Michael J Hollander, MD

I couldn’t agree more with the review by Yay W.
He is a terrible Doctor, and it’s very obvious he only cares about collecting copay $$. Michael Hollander’s quality of service is garbage. He does try to talk a good game, but he’s very transparent and his greed can be seen from a mile away.
He tries to recommend visits that aren’t necessary, while barely even looking at the injury during each visit. He’ll barely look at an X-​ray and then will attempt to not even look at your leg even if you’ve complained that it feels like its healing unevenly.
If you do make the mistake of going to see this poor excuse for a doctor, make sure you stand up for yourself, as he will try to get away with doing as little as possible for as much money as possible.
The office is very nice and very well decorated, with framed basketball posters hanging from the walls. This is probably the reason he’s so money-​hungry, because it does look like his rent is pretty high. Just FYI, you will also pay $ 1.50 per 15minutes to park, and they don’t validate.
Dr. Michael Hollander does have a certain slickness about him; the kind you see in a crooked used car salesman.
I will never go to this doctor again, and you’d be smart to not go a first time.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!

Dr Hollander is ethical and intelligent. My Mom had a severe cumulative fracture and was in the ER. He was prepared with a team of 7 to fix her and blocked out a chunk of his day, but at the last min she changed her mind! Knowing she has anxiety issues, I convinced her to rebook it and so she did. So everyone scrambled to put the surgery back on and then she changed her mind again!
Instead of reacting angrily or charging a fee for the financial loss, Dr Hollander worked with my Mom’s fears week after week. Helped improve her quality of life with physical therapy and cortisone injections. And he has such a knack at reducing her phobias of medical things. Next we will just clean up some of the loose bones out with a mini camera, so no scary surgery!!!
He’s not the kind of doctor that rushes you or that you have to remind all over again what the problem was. I’m sorry for the individual who expected to do Zumba after surgery but that’s just not realistic at any age. And to the person who expected two issues to be resolved in one visit — I don’t think any doctor does that nowadays because of how insurance billing code rules apply. And besides its kind of being unfair to other patients.

I have been a grateful patient of Dr. Hollander’s for over fifteen years. Initially i had a bad rotator cuff injury from a skiing accident which he repaired. I was impressed by how much pride he has in doing the best possible job for me. He also took a lot of time to explain what was going on and what to expect. I was fortunate to heal quickly and well. Within six months I was playing tennis again without pain.
Since then he has scoped both my knees and also did a second (more difficult) rotator cuff repair. This took longer than I hoped to rehab, but I’m happy to say my shoulder feels as good as new. I can’t imagine seeing any other doctor for shoulder work.
One last note. i have recommended Dr. Hollander to many friends as well as family members. Everyone I’ve sent to him has been very pleased with the result. He’s our go-​to guy.

I was referred to Dr Hollander by two other friends who had surgery with him. He had come very highly recommended, & I’m glad I went to see him for second opinion. My first doctor, who shall remain nameless, had recommended an invasive treatment. When I saw Dr Hollander, I knew right away that he cares. He took his time to make me feel comfortable, asked detailed questions that no other doctor had asked before & spent time examining me & reviewing my film. His recommendation was simple injections that have worked very well I’m forever grateful to him & I highly recommend him to anyone.
His staff is also just as caring.

I’ve been a patient of Dr. Hollander off and on for the better part of 5 years with nothing but excellent care and I concur with others that Gabby and Frank are really good at their jobs and incredibly efficient. I am a 60 year old triathlete and had meniscus surgery last November but was swimming and biking 10 days following surgery. I stayed away from any running at the doctor’s suggestion for the better part of 2 months and as a result I was back to full-​on training by March and completed an Ironman 70.3 in July in my best time to date. Dr. Hollander is always very thorough in his diagnosis and explanation and I should mention called each day for two days following the surgery. I should also add that I was very pleased with Mount Sinai Surgery Center in Tarzana, his preferred surgery center, although check that it is under your insurance plan. Just because Dr. Hollander may be on your plan do not assume that the surgery center is also. Mine was not but Mt. Sinai worked with me to my satisfaction.

