Elia Michael E MD

I had shoulder surgery with Dr. ELIA and I could not be more pleased. He fixed my rotator cuff and I have an excellent results. He is an excellent surgeon and his office staff is quite professional. He explained everything to me and everything he told me was true. Follow up care was excellent and I can hardly even see my scars. I would recommend him to anyone in my family. I wish there were more doctors like him

I was recommended by my primary care physician to see Dr. Elia about some knee pain I was having. I am an athlete and any sort of pain an athlete feels they try to work it out or ice but this was a pain I could not take anymore.
Scheduling an appointment was very easy and the lady on the phone was very pleasant and professional. When I arrived, the receptionist was very polite and efficient! I was nervous about the appointment but the office made me feel calm and relaxed.
I waited less then 5 mins to see Dr Elia and WOW what a great guy! the exam went great. He was very straightforward and took the time to explain my injury. Turned out I had an acl tear and will be having surgery. I have the utmost confidence in Dr. Elia And his staff with my surgery and recovery. I HIGHLY recommend Dr. Elia to anyone with a questionable orthopedic injury!

Rudest Doctor I have ever been to.
I go to the doctor about once a year, I am 24, and very athletic. I do a lot of activities (skiing, biking, working out, swimming, sprinting, hiking, etc) leading to injuries of varying degrees. I only go to the doctor when I really need it. Three weeks ago I threw out my back while skiing, and one week ago I sprained my wrist. I clearly don’t have broken bones but I need physical therapy to make sure I am doing my best to avoid lasting injuries, I also need to work on my shoulder that I’ve dislocated three times. I just need a referral for physical therapy, I make this clear to the receptionist and Doctor Elia.
After waiting for 45 minutes past my scheduled appointment time, I met Dr, Elia, who seemed rushed and annoyed that I was there, I told him I have repeatedly sprained my wrist and needed a referral to physical therapy, he started to rush out of the room for an xray and i said I had other things I wanted to talk about as I had recently thrown out my back and wanted to ask some questions about my knees and dislocated shoulder. He got mad and said «I’m not going to sit here and look at everything that’s ever been wrong with you.» I asked if I needed to make more appointments with him if I wanted to talk and he said, yes I might have to. I had even stated that I needed to talk about my wrists, knees, back, and shoulder when I made the appointment. He was actually getting angry with me about making an appointment to see a doctor and then actually expecting to see a doctor. The whole visit was probably less than five minutes.
I did not even need an X-​ray but he didn’t mind exposing me to radiation so he could make a buck. Only an MRI would be interesting in this case.
I wanted to see a doctor for medical reasons so I can be healthy into my old age, Dr. Elia didn’t even want to listen to me for more than twenty seconds.
Dr Elia does not care about you, go anywhere else.

I saw this doctor on the advice of my general doctor. He gave me an appointment right away and I was in an examination room within minutes of arriving in his office. He needed to extract some fluid from my knee, as he was about to start the procedure I questioned why I had no one to hold my leg, he made a face at me. anytime someone wants to stick a needle into my leg I want to be sure that I don’t jerk my leg, he was quite arrogant and try to make me feel a fool. I have been to war. I have been shot, I have been stabbed his needle does not scare me but I find no need to do unnecessary damage to my knee if I were to jerk with a needle in it. Then he had me bring the sample to the lab to be tested, this practice I had never encounter before. My body has been through enough. When I called his office I spent over 15 minutes on hold trying to get results from the fluid that they removed from my knee. The lady told me the result and then said that The doctor needed to see me I asked why back on hold I went for an additional five minutes at five minutes I hung up about 20 minutes later I got a call from the office and I was told to take two aspirin and if I have any additional pain I should call for an appointment. Not a fan of this office.

I had a transverse fracture of the 4^th metacarpal bone in my right hand and went to an ER late on a Monday night. Tuesday afternoon I saw Dr Elia, and 2 days later he operated on it at an outpatient facility, inserting a titanium plate and 4 screws to realign the bone and gave me a splint to keep it in place. I had a several follow-​up appointments in which he x-​rayed my hand and looked at the progress of the healing. After about 5 weeks I didn’t need the splint and started occupational therapy to regain range of motion and strength in the hand. It took about 5 – 6 weeks of OT to regain full RoM.
Dr. Elia did an excellent job. My hand has healed really well, and the scarring is minimal. I don’t feel the plate in my hand. Another doctor who I saw for a different issue examined my knuckles and flexibility of the hand and said it looked great, he was surprised that the doc who did it was not a hand specialist. The occupational therapist I worked with and a dermatologist both said my scarring was less than they have seen in other patients with different surgeons.
Furthermore, Dr. Elia answered my questions directly, accurately, and frankly, whether they were about treatment options, how many times a year he typically did procedures like this or what the expected recovery time would be.