking meter, we can do so and return. The max time on those sides streets for parking meter is 2hrs. I thought I would be done at least within that time frame. When I finally made it back to my car at 6pm, I was shocked to discover the parking fairy had been kind to me — no parking citation on the windshield. I’m sure Dr Meier is a popular doctor and wants to give his patients as much time as they need to discuss their injuries, that’s how it should be. I’m just saying that there could be some improvements in the process that happens before he walks into the examining room to see you! Thanks

I had a motorcycle that left me with a significant shoulder injury. My wife found Dr Meier after an extended online search.
I had a consult with Dr Meier. He looked at the ER X-​rays as well as the MRI’s taken and confirmed the ER doc’s diagnosis of a grade 3 shoulder separation. It is a tricky surgery to repair due to the pressure on the AC joint as well as the 3 severed ligaments that coincides with a grade 3 separation. The difficult part of the surgery is that when the cadaver ligaments are attached they typically stretch and leave a diminished result. Dr Meier had a unique solution to repair with a hook plate that would be attached to my collarbone to take the tension off the cadaver ligaments as they healed giving full strength and functionality.
I decided to go ahead with the procedure. Not only did Dr Meier perform the surgery flawlessly but he took extra time to fix any other shoulder injuries not detected in the X-​rays. He fixed my label tear, my rotator cuff tear, and the AC separation.
I would highly recommend Dr Meier and his capable team (Shaye the office manager and his PA Michelle)
If you have a need for an ortho doc look no further than Dr Meier.

I heard about Dr. Meier from a friend and thought I would go in since I was having some knee pain after being active over the weekend playing basketball. When I scheduled an appointment with Shaye, she was very welcoming. Two days before the appointment Shaye called me back and was very helpful in explaining my insurance policy and benefits as far as in network and out of network benefits. Based off of the information provided, I felt comfortable with proceeding with the appointment even though they were out of network with my policy.
On the day of my appointment, I showed up and they were quite busy. I thought this was going to be a long visit but it passed fairly quickly and I was shown to a room where an assistant started taking a history of my injured knee. Dr. Meier came in next and presented me with multiple options to assist with my injury. I am currently deciding which treatment to move forward with but it was nice to hear that he didn’t force surgery on me. I am thinking of moving forward with the PRP treatment but was told PRP isn’t for everyone, and has the possibility of not being effective. If I try the PRP treatment I will update my review with the results I receive. Other than that, I am just resting and changing up my routine of working out.
Overall I highly recommend Dr. Meier for his expertise in sports injuries.

Sitting in waiting room right now. No sign of doctor one hour into my appointment time. Quite efficient to process my copay though. Will update this review if experience improves.
Update: (⁸⁄₂₇. Day after.)
In response to the above review, office called to receive feedback. That’s nice and has resulted in an additional star.
Just some facts: I had a 2pm appointment. I was admitted into the room at 3:15pm. In the room, resident did preliminary intake session. Actual time with Dr. Meier did not exceed 15 mins. I made it back to my car at 4:15pm. Bottom line: Service was fine, but exorbitant wait time makes this prohibitive for those with tight schedules.

If I could rate Dr. Meier and his wonderful team a million stars, I would.
I found Dr. Meier on Unilocal because of his great reviews! I came to him in December of last year for a horrendous repetitive stress injury in my right shoulder from years and years of sitting in front of the computer! I’m a graphic designer and the detailed work started to put me in a lot of pain! I’m not talking a baby-​boo-​boo type of pain — I’m talking almost two years of dull, nervey pain that had extreme flare-​ups towards the end, that continued to get worse over time. I did everything on my own — I did acupuncture, massage, chiropractic, trigger point therapy massage, and when the pain wasn’t too bad I tried to do yoga, bar method, and physician perscribed PT. Nothing. Helped. I lived off of tiger balm patches and advil and muscle relaxers. Finally one night I called one of my best friends crying because I couldn’t finish my work due in the morning because of the extreme pain I was in. That was the straw that broke the camel’s back.
I scheduled an appointment with Dr. Meier and was able to get in fairly quickly for an exam. I was sure I’d have to get surgery or shot up with a bunch of steriods. Nope! Thanks to the amazing Dr. and his team I came out with a diagnosis that was treatable through rest and lots of therapy. I love that he didn’t push any of that on me — I was in so much pain he could have told me to jump and I would have if it meant no more pain.
It’s been quite a journey since then — the PT place he referred me to has been incredible. His knowledge and expertise has helped me out even in the darkest of times and flareups. Him and his team are also firm believers in an ideology that’s been lost on most of the world — it takes time to heal. It doesn’t happen overnight. Sometimes it doesn’t even happen in 6 months. But it will happen. His reassurance in that and the lack of pushing me into surgery and unnecessary procedures makes him and his team truly one of a kind.
Fast forward to now and I’m almost better! I’ve regained more than just being out of constant pain — I can do things I haven’t been able to do since the onset and worsening of my symptoms. I can hold a book and read it. I can hold and text on my phone. I can sleep on my right side. I can sit at a table without pain. I can drive with both hands! I know this sounds crazy but for anybody who’s been in chronic pain from a reptitive stress injury — they can attest for the excitement of returned mobility (and returned being able to live your life). Being at the computer is still trying but we’re getting there. I’m actually healing.
I honestly can’t recommend him and his team enough. Thank you a million times over for helping me.