I’m agreeing with others, DR. Hollander thinks he is hot stuff fitting as many in his day to collect Copays. Went there for scar tissue damage from a hip injury, looked at me for 2 minutes. Had me walk around and said my legs looks like they want to position outwards. Had me sit on the operation table, said see your legs want to position outwards, not normal. Please people sit on a higher elevation and see what direction your toes face, OUTWARDS!
Told me to come back with my Xrays for examining. Went to get my Xrays and brought them myself to his office. Ask the front desk if the Dr. can check the angle of the Xrays before I came in just in case I needed additional Xrays.
Week later I called and they told me the Dr. won’t look at them until you come in and pay another Copay. Which would have been fine as long as I knew ahead of time that I didn’t need additional Xrays.
He thinks he is a smarty pants that cracks jokes at your expense. Don’t know much about his surgical experience but he seemed like a guy that looks at you as a dollar sign not a person in pain.
Finding a new Dr., not worth my time or my $ 60 Copay. One more thing, YOU PAY FOR PARKING!!!

my son dislocated his shoulder and after seeing an orthopedist we were sent an orthepedic surgeon. They recommended Dr. Hollander and we were very pleased with our first visit! He does not like to look at other doctors reports he likes to do his own evaluation to get his own diagnosis! We decided to have my sons labrum tear operated on sooner than later which he was surprised cause most 21 year olds decide to put off surgery until absolutely necessary. The scheduling of the surgery was very easy and was done the following week! Gabby and Frank were and are both awesome! Dr. Hollander makes sure you have enough pain meds to last so you arent always calling for refills, he gives you a cd of your surgery and appts are short and sweet. After the surgery he told us that my son really tore up his shoulder and if we would of waited 2 years he would have had to have a much bigger surgery!!! Would definetly recommend him for shoulder surgery!

My first appointment with Dr. Hollander-​which I reviewed earlier– was terrific. Since that time though, I can say that the treatment I’ve received has been terrible. It turned out that he did recommend surgery. I agreed to have a menisectomy/​chondroplasty to remove the loose bodies, and repair cartilage damage. Dr. Hollander told me the surgery would take 28 minutes and I’d walk out of the hospital on my own two feet. More importantly, I would be able to return to my Zumba classes almost immediately. At 81 years old Zumba is my passion. The exercise is good for my physical and mental well being.
Prior to the surgery I was given stacks of paperwork to sign, which I now see does list the potential for pain and swelling. However, I’m 81 years old, and it certainly wouldn’t have been too much to ask that I be informed of the post-​surgery side effects that I might experience.
The surgery was performed on Monday, August 12^th. My expectations going into surgery was that I would go in, have the surgery, and walk out shortly thereafter.
Suffice to say, my post-​surgery recovery has not been smooth sailing. I could barely walk out of the hospital following surgery, because I was in blinding pain. No one offered me any kind of aid in walking. In fact, my friend who picked me up insisted on returning so that I could get an assistive walking device. My leg was swollen from mid-​shin up to my upper thigh. My toes were black and blue. I was given a walker, and a cold therapy device to help with the swelling of my knee. The walker was a nightmare to use, and in fact Monday evening became a horrible nightmare.
No one ever suggested it might be helpful for me to have someone stay the night with me, to help me. The pain of getting out of bed was excruciating. Moreover the pain rendered me unable to even shower, for a full week after the surgery which is frankly, mortifying.
The fact that I was not properly informed of these post-​surgery side effects is simply unacceptable. Even as I write this, almost a month after the surgery, I cannot walk without pain, and my knee remains swollen twice the size it should ordinarily be.
I called Dr. Hollander’s office on Tuesday, the day after my surgery, only to be told that he’d gone on vacation and that she had no solutions for reducing the pain, or coping with the problems. I called again on Wednesday and spoke to another staff member who did apologize for the nightmare I’d been dealing with, yet he couldn’t provide any help other than to wait to see him the following week.
Basically, I was told to ride out the pain, discomfort and humiliation.
I’m incredibly disappointed in both the information I was given before the surgery, and the outcome of this surgery. I haven’t been able to return to Zumba, as I’m still barely able to walk.
I sincerely hope that this serves as a warning to other patients of what they may be setting themselves up for even if the surgery is supposed to be 28 minutes and immediate recovery.

Would never go back again. Went in with 2 issues; he kept saying he didn’t have time to evaluate both problems. Would have saved time if he read the MRI report. Gave me no prescription for pain. Said to come back so he can evaluate other problem… don’t think so. Never have I had a doctor say to me several time, I don’t have time to spend on you, not fair to the other patients. When you come back, tell front desk to book add’l time. Maybe don’t book so many back to back. Its not my job to tell them how much time to schedule for me. Why should I come back? So I can spend another $ 30 on a copay and pay another $ 12 for parking. Was a wasted visit. I didn’t learn anymore than when I went in office didn’t get prescription to relieve pain.

I fell last year and broke my knee and my ankle. Dr. Hollander helped me avoid surgery. We were able to heal my bones with just a brace on one leg and a splint on the other. I think he is terrific!