Kurzweil Peter R MD

Went to him because I suffered a knee injury. They took x-​rays which he looked at and promptly said I have less cartilage on my injured knee – no duh, I’ve had knee surgery and am middle-​aged. Didn’t offer much advice other than to prescribe NSAIDs and give me a brochure for his supplements (but I’m SURE there was no conflict of interest there). He had no desire to further diagnose my injury with an MRI nor did he offer some kind of plan, such as physical therapy, to improve my situation. Maybe if I had a PPO insurance he would have tried harder. Gotta love our corrupt medical system.

Dr. Kurzweil is an excellent surgeon, he removed a very large tumor from my shoulder down to the bone where nerves, muscle, tendons attach the shoulder to my arm. He did such a great job he sutured in layers to attach the muscle back together so well that I had to remind myself I had surgery. No pain at all healed excellent.

After a bad experience with an HMO surgeon who botched my 1^st shoulder surgery, I went to a PPO surgeon, Dr. Peter Kurzweil. Dr. Kurzweil found a torn rotator cuff that the other doctor overlooked. I just finished a few months of physical therapy to improve range of motion, so hopefully I’m on the mend.

I was totally NOT impressed with this place!
I went there because of the pain I’m having in my upper back and shoulders. They told me that it was essential that I bring copies of the shoulder X-​rays that had been previously taken (at another medical office) with me to my appointment. It was a huge hassle to get the copies of the x-​rays, but I did get them and showed up to Kurzweil’s office on time. And then the waiting began. After a long, long, LONG wait they call my name… to get x-​rays taken. I explained that I already had x-​rays and that I brought them with me, as I was instructed to do. At this point they say: «Oh, well we don’t need those. We need to take current x-​rays.» Really? Are you freakin’ kidding me? Then why the hell did you make me go through all the trouble of getting copies of these x-​rays if you don’t need them, you idiots?!? Oh wait… now I remember: It’s because you want to bill me for x-​rays, even though I already have them!
But, I’m in pain and desperate, so I tell them, «OK, fine! Whatever! We’ll take more x-​rays if it will help cure me.» So, I spend about 10 minutes getting x-​rays taken and then it’s back to the waiting room for another LONG wait. Finally, they call me into the examination room… to wait some more. After all this, the doctor finally comes in, spends 30 seconds examining the x-​rays and another 90 seconds examining me only to tell me: «I can’t find anything wrong with you; there is nothing I can do to help you.» I ask the doctor, «If nothing is wrong with me, then why am I experiencing so much pain?» His answer to that was, essentially, «I don’t know.»
So, long story short: 2 hours of waiting, had to pay for x-​rays I already had, and the doctor did absolutely NOTHING to help me. Gee, what a complete waste of time and money!

Three years ago, Dr. Kurzweil repaired torn rotator cuffs in my left shoulder. Since the right shoulder was even more damaged, the plan was to do the right one after the left one had completed the required physical therapy rehab. Rotator cuff rehab/​recovery is a notoriously long, and not particularly pleasant, process; so many months later, as rehab was drawing to a close, I foolishly told him I didn’t have it in me to start all over again on the right shoulder, so I let it go. He gently intimated that this might be a big mistake (how right that proved to be!), but it was my choice not to continue with the second procedure at that time.
Two months ago on a Hawaiian vacation, I signed up for a «Kayaking Adventure.» Kayaking with a damaged right shoulder? Yes, I have a track record of foolish mistakes! But no turning back when you’re out there on the ocean with big waves on a windy day. The next morning, I knew right away that something very bad was going on in my right shoulder: lots of pain, no strength, & couldn’t even lift my razor or toothbrush to my face. Back to Dr. Kurzweil.
Being the gentleman that he is, there was never a hint of «I told you so,» but the MRIs indicated massive tears and severe atrophy. He confessed that he wasn’t even sure it was reparable, and wouldn’t know until in surgery, but that he did have a «few tricks up his sleeve.» I said, let’s go for it… knowing that it was all quite «iffy.»
The upshot was: there was not much left to repair, but this MiracleWorker was able to ingeniously accomplish an 80% repair. How’s that for a major Gift? That shoulder will never be perfect even after the upcoming months of therapy, but he told me afterwards that most surgeons would have taken one look, said it was not reparable, and closed me back up. So I am so very grateful to Dr. Kurzweil for what he was able to accomplish. 80% is definitely better than 0% any day!
Modern medicine has some real heroes. Peter Kurzweil, MD, is certainly one of them.

I can’t express how happy I am that I found Dr. Kurzweil. About 11 years ago I broke my right knee cap… It healed fine, but about 5 years later it started to swell up to the point it was painful to walk. It would swell up, then go down, swell up, then go down. My general physician referred me to Dr. Kurzweil, who took X-​Rays and an MRI (they have their own X-​Ray and MRI machines on premises, so it saved me $ 750 on my insurance). After trying everything from vitamin supplements, prescriptions and exercise… We both came to the conclusion the only options was surgery. I had my surgery in August of 2010. The healing process was incredibly short and completely painless (I didn’t take any of the vicodin prescribed, I only used the ice machine). I am a big wimp when it comes to pain, and I was amazed that a week later I was up and walking around pretty comfortably… And after about two months (with physical therapy, also provided at his location in a state-​of-​the-​art gym) my knee was completely normal, pain free and mobile! Dr. Kurzweil’s bedside manner was awesome too!