My mom found this doctor after seeing over 30 doctors over the past five years. She has gone to all the large medical facilities, UCLA, Cedar Sinai, etc. Dr. Meier had a room full of patients, but spent so much time listening to my mom’s story and past medical history. This is the first time in five years that my mom has left a doctors appointment with a direction and hope. He asked questions, good bed side manners, and made sure she was going to get the help she needed to be on the road to recovery. The staff is so friendly and made us feel extremely conformable.

I recommended a friend with a longterm shoulder problem. Over the years he has seen various doctors and it wasn’t u til he saw Dr Meier he was convinced he was the right choice to have him finally fix his degenerative, multiple repair rotator cuff and other shoulder issues. Not only was he so impressed he even called his insurance broker to find an insurance he could get that would pay Dr Meier!

I had a wonderful experience with Dr. Meier. He was very thorough and made sure I was fully informed about the details of my injury and how to care for it. The office staff was very nice and helpful and I didn’t have to wait long. I highly recommend Dr. Meier!

I went to dr. Meier for my wrist because I was constantly having pain. He quickly diagnosed the issue and after finding out I needed surgery he made sure to schedule me for the soonest possible date. I am currently in recovery and doing physical therapy, but the procedure went great! I highly recommend him.
Shaye and Andrew who work in the front office couldn’t have been nicer people or easier to work with. They are great and very accommodating.

wait time was short. office staff courteous. Dr. Meier is very helpful and explains condition thoroughly and would recommend this physician to my family.
Thank you so much!

Outstanding surgeon and great office staff. Made me feel comfortable and gave me lots of information and support. Pre and post surgery. I would 100% recommend them.

I moved to Los Angeles 10 months ago from Minnesota for work and play. Unfortunately, I played softball at the age of 35 after a rare rain-​filled December day in Los Angeles without warming up, and while attempting to turn my triple into a home run, I tore my ACL and lateral meniscus. Dr. Meier repaired my ACL in February, and 6^th months later, it’s stronger than ever before. After discussing many options for repair, I opted for an auto-​graft hamstring. I was terrified to go under general anesthesia. So, I was able to have multiple nerve blocks and conscious sedation. I was back at work within the week. I’ve been diligent about physical therapy. I got back to hiking at the 4 month mark and jogged 2 miles on my own just yesterday! So, needless to say, Dr. Meier is a fantastic surgeon. He’s compassionate, communicative and thorough. His staff is phenomenal too!

I heard about Dr. Meier through a family friend and because I’m a dancer I’ve been having some issues with my knees and feet (I’ve already had bunion surgery) and my knees hurt occasionally to the point where I had to stop running.
I didn’t wait long which was nice (I didn’t even get a chance to check in on my phone!). The nurse/​technician was very friendly and right away Dr. Meier came in to talk to me. I explained my surgery and the pain I was having in my knees.
He recommended I take OTC anti-​inflammatory when I dance, use small heels and none if possible and said to run as much as I want! My knees should be fine and the surgery I had did not cause any problems with my knees.
He recognized that I am very active and want to stay that way! He was kind, easy to talk to and listened to everything I said — and answered all of my questions without rushing me.
Great doctor